Booker Group, the food wholesaler, saw like-for-like sale increase 4.2% in the 12 weeks to 16 June, with group sales up 4% on the same period last year.
Non tobacco sales grew by 9.6% on a like-for-like basis, with favourable weather and the late Easter assisting this growth.
Chief executive Charles Wilson said: “This was a good quarter. Our plans to Focus, Drive and Broaden the Group are on track. On 27 January we announced the planned merger with Tesco and we are going through the competition process. Meanwhile business as usual is going well as we continue to improve choice, prices and service for our retail, catering and small business customers.”
