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Booker Retail renews five-year agreement with Rontec

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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."

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