Booker-McConnell

Booker-McConnell

Booker-McConnell (formerly "Booker) was the former sponsor of the Booker Prize for fiction established in 1968. In its day it was one of the biggest cash-and-carry companies in the United Kingdom, and also owned the supermarket chain Budgens.

Among other interests, it operated the sugar industry in Guyana, running five Booker line ships, until it was nationalized circa 1970. After six months Booker was called back to market the sugar.

Booker had a long history of exploitation of sugar workers until Jock Campbell took over the Chairmanship in 1952. Campbell's Fabian social politics transformed the company into a benevolent force providing major benefits for sugar workers. Jock Campbell was also instrumental in the setting up of the Bookers Author Division, which sponsored the Man Booker Prize for Fiction

External links

* [http://www.booker.co.uk/ Booker cash-and-carry webpage]


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