Booths

E.H.Booth & Co., Limited
Booths
Company typePrivate limited company
IndustryHigh-end supermarket
Founded
FounderEdwin Henry Booth
HeadquartersRibbleton, Preston, Lancashire,
England, UK[2]
Number of locations
Decrease 27 retail stores in Northern England
Area served
Key people
  • Edwin J. Booth (Executive Chairman)
  • Nigel Murray (Managing Director)
  • Ross Faith (Finance Director)
  • Rebecca Hardman (Head of HR)
  • John Gill (Head of Commercial Operations & Marketing)[3]
ProductsFood, beverage & tobacco retailing
RevenueDecrease £280.75m (2015)[3]
Decrease £3.58m (2015)[3]
Decrease Loss -£6.3m (2016)[3]
OwnerBooth Family and staff
Number of employees
2,870[3]
Websitebooths.co.uk

E.H.Booth & Co.,Limited,[2] trading as Booths, is a chain of high-end supermarkets in Northern England. Most of its branches are in Lancashire, but there are also branches in Cheshire, Cumbria, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. It has been described as the "Waitrose of the North" by sources such as The Daily Telegraph.[4]

  1. ^ Baren, Maurice (1999). How it all began in Lancashire. Skipton, North Yorkshire: Dalesman Publishing Company Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85568-165-1. OCLC 223029083.
  2. ^ a b c "E.H.Booth & Co.,Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 31 October 1896. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e E.H. Booth & Co. Ltd., Directors' Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 28 March 2015, approved 31 July 2015
  4. ^ Ruddick, Graham (5 February 2015). "'Waitrose of the North' names new chief executive". The Daily Telegraph.