Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 163
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NewsBooker opens 3,300th Premier store as new members keep coming
Boost in numbers follows relaunch with modern imagery and mission-based layout
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NewsCo-op sets 21 September start date for 5:1 membership proposition
From that day more than 5.1 million Co-op members will have their new blue membership cards
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NewsBooker, Nisa and Spar join mults in ending caged egg sales
Commitment follows similar switch by major supermarkets in recent weeks
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NewsSpar joins major mults in switching to cage-free eggs by 2025
C-store player is latest to commit to ending sale of eggs from enriched colonies
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NewsACS welcomes retailer alcohol breach sentencing guidelines
The ACS supports the new guidelines but is concerned about the risk of violence directed at retailers
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NewsHot weather promises to send food sales soaring by 10%, says Co-op
A new report concludes food sales could soar by £290m a week with a few days of sizzling temperatures
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NewsMan guilty of murder of Glasgow shopkeeper jailed for life
Tanveer Ahmed, 32, from Bradford, Yorkshire, was sentenced to a minimum of 27 years for the religiously motivated murder
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NewsDrink Supermarket teams with Debenhams to sell online
HT Drinks’ online arm will supply the department store with more than 40 alcohol SKUs
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NewsTesco extends Project Reset plan to One Stop stores
One Stop said prices had been reduced by 8.5% on average as part of the programme
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NewsUnited Wholesale Scotland reports £5m boost with second depot
The Today’s member recorded a turnover rise of 2.5% to £227m for the year to 31 December
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NewsUnited Wholesale Grocers brands lorries as Lifestyle Express
Four lorries have been given the redesign and feature changeable offers and promotions
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NewsMidcounties Co-op begins multimillion pound improvement programme
The Customer First Programme is expected to take three years and cost up to £2m
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NewsBestway Wholesale board shakeup as Race succeeds Sheikh as MD
Co-founder and MD Younus Sheikh has moved to a non-executive role
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NewsTurners Fine Foods collapses with 484 redundancies
Landmark Wholesale member Turners Fine Foods has collapsed after a failed turnaround attempt, with almost 500 staff losing their jobs.
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NewsFood-to-go category set for 7% rise in value to £16bn: IGD
IGD said the opportunities presented to suppliers could only be exploited if they understood the market
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NewsJames Hall snaps up North East Convenience Stores
Spar wholesaler has bought the 30-store estate for an undisclosed sum
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NewsE.coli investigation focused on wholesale, not retail, says PHE
Authorities have still not identified the source of the outbreak
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NewsBooker teams with Epoints to encourage higher Premier compliance
Booker has teamed up with reward scheme company Epoints to encourage higher compliance levels from Premier retailers
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NewsMy Local administrators confident of more store sales to come
Administrators at My Local have sold 26 of the failed retailer’s convenience stores since being appointed, with hopes to offload another 16 in the coming days and weeks.
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NewsCo-op takes convenience range to cities and festivals
Teams will distribute food from range using Airstream trailers and Piaggio scooters