Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 217
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C-store sales soar 5.1% to hit record
Convenience store owners have been urged not to rest on their laurels after a report showed Britons spent a record £27.4bn in c-stores in 2007. The figures, published by IGD/William Reed Business Media, found the sector grew faster than...
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Quest is promoted to new Musgrave GB role
Daniel Quest has been promoted to the new role of business development director at Musgrave Retail Partners GB.The role has been created to support Musgrave GB's independent retailers and to develop the Budgens and Londis brands,...
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Wholesaler Profile HT & Co - Drinks business taking the fast track to gowth
Number of depots: 1 Turnover: £116m Sector: Alcohol, soft drinks, confectionery Type of operation: cash & carry, delivered Alcohol and soft drinks wholesaler HT & Co (Drinks) has done it again. For a second year the Acton-based cash and...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited costcutter Eastbourne, East Sussexlondis Coten End, Warwickone stop Highbridge, Somersetpremier Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshiretesco express Kenton, Newcastle upon...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited budgens Teddington, Middlesexco-operative late shop Aston-cum-Aughton, South Yorkshireco-op welcome Banchory, Aberdeenshirefelpham bazaar Felpham, West Sussextesco express...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited budgens Teddington, Middlesexco-operative late shop Aston-cum-Aughton, South Yorkshireco-op welcome Banchory, Aberdeenshirefelpham bazaar Felpham, West Sussextesco express...
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Glasgow refit boosts Makro
Makro has reported significant sales hikes following a revamp of its Glasgow depot.The wholesaler began refurbishing its 33-depot network three years ago with improved fixtures, new signage, extra lines and greater focus on fresh...
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One Stop deal as P&H boosts chilled ranges
Palmer & Harvey McLane, the UK's biggest wholesaler, has won a contract to supply Tesco's c-store business One Stop with chilled lines, The Grocer can reveal.The move marks a major expansion of P&H's chilled offer in the week it also...
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Local policing - Police: coming soon at a store near you
James Graven & Sons may be the first independent retailer in the UK to open a police station in one of his stores, but the initiative has already inspired other independents keen to forge greater ties with their local communities. Fellow Budgens...
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Wholesaler Profile Hancocks - finding the sweet spot
Hancocks' cash & carry runs a campaign for independents called Don't Follow the Sheep encouraging them to adopt a different approach to confectionery retailing. It is a mantra the confectionery supplier subscribes to itself. In the world of...
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Thresher mulls joint venture to sell branded food ranges
Thresher Group is sounding out a possible buying alliance with Musgrave Retail Partners GB.The off-licence specialist, which operates the fascias Threshers, The Local and Wine Rack, is considering a partnership through which its stores...
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Broader business planned as sales rise at resurgent Booker
Booker chief executive Charles Wilson is now focused on broadening the business after recording a solid performance during the fourth quarter.Total sales were up 3.2% compared with just 1.3% for the previous quarter, while non-tobacco...
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Bond: online and Living are taking priority over c-stores
Asda boss Andy Bond has insisted that c-stores are not a part of Asda's growth plans - but refused to be drawn on its rumoured bid for neighbourhood and high street chain Somerfield."I am agnostic on c-stores," said Bond, speaking at a...
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WH Smith travel division snaps up hospital convenience chain
Hospital convenience chain United News Shops (UNS) has been snapped up by the travel division of high-street retailer WHSmith for £19m.
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Convenience hit hardest by opposition to development
Public opposition to c-store and supermarket development has deepened dramatically over the past year.A survey of 1,000 people, conducted by planning specialists Saint Consulting, found a rise in so-called NIMBYism across the...
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Local police set up station at Budgens in Cambridgeshire
A police station has opened in a Budgens store in Cambridgeshire in what is thought to be the first such arrangement with an independent.The station opened last week in an office within the Soham-based supermarket. Shoppers who wish to...
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Delivery charges go as Booker woos retailers
Booker is pushing its delivery business harder than ever after incorporating much of the technology used by delivered wholesaler Blueheath, which it bought last May.From this month, the cash & carry giant is offering free deliveries...
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Former Smile boss sets up new c-store venture
Jeremy Symonds, former CEO of Smile Stores, the chain sold to Martin McColl in September last year, has set up a new convenience store business.The chain, Symonds Forecourts, operates six c- stores on forecourt sites in the south west of...
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Wholesaler Profile Wing Yip - Unique appeal to Chinese local communities
W Wing Yip & Brothers Trading Group may be a long way from the biggest wholesaler in The Grocer's Big 30. But the Birmingham-based Chinese food specialist is arguably the most successful. In the past 12 months alone, it has climbed four places...
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Wholesaler profile - Wing Yip
Number of stores: 4Turnover: £84.9mGrowth year-on-year: 4.4%Type of operation: Cash & carry, deliveredW Wing Yip & Brothers Trading Group may be a long way from the biggest wholesaler in The Grocer's Big 30. But the...