Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 210
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NewsMakro UK ‘would not fetch attractive price’, admits Metro
There is no point trying to sell Makro Cash & Carry UK at the moment because "it wouldn't fetch an attractive price", the boss of Metro Group has claimed.
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Forecourt chain MPK signs to Londis fascia
Forecourt retailer MPK Garages has signed up to the Londis fascia.Up to 28 of MPK's 40 forecourt stores, which are predominantly located in The Midlands and the Yorkshire borders, will be supplied by Londis as part of the three-year...
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Bestway snaps up Scots wholesaler Bellevue
Bestway has bought Scottish wholesaler Bellevue, the owner of two cash & carries, for an undisclosed sum.
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Four c-store awards for David Sands
Independent retailers dominated this year's Him! Convenience Tracking Programme Awards.Scottish retailer David Sands was best overall convenience retailer for the second year in a row and also picked up awards for best community...
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Budgens to be given SuperValu treatment
Budgens is to get the Irish treatment later this year with the trial of new offers to bring the fascia in line with its SuperValu and Centra counterparts.
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Grocery Retail Structure 2010: Pass GO and collect c-stores in great grocery space race
The focus is back on the c-store sector in the battle for market share in grocery, with the multiples circling all sites on the market, says Michelle Perrett
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Convenience growth set to outpace market
C-store sales have risen by 6.3% over the past year and are now worth £30.9bn, according to the latest UK grocery market data from IGD. Convenience accounts for 20.9% of total UK grocery and is forecast to hit £41.3bn by 2012 growing at...
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Value and fresh produce top c-store shoppers’ priority list
With supermarkets increasingly encroaching on c-store turf, independents are responding by getting fresh and boosting promotions. Rob Brown reports
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Sugro UK ready to roll out Convenience fascia
Buying group Sugro UK is launching a new symbol fascia, Sugro Convenience.The fascia which has the strapline 'More for less!!' was ready to be rolled out in Northern Ireland through Sugro member O'Reilly Wholesale Confectioners, said...
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HMRC decides wholesaler register plan is unfeasible
Plans to introduce a wholesaler registration scheme to reduce alcohol duty fraud have hit the buffers.The Federation of Wholesale Distributors drew up plans last year to introduce a register of wholesalers that deal with at least 100...
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C-stores leave their big box rivals in the shade
Local c-stores are growing at a faster rate than large out-of-town supermarkets.Speaking at the Federation of Wholesale Distributors conference this week, Nielsen analyst David Glennon revealed that sales at stores under 3,000 sq ft had...
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Booker blasts banks for not support independents
Independents are receiving "shockingly bad service" from their banks, claims Booker chief executive Charles Wilson.
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Musgrave boss Smith named FWD chairman
Musgrave Retail Partners GB managing director Phil Smith has been named as the new chairman of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors.
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NewsP&H and Makro cosy up to create PalMak
The OFT has given the green light to a buying alliance between wholesalers Palmer & Harvey and Makro this week but wholesalers warn it could lead to closer scrutiny of other buying groups in the future.
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Foodservice beware, DHL plans to cut wholesalers out of chain
Logistics expert DHL is planning to muscle further into the foodservice market and is in talks with several pub and restaurant chains.
Several companies were examining their supply chains to look for efficiency savings and were… -
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Budgens store turns roof into veg garden
The roof of a Budgens in north London is being transformed into a garden to grow vegetables.Endangered British vegetables, such as purple carrots, will be grown on the roof of the Crouch End site, and the produce sold in the store...
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Cutbacks bring fall in ADM Londis revenue
Irish convenience group ADM Londis has cut credit lines to more than 40 stores to help it cope with the economic downturn.The outlets involved were described as "exposed stores" where there was a risk the group would not be paid for...
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Makro testing delivery service at eight depots
Makro Cash & Carry is trialling a delivery service, The Grocer has learned.The ongoing trials are understood to be from eight depots, where Makro has recruited delivery customer consultants, in Glasgow, Washington, Hull, Leeds,...
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Bestway outlines plans for foodservice growth
Bestway has revealed plans to become a major delivered foodservice provider.Catering lines currently account for about 5% of Bestway's turnover but the wholesaler intends to grow its share of the market and set up a dedicated foodservice...
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NewsPalmer & Harvey poised for fourth round of redundancies
Palmer & Harvey is poised to make a fourth major round of job cuts in less than two years, The Grocer can reveal.