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Booker launches new Tobacco Club

Booker launches new Tobacco Club
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Pooja Shrivastava
By Pooja ShrivastavaJun 10, 2024
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Booker, the UK’s leading food and drink wholesaler, today (10) announced that it is launching an exclusive Tobacco club with Shop Locally.

This comes from retailers' feedback as Shop Locally customers have been demanding Booker for their own
Tobacco Club.

The Tobacco Club is available for all Shop Locally customers and has begun on week commencing
June 3 2024. This includes 10 products (including three Scotland only SKUs).

Booker is offering these promotions to help increase sales, footfall and profit delivering a potential
£1,000 of additional profit a year. This deal also counts towards the retailers Spend & Save
discount, delivering up to 5 per cent – T&C’s apply.

Shop Locally is a retail club by Booker in which retailers get to avail promotional pricing at tills, free of charge POS pack and promotion trading pack.

Colm Johnson, Managing Director - Retail said, "It is essential that retailers can rely on Booker to
deliver the best choice, price, and service for them, while still delivering high margins.

"We continue to be committed and offer excellent value for not only the shoppers but also our retailers."

For any retailers that are interested in the Tobacco Club, please contact their local branch or Retail
Development Manager for more details.

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