Booths news

Promotions, partnerships and easier access wage payments are amongst the ways retailers are supporting shoppers, staff and their local communities through the prolonged COVID-19 period. We round up three initiatives from Morrisons, Booths and Holland & Barrett. "Buy one give one free" twist on BOGOFs from Booths Northern grocer Booths has launched a new promotion to support its food bank co...

Northern grocer Booths reported 3.3% sales growth to £267.8m, and narrowed its trading losses by £1m to -£0.2m in the year ending 28 March 2020. Accounting for comparable Easter periods and COVID-19 impacts, sales increased 0.2%. Impact of COVID-19 The first quarter of the 2020/21 financial year saw significant reduction in footfall, which were outweighed by bigger basket spend. Booths c...

Gridserve the renewable energy business that plans to open more than 100 electric-only forecourts across the UK has announced the retailers it has partnered with to provide the complementary services on its sites.  As the construction of Gridserve’s first location, at Braintree in Essex, approaches completion it has been revealed that it will incorporate retail units supplied by Booths, WH Smith,...

Price discounts become more prevalent, with some changes to "softer" rewards, as Booths aims to make its loyalty card more relevant to shoppers. 5% off 1000s of products  From 2nd September, Booths loyalty members will see their benefits change. The retailer is introducing 5% money back on thousands of products across the store, exclusively for card holders. The savings are stored on the Bo...

The grocery retailer is working with Deliveroo to offer home delivery service for its products and it has launched a new lunchtime service. Booths partners with Deliveroo Booths is teaming up with Deliveroo to offer home delivery service in as little as 30 minutes. Customers can now order from a wide range of grocery products from the Deliveroo app or website and can have them delivered to ...

In this article, updated daily, we summarise the latest responses to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the UK: Multiples update Morrisons offers 10% discount to NHS staff: From Thursday, NHS staff will be entitled to a 10% discount when shopping at the retailer's stores. The scheme will last until July 12th when it will be reviewed. This latest initiative follows on from Morrisons...

Booths has launched a next day click & collect service at three of its stores. The retailer also recently launched a limited delivery service for those unable to get to one of its stores. Next day click & collect With its new click & collect service, Booths’s customers can order online from a range of more than 150 products, which can be collected from the retailer’s Garstang, Lytham or Kir...

Northern-based supermarket, Booths, has reported an increase in Christmas sales, according to reports from Retail Week. Strong sales of own-brand products Booths announced an increase in sales of 3.5% in the three weeks to 5 th January. Like-for-like sales saw a 2.7% increase. The positive result was driven by the retailer's private label range. Booths’ own-brand pigs in blankets and stuff...

Booths reports 0.5% growth in sales to £259.33m in the year ending 30 March 2019, in a report filed to Companies House. The business experienced a trading loss of £1.2m, an improvement on last years result of £2.2m. Booths FY2018: return to growth Booths reports 0.5% growth in sales to £259.33m in the year ending 30 March 2019, in a report filed to Companies House. The result marks a ret...

Booths has announced that Simon Booth, supply chain director, will leave the business after 44 years. Simon Booth, supply chain director Booths announced that Simon Booth is set to step down from his role as supply chain director. Booth became a non-executive director in 2018. Booth has been with the business for the past 44 years, first joining the retailer in 1975 before becoming a mem...