All Booker articles
Tesco-owned Booker is the UK’s biggest wholesaler, providing a range of food and non-food products to independent retailers and caterers. Booker operates wholesale membership warehouses as well as a delivery service for its clients. The wholesaler typically offers a range of branded products in catering sizes, which are supplemented by its private-label lines such as Happy Shopper, Euro Shopper, Chef’s Essentials and Farm Fresh. The company has been part of Tesco since 2018, following a £3.7bn acquisition.
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Interview
Interview: Dave Lewis – Leaving a drastically different Tesco
From the accounting scandal to Covid-19, Dave Lewis has steered Britain’s biggest grocer through some of the most turbulent times in its history – and left it thriving.
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Opinion
Move of the Week: Big shoes to fill at Booker and Amazon
It’s taken less than a fortnight for the jobs’ market to explode back into life after the summer break with two significant appointments confirmed within hours of one another earlier this week.
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Opinion
‘Charles Wilson, retail legend – the industry will be poorer without him’
“Tesco might be buying Booker, but the biggest thing they are getting in this deal is Charles Wilson.”
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News
Booker chief executive Charles Wilson to step down early next year
Booker chief executive Charles Wilson will stand down after 15 years with the wholesaler in February, Tesco has announced.
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Analysis
Analysis: How coronavirus is really impacting Tesco
Tesco unveiled its full-year results today, but another stellar 12 months of profit and margin gains played second fiddle to its ongoing response to the coronavirus crisis.
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Interview
Interview: Dave Lewis – ‘I didn’t save Tesco, 300,000 other people did’
Tesco boss Dave Lewis has overseen a transformative turnaround in his five-and-a-half years at the helm. The winner of this year’s Outstanding Contribution to Retail Award tells the story of his time in charge.
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Analysis
Valentine’s Day: The retail marriages made in heaven
This Valentine’s Day, Retail Week looks at the retailers that have formed long-lasting unions be it through mergers, acquisitions or partnerships.
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Analysis
From horsemeat to the Crystal Methodist: most memorable moments of the decade
Retail Week looks back at the most groundbreaking retail stories of the 2010s.
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Analysis
Future of food 2030: Vegan, personalised and delivered to your door
What will shoppers eat and how will they buy groceries in 2030 – and how should retailers react?
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News
Tesco like-for-likes nudge up as Booker boosts growth
Tesco like-for-likes inched up in its first quarter as its sales were boosted by its merger with Booker.
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News
Tesco terminates BRC membership following Booker merger
Tesco, the UK’s biggest retailer, is cancelling its membership of industry trade association the BRC.
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News
Analysis: Tesco aims to 'unlock new growth' with Booker
For the first time in what feels like an eternity, a Tesco chief executive was able to present full-year results today without a cloud hanging over his head.
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News
Tesco's Lewis: We'll go after more Booker synergies
Tesco boss Dave Lewis insists the grocer is ready to “go after” more synergies following the completion of the Booker deal.
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Cartoon
Blower’s retail cartoon: Tesco completes Booker deal
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on the likely impact of Tesco and Booker’s £3.7bn mega-merger on the UK retail sector.
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Opinion
Don’t underestimate Morrisons in fight with Tesco-Booker
The sheer scale of the challenge facing Tesco’s grocery rivals was hammered home this morning following its acquisition of retail and wholesale titan Booker.
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News
Tesco officially completes £3.7bn capture of Booker
Tesco has sealed its £3.7bn takeover of retailer and wholesaler Booker this morning, just over a year after it was first revealed.
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Analysis
Analysis: How Tesco-Booker can hit the ground running
Tesco’s £3.7bn swoop for wholesale titan Booker overcame its final hurdle today when shareholders of both businesses approved the deal.
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News
Tesco-Booker deal given green light by shareholders
Tesco’s £3.7bn takeover of wholesale titan Booker is all but complete after shareholders in both businesses voted in favour of the deal.
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News
Tesco-Booker: Shareholders advised to vote against deal
Tesco’s acquisition of wholesaler Booker faces a potential setback as the move has been deemed “less than compelling” for Booker shareholders.
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News
Booker stakeholder attacks Tesco offer as too cheap
A stakeholder in wholesale and retail giant Booker has labelled Tesco’s £3.7bn offer as “insufficient”.