Skip to content
Search
AI Powered
Latest Stories

Booker Retail renews five-year agreement with Rontec

Booker donates one million meals
Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images
AFP via Getty Images

Booker Retail Partners (BRP) is delighted to announce the renewal of their partnership with Rontec for a further five years. BRP is thrilled to be supplying the Shop n Drive estate across the country, allowing them to benefit from great choice and service to help grow sales.

Rontec Chairman, Sir Gerald Ronson CBE said, "As one of the leading players in the UK forecourt industry, we are pleased to extend our relationship with Booker Retail Partners and continue to work with them, to supply goods to our Shop N Drive stores.


"Our priority is ensuring that our customers can access the brands they trust when they are out on the road, Booker Retail Partners is one of our core wholesale partners.

"We have worked with them across our network since 2015. We look forward to continuing this collaboration for many years to come.”

Booker CEO, Andrew Yaxley said, "We are delighted to continue our long-standing partnership with the Rontec team for another 5 years.

"Shop n Drive was the first national forecourt chain we supplied and as they head towards their 60th anniversary, we look forward to offering them the best Choice, Price and Service for many years to come."

More for you

Scott Gray

Scott Gray

JDE Peet’s CFO steps down

Leading pure-play coffee and tea company JDE Peet’s said its chief financial officer (CFO) Scott Gray has decided to step down to be reunited with his family in the US.

JDE Peet’s added that it has appointed a new CFO, but will announce further details regarding the incoming CFO on 26 February 26, when the company publishes its FY 2024 results, in agreement with the incoming CFO’s current employer.

Keep ReadingShow less
Deposit Return Scheme plans advance in Parliament despite supermarkets' plea

Deposit Return Scheme plans advance in Parliament despite supermarkets' plea

MPs have voted to approve plans to introduce a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in England and Northern Ireland in October 2027.

The materials that will be included in the scheme will be single use plastic (PET) and metal drinks containers. Glass will not be part of the scheme.

Keep ReadingShow less
Doug Gurr

Doug Gurr

Former Amazon UK boss named chair of competition watchdog

The UK government has appointed a former top executive at online titan Amazon to be the interim chair of the country's competition regulator, hoping the appointment will help drive economic growth.

While competition watchdogs around the world are heavily focused on probing technology giants, Britain's Labour government believes too much regulation is hampering growth.

Keep ReadingShow less
Allwyn applauds retailers for record rate in mystery shopper age check

Allwyn applauds retailers for record rate in mystery shopper age check

National Lottery retailers are correctly asking for ID as proof of age at the highest rate since National Lottery mystery shopping visits started more than two decades ago, Allwyn stated today (22).

As part of its new Operation Guardian programme, Allwyn organised over 8,200 mystery shopper visits in 2024 to check retailers were challenging players who appeared under the age of 18. The final results show that a record-breaking 92.3 per cent of National Lottery retailers correctly asked for ID as proof of age on their first visit.

Keep ReadingShow less
Waitrose brings back free coffee

(Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Waitrose brings back free coffee

In its recent effort in the battle for the middle-class grocery shopper, supermarket Waitrose is once again is bringing back free hot

coffee to entice shoppers into its stores.

After outrage over the withdrawal of the offer during the pandemic, the company told the 9 million members on its My Waitrose loyalty scheme that they would again be entitled to a complimentary americano, cappuccino, latte or tea once a day regardless of whether they bought anything – as long as they have their own reusable cup.

Keep ReadingShow less