Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 100
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Unitas severs ties with Confex after bustup over strategy and direction
Confex, which has 244 members, will no longer be able to access the terms Unitas has in place with 320 suppliers
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Spar wholesaler launches £30,000 fund for community groups
The Community Cashback Grant scheme is open for applications via Blakemore Spar Facebook pages until 9 July
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Nisa extends DHL deal to deliver to more than 1,400 of its retailers until 2023
Under the agreement DHL will continue to provide warehousing, transport, facilities and ancillary services for the symbol group throughout the UK
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Nisa supports retailers with new app for ordering, price checking and more
The app includes ‘intelligent’ push notifications to direct retailers to specific products, web deals and news updates relevant to their business
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Central England Co-op and ACS call for action on violence against shop workers
The mutual retailer, which has more than 260 stores across 16 counties, is joining forces with co-operatives in the UK calling on the government to introduce new legislation to better protect key workers
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Co-op slams government inaction over shopworker abuse
Co-op is calling on the government to act urgently to halt a potential store crime epidemic
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Calls for suppliers to extend best-before dates to save £1m of food a week
Wholesalers are struggling to convince catering customers to accept stock with short BBE dates
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Spar launches organic wine range under new Orbis brand
The first bottles in the new line will include a Orbis Organic tempranillo and shiraz, and the Orbis Organic Verdejo sauvignon blanc
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Coronavirus: Scottish wholesaler Lomond on why 30% of staff have been made redundant since March
The husband-and-wife owners told The Grocer of how they had no choice but to cut 43 jobs for the business to survive
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One Stop swaps own label products for Tesco branded goods
Source: One Stop The symbol group used third party distributor Menzies to deliver 200,000 additional cases to retailers over the past two months Symbol group One Stop has swapped a number of its own label fresh ambient and grocery lines for Tesco branded products in a bid ...
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Nisa recruits 242 new stores in first half of 2020
The 242 additional stores include 37 sites secured with forecourt retailer Ascona Group in May
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Eat 17 sets sights on pubs and restaurants for franchise expansion
The retailer plans to open new stores across the capital by offering its model of combining retail and foodservice to pubs and restaurants
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Convenience store plastic-free initiatives derailed by coronavirus
Thornton’s Budgens in Belsize Park launched a milk dispenser last year but has had to adapt the service as a precaution
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Costcutter Supermarkets Group shakes up ‘delivery on-time’ service for retailers
Changes include increasing the minimum order quantity for ambient products from 80 cases per order to 120
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Nisa retailer who opened store just before pandemic celebrates success
Harry Ahmed launched his Nisa Local in Greenock at the start of March, moving into a 1,500 sq ft purpose-built unit
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Costcutter unveils new website for prospective retailers
The new website details Costcutter’s shopper insights programme, marketing and business support initiatives, store branding, price and rebate offer
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Buying group Confex to launch Core own-label product range
Core will consist of 275 catering-sized products across ambient, chilled, frozen and grocery categories
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Bestway joins push to prevent relaxing of Sunday trading laws
MD Dawood Pervez has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak and business secretary Alok Sharma urging them to rethink their plans
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Wholesale sector warning as Bidfood consults on hundreds of jobs
The Grocer understands hundreds of jobs are at risk as Bidfood, which employs 5,400 staff, looks to restructure
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Convenience retail sector forecast to grow 8% this year
Convenience retail had benefited from larger basket sizes and spend since the start of the coronavirus pandemic