Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 174
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Shoppers back national living wage but worry about higher prices
An overwhelming majority of consumers welcome the national living wage - but they are concerned food prices might rise as a result
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PayPoint admits it has lost touch with retailers
In a letter to The Grocer, the payment services company vows to improve relations with its retailers
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New retailer reward program at Londis
New ‘Cool’ initiative doubles the standard discount on all fresh food purchases
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Booker's Mark Aylwin takes over as Musgrave GB MD
Booker veteran Mark Aylwin has been appointed managing director of Musgrave Retail Partners GB to replace Peter Ridler.
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Health and beauty wholesaler Pricecheck joins Today's Group
Pricecheck, the Sheffield-based wholesaler of discounted clearance stock, has joined Today’s Group
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Convenience shopping then and now: key stats from the Co-op report
The Co-operative Group has published a retrospective on convenience retailing over the past 50 years
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National Living Wage could cost c-stores £166m and put 80,000 jobs at risk
Convenience retailers stand to lose £166m as a result of George Osborne’s new National Living Wage, with 80,000 jobs potentially at risk, new research has claimed.
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Sunday Trading and living wage moves enrage indies
The Association of Convenience Stores has pledged to fight hard against the relaxation of Sunday Trading regulations…
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Turkish weather damages sultana and raisin production
Some Turkish crops have suffered from adverse weather conditions, with April frosts and hailstorms in June…
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Nisa to hike prices and cut rebates as part of recovery plan
Nisa has written to members to inform them of proposed price increases and rebate reductions…
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Bestway scraps credit card charges for customers
Bestway Wholesale has axed credit card transaction fees at its 60 Bestway and Batleys depots as well as across its websites and mobile app.
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AF Blakemore looks to double Wholesale Distribution business
AF Blakemore & Son is planning to more than double the size of its Wholesale Distribution operation…
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Landmark fires up summer barbecue promo
Landmark Wholesale has packed its latest All You Need promotion with big brands for barbecues…
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Londis launches £10k 'Bring a Friend' recruitment contest
Londis is trying to drive up retailer numbers with a recruitment campaign aimed at getting members to ‘Bring a Friend’…
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Nisa rolls out store-specific marketing material service
Nisa has been trialling a new personalised full-colour printing service for independent retailers…
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PayPoint withdraws social media engagement over 'aggressive' page
The nature of some of the posts made by retailers has prompted the payment services company to pull back from engaging directly on the PayPointPayFair group page
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Soft drinks wholesaler JC Sudders ceases trading
Soft drinks wholesaler JC Sudders has ceased trading after going bust, leaving 20 staff without jobs…
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Appleby Westward eyes price improvement, expansion
The company is looking to recruit more than 20 new stores under the Spar fascia before the end of the year to add to the existing 260 trading
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Spar UK agrees Roadchef partnership
Spar UK has signed an agreement to open stores at key transit locations across the country in partnership with motorway services operator Roadchef.
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PayPoint profitable for retailers, analysts claim
The analysis by Numis Securities refutes retailers’ claims they are making a loss on the service