El directorio enciclopédico desde la Wikipedia.
|
For the Feast of Booths, see Sukkot.
In 2006 Booths achieved second place in the list of the World’s Greatest Food Retailers[2]. The panel of top designers, architects, analysts, journalists, suppliers and retailers was brought together by national trade publication, The Grocer, and asked to rank their favourite food retailers from anywhere in the world. They were impressed by the quality of the company’s offer, its focus on local sourcing and head for innovation. Simon Bell, retail director of foodservice firm Leathams, voted Booths’ Chorley store first above Selfridges in London. He applauds its excellent customer service, knowledge of products and friendly staff.[3] E.H. Booth & Co. Ltd was founded in June 1847 by Edwin Henry Booth, and has remained owned by the Booth family ever since. It became a private limited company in 1896.[1] From humble beginnings as a tea shop in Blackpool, Booths grew into the first chain of supermarkets in the area, and even though it has now been eclipsed by giants such as Tesco and Sainsbury's, it boasts 26 stores across the region. In June 2005 the current Chairman, Edwin J Booth, was awarded the BITC (Business in the Community) Prince of Wales Ambassador Award for North West England. This is given to individuals whose leadership and commitment to responsible business practice and the actions they have taken personally have created a positive impact both inside their company and on the wider society. A new head office was custom built and opened in early 2006. It is in Ribbleton, Preston and includes a wealth of environmentally friendly features, such as using rain water to flush the toilets.
[edit] Current locationsAs of November 2008[update], the company's 27 stores are spread over the following locations: [edit] Cheshire[edit] Cumbria
[edit] Lancashire
[edit] North Yorkshire[edit] West Yorkshire[edit] The FutureAlthough the company has recently closed its Leyland, Penwortham (Liverpool Road) and South Shore stores, it is also opening new stores. A supermarket in Ripon is being planned.[5] Locations for future stores are believed to include Hesketh Bank, Penrith and a larger store at Garstang.[6] [edit] ArtisanThe Artisan speciality food shop and restaurant is a recent development by Booths. The first one was located at the Kendal store, its range is mainly local produce from small producers.[7] The second opened in 2007 at the Haven Road store in Lytham.[8] [edit] RebrandingBooths has largely concluded re-branding the company. This has involved replacing the former 'Booths the grocer' image, based on green and orange; with a newer look, based upon wine, lavender, olive and saffron colours. This has included a new store logo, new uniforms, redesigned carrier bags, and new look packaging on products to incorporate the new colours. [edit] References
[edit] See also[edit] External links
Directorio de Enlaces Directorio dmoz Directorio espejo dmoz Pedro Bernardo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
