All articles by Alice Leader – Page 56
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NewsSpar company secretary Jackie Mackenzie leaves business after five years
Mackenzie acted as interim joint-MD at Spar in 2019
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NewsScotmid relaunches food-to-go concept The Kitchen at Uddingston store
The 900 sq ft standalone area is now home to a swathe of new sub-concepts and products
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NewsNisa opens 1,000th symbol store with new site in Camden
The 1,800 sq ft site in Camden, London is owned by LA Food Group, taking its estate to 14.
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NewsMcColl’s raises £1m for children’s charity a year ahead of target
McColl’s also supported GOSH by donating food and drink products to the hospital during the pandemic
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NewsBRC renews calls for retail worker abuse to be made separate offence
Today marks the second reading of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in the House of Lords
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NewsOne Stop to roll out Eat Street across all new company-owned stores
One Stop said it was responding to a rise in customers wanting more food-to-go options in store
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NewsOne Stop franchisee hits £1m in Snappy Shopper sales
Owner Adeil Hussain said the pandemic accelerated orders from two per day to as many as 100 per day
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NewsCJ Lang hires former Morrisons wholesale buying manager as head of trading
Robbie Moore will report to CEO Colin McLean and will replace current trading director Richard Collins
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NewsSnappy Group hires new chief people officer and group operations director
Caroline MacGregor becomes chief people officer and Lisa Venter group operations director
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy Asda’s convenience ‘move’ to supply EG Group sites is not a piece of cake
Asda’s new c-store format is rolling out to hundreds of EG Group forecourts. But a potentially steep learning curve is ahead
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NewsCo-op to open eighth university franchise store, in Aberdeen
It will bring the number of students served by Co-op to more than 150,000 across the UK
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NewsHalf of independent c-store owners have not had a single day off in a year, research finds
The ACS 2021 Local Shop Report, published today, reveals the number of retailers taking no days off has doubled since last year
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NewsSysco to take over foodservice wholesaler Medina
Medina operates out of two sites and provides more than 5,000 products to businesses
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NewsMorrisons to donate gardening tools to schoolchildren in new campaign
The move comes as research found that some children aged six to 15 have a poor understanding of how fruit & vegetables are grown
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NewsSewell On The Go profits soar despite 18% sales decline
The retailer said a shift towards store-only visits compensated for the fuel sales slump
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NewsCo-op launches climate change commitments for Fairtrade producers
Co-op also said it would continue in its commitment to spend more than 0.7% of its pre-tax profit to international aid
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NewsRoadchef hits record-breaking sales during bank holiday weekend
Almost one million people visited the company’s 30 sites across the UK last weekend
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NewsMFG opens first electric vehicle-only hub at Manchester forecourt
This move forms part of its plans to invest £400m in ultra-rapid EV charges across its UK network by the end of 2030
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NewsSpar MD Louise Hoste to be new chair of ACS from November
Independent retailer Ramesh Shingadia will continue in the role as vice chair following his appointment in February.
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Scotland’s Protection of Workers Act actually deter would-be abusers?
From today it has become a statutory offence to assault, threaten or abuse a retail worker in Scotland