Booker reports good growth, boosted by tobacco

Food and drink wholesale group Booker Group has reported a 4.3 per cent year-on-year rise in total sales in the 12 weeks to September 14th, with non-tobacco sales were 3.9 per cent higher, while tobacco sales rose by 5.1 per cent.

Food and drink wholesale group Booker Group has reported a 4.3 per cent year-on-year rise in total sales in the 12 weeks to September 14th, with non-tobacco sales were 3.9 per cent higher, while tobacco sales rose by 5.1 per cent.

On a like-for-like basis, total sales rose by 4.4%, non-tobacco sales by 3.8% and tobacco sales by 5.4%.

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