Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 103
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Indoor ski slope becomes cold storage facility for Company Shop
Chill Factore, the UK’s longest indoor real snow ski slope, is offering temperature-controlled storage during lockdown
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Women in Wholesale launches webinars for support during lockdown
The first panel and webinar will take place on 9 July
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Nisa Retail rejoins FWD for first time since 2011
Nisa is the second new member to join the federation in the past month, following Reynolds Foodservice
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Supreme Court rules in favour of supermarkets over cash machine business rates
The ruling means ATMs both inside and outside stores should not be assessed for additional business rates on top of normal store rates
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Morrisons launches wholesale service for councils, food banks and charities
Retailer said organisations could access supplies in bulk, more cheaply and more conveniently
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Tobacco track & trace rules go live, as wholesalers warn over retailer codes
The Federation of Wholesale Distributors is warning members against selling non-compliant tobacco products
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Nisa partners with Ascona forecourts to supply sites with grocery
The businesses agreed terms just ahead of the outbreak of Covid-19 earlier this year, with the transition of the first 12 outlets across to Nisa completed
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Quarter of convenience retailers report large lockdown sales declines
ACS said forecourts, city centre stores and those near transport hubs were the most likely to have been negatively affected
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Unitas Wholesale calls for more government support for wholesalers
Goldney has criticised the government for failing to acknowledge the ‘very real difference’ between lending and giving
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FWD welcomes coronavirus grant scheme for small businesses
The FWD has written to the Local Government Association and asked that wholesalers’ applications are prioritised
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Hancocks to begin reopening shuttered cash & carries
The wholesaler said its online sales have doubled since the end of March
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Nisa retailer Paul Cheema’s new ‘garden centre’ in front of store has been a ‘tremendous success’
Customers have a separate pay point outside the store to pay for garden centre items
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Central England Co-op reports rise in shoppers threatening to spit and cough at staff
Central England Co-op called the rise in offences ‘totally unacceptable’
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Pricecheck doubles warehouse capacity with Manvers site
The expansion will create 100 new jobs, with some existing employees relocating to the new site
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Convenience stores still suffering coronavirus availability problems
A broad consensus on the panel was that availability remained easily the biggest problem
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Scheff Foods shifts business focus from foodservice to retail
Scheff said it was also open to working with other manufacturers struggling to fulfil orders for retailers
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East End Foods founder Don Wouhra passes away
The Wouhra family said they were in “shock and mourning” at the loss of “a kind, generous and larger than life character”
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Costcutter expands range of coronavirus guidance and support
The online support package includes a guide to implementing social distancing in store
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Pukka launches new pack format aimed at wholesalers offering DTC
Its new six-packs of 230g frozen pies ‘fit neatly into a home fridge or freezer’
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Booze delivery startup Drinkly rebrands to reflect crisis operations
The Scottish startup has rebranded as Shoply and has been working to bring convenience stores’ full ranges onto the platform