Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 176
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One Stop launches in-store Subway concessions
The first two concessions will be in Leicester and Burton Latimer
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Camelot reports record lottery sales
Retailers earned £330m in sales commission in 2014/15, and Camelot raised £1.8bn for National Lottery Good Causes
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Dynamic Retail relaunches as Scotfresh as it eyes more stores
Dynamic Retail, which had been trading under the Premier fascia, has relaunched as Scotfresh
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Londis reshuffles management team
John Ridgley, Paul Adam, John Taylor and Des Dunbar on the move
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E-cigs: newsagent takes fight to specialists with new gantry
Kieran McDonnell claimed the one-metre e-cig gantry had allowed him to compete with specialist vaping shops by allowing more products to be stocked
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Connect Group reports profits rise
Connect Group said total sales rose 1.2% to £909.9m in the six months to 28 February, while underlying profits rose 3.3% to £27.7m
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C-store bottled ale sales could top £100m, says Marston's
Premium bottled ale (PBA) represents a £104m opportunity for the convenience channel, a brewer’s report has claimed.
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Three senior directors axed at Nisa as new boss Nick Read rings the changes
Nisa chief executive Nick Read has become the latest new retail boss to make sweeping changes to his senior management team in a bid to arrest poor trading.
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Paul Stone's fifth Manchester Spar tops £30,000 in first week
The Spar retailer opened the store, on Princess Street, last month. It is its fifth store in the city.
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Pub conversions into c-stores made harder by new planning rules
With more onerous planning changes that came into effect this week, the government has protected pubs listed as Assets of Community Value (ACV)
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Spar wholesaler James Hall launches Training Academy Programme
The Training Academy Programme will include customer service inductions, staff and performance management, fruit & veg training and conversational selling
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Caterway shuts its doors following collapse in trading
Wholesaler Caterway has ceased trading after attempts to secure the external investment it needed to survive failed.
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Booker sales climb amid deflation as it announces chairman to step down
Total sales to caterers rose 2% in a year in which Booker said it had seen “significant” price deflation in the catering market – including -15.8% deflation on fruit and vegetables
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Only half of Co-op members will be eligible to vote at agm
To be able to vote, members must have spent either £250 or more in its food, travel, e-store or pharmacy business
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L&F Jones to focus on foodservice as five c-stores go up for sale
The South West-based business is also selling a fifth outlet privately in Shirehampton, Bristol
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Scotmid Stockbridge store wins Convenience Retailer of Year
Store manager Craig McAulay said he was “gobsmacked”. “I think we won because we’re trying to give something different to the customers”.
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New fun Nisa ads hope to combine 'warmth and value'
The ads, created by Green Cave People, features a Nisa store worker winking and smiling as he displays current offers.
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Rippleglen gives e-cig operations over to Real Trading
The company’s 90 independent stores will now be exclusively supplied by Real Trading, who offer next-day direct-to-store delivery
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Kerryfresh plans online and 100 new lines in wake of MBO
Kerryfresh is planning to launch online later this year, as well as introduce new products and add new customers
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Spar trialling Daily Deli counter
The Daily Deli range is available all day and includes fresh salad products, sandwiches, baguettes and accompaniment