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In May 2012, Metro Group sold the thirty stores of Makro in the United Kingdom and all operational assets to Booker Group Plc, in return for 9.99% of Booker's share capital, plus £15.8 million in cash; although the merger was referred to the Office of Fair Trading it was cleared by the Competition Commission in April 2013. [23]
Londis is a symbol group in the United Kingdom with over 2,000 stores nationwide. Tesco owns the brand, following its 2018 purchase of Booker Group. [3] [2] [1] Although it was formerly a subsidiary, the Londis brand in Ireland is no longer related to Londis (UK).
The Big Food Group was a food retail and wholesale company based in the UK. It was created in 2000 when the supermarket chain Iceland merged with Booker Cash & Carry plc. [1] The company was purchased by Icelandic retail consortium Baugur Group in 2005, and split into: Retail: Iceland; Wholesale: Booker Cash & Carry; Foodservices: Woodward ...
Premier is a symbol group in the United Kingdom established in 1994, with over 3,000 stores nationwide. Tesco took ownership of the brand in 2018 after its purchase of Booker Group. [2] Premier stores are generally convenience shops, stocking branded and own brand products, such as Euro Shopper [3] [4] [5] and Jacks (part of the Tesco family ...
In 2014, the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) reported that the symbol group market is worth £15.5bn, with a 42% share of the UK convenience market through 17,080 shops. [5] In the 2010s there was significant consolidation in the sector, as Tesco purchased Booker and the Co-operative Group purchased Nisa.
Bidfood (formerly known as 3663, Bidvest 3663 and Bidvest Foodservice) is a foodservice wholesaler and distributor based in the United Kingdom. [1]The BFS Group Limited was a wholly owned subsidiary of Bidvest, an international services, trading and distribution company listed on the JSE Securities Exchange in South Africa. [2]
Fitch Lovell was a British food manufacturing, transportation, distribution and retail conglomerate with origins dating back to 1784. The company was purchased by Booker Group in 1990 for £279.7 million and during 1991 the business was merged into its parent.
In 2017, the UK was the eleventh-largest goods exporter in the world [6] and the eighth-largest goods importer. [7] It also had the second-largest inward foreign direct investment, [8] and the third-largest outward foreign direct investment. [9] The UK left the European Union in 2019, but it remains the UK's largest trading partner.