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Booker retail sales grew by 11%

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Excluding tobacco, retail sales at wholesaler Booker grew by 11% in the year to 24 February, according to the annual results from parent company Tesco released earlier this week. Retail sales rose to more than £3.2b but tobacco sales dropped by 4.3% to £1.86bn. Overall,…

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