Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 208
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NewsEmarket using news duo to target c-stores
Grocery's answer to eBay, Emarket, is targeting the convenience sector via a tie-up with news wholesalers Menzies Distribution and Smiths News. The online trading operation will use the wholesalers' supply chain networks to...
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NewsBestway takes majority stake in Asian bank
Bestway has upped its stake in United Bank, the second largest lender in Pakistan, to 51.07%. The cash & carry giant took a stake in the bank in 2002 as part of a consortium with Abu Dhabi Group. The latest $230m (£142m) investment by...
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NewsSpice prices are not so nice, with mace up by 140%
The price of spices and condiments is skyrocketing, and traders want consumers and the food industry to know about it. Poor harvests across producer nations and tougher safety procedures have combined to send some of the UK's most popular...
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Milestone for c-store DVD rental service
A DVD rental service for convenience retailers has signed up its 150th store. The Webb Group's Rent It Here service, a touchscreen system that allows customers to choose and rent DVDs and Blu-Ray films, reached the landmark last week with...
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NewsCentra urges: ‘pack healthy lunchboxes’
Centra, Musgrave Retail Partner NI's symbol fascia in Northern Ireland, is urging shoppers to 'Pack A Healthy Lunchbox' in a campaign with Action Cancer and the Public Health Agency. The campaign offers parents quick and healthy ideas for...
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NewsMusgrave sells first Somerfield store two years after buying it
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has finally sold its first former Somerfield store to an independent retailer. The wholesaler snapped up 13 stores from The Co-operative Group in January 2009 and planned to sell them to independents under the...
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NewsSugro starts buying group to support smaller wholesalers
Sugro UK has set up a new buying group for smaller snacks, soft drinks and confectionery wholesalers. Acorn will support wholesalers that have annual impulse turnover of £3m or less and are too small to strike decent terms with...
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NewsBudgens on TV to push its local values
Budgens is running its first TV ad campaign for more than a decade to trumpet the local produce in stores. The ads, which broke this week and run until 21 December, highlight that by shopping at Budgens consumers can help support their...
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United Wholesale to widen its offer with Polmadie extension
Scottish wholesaler United Wholesale Grocers is more than doubling the size of its depot in Polmadie.Work starts on the extension next month and will increase the sales area of the Landmark Wholesale member's depot from 35,000 sq ft to...
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NewsIGD: c-stores and online set to boom
C-stores are set to outperform the wider grocery market over the next five years as new store developments and consumer demand underpin growth. The UK convenience sector, currently valued at £32.1bn, is projected to grow 5.8% a year to...
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NewsRetailers sound alarm over staff theft levels
Two high-profile independent retailers are urging fellow shopkeepers to remain vigilant of staff theft after falling victim to significant theft themselves. Budgens and Spar retailer Jonathan James, who is also vice chairman of the ACS,...
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Gross profits up but Tout slides into red
Budgens retailer and forecourt operator Tout has fallen into the red.The south west of England-based retailer reported a loss of £155,770 in the year to 31 March against profits of £58,801 the year before, accounts posted at Companies...
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Bestway boosts Scots clout with Martex deal
Bestway Cash & Carry is on the hunt for further acquisitions after snapping up CJ Lang’s Martex Cash & Carry business this week.
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Etherington to take over from Phil Smith as chairman of FWD
Palmer & Harvey chief executive Chris Etherington has been named as the new chairman of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors following the departure of Phil Smith as MD of Musgrave Retail Partners GB last week.Etherington joined...
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NewsMusgrave GB gets safe pair of hands in symbol shake-up
As Spar begins the search for a new MD, Musgrave GB already has one in Donal Horgan. Why has he been parachuted in, asks Beth Phillips
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Makro turns its focus on hoteliers in latest customer campaign
Makro has launched its third customer campaign, this time targeting independent hoteliers. In the Proud to Support Independent Hotels campaign, the loss-making wholesaler will run fortnightly offers and price-freeze initiatives. Customer...
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Third Party: Convenience sector is growing in importance
As Morrisons joins other big names opening c-stores, brands should note increased opportunities, says David Norbury
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NewsSmith steps aside at Musgrave GB
Phil Smith, MD of Musgrave Retail Partners GB, which owns Budgens and Londis, has resigned following a boardroom shake-up at Musgrave Group.
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Leamington Londis couple turn back time
Londis retailers Sunder and Pam Sandher are the stars of the BBC's new TV series Turn Back Time. The series creates scenarios to find out how today's shopkeepers would have coped running their businesses in the past. The...
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Makro’s online shop opens with discounts
Makro Cash & Carry's online ordering site has gone live. The Grocer revealed in August that Makro was revamping its website to allow people to make purchases online. In September it added a product directory to the site. The new...