Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 231
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Taylor chief exec of combined Musgrave
Budgens’ commercial director Mike Taylor has been promoted to chief executive of the newly combined Musgrave/Budgens/ Londis business following a senior management reshuffle.He will take up his new post on January 1, reporting to Musgrave UK...
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Haslett is in the family way with new ad approach
Northern Irish symbol group J& J Haslett, operator of the province’s Mace outlets, has launched a TV advertising campaign which it claimed was a departure from the clichéd predictability or celebrity endorsement approaches of its...
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christmas orders
Budgens has launched a festive food ordering service so customers can order seasonal products to collect from their local store in the run-up to Christmas.The range of turkey and savoury foods will be supported by a brochure and...
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Scally warns over superstores
If the Irish Republic opts for UK-style, out-of-town superstores, in a bid for cheaper groceries, there will be widesparead casualties in the independent sector, according to Musgrave group MD Seamus Scally.He told a parliamentary committee in...
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Convenience retail boost for Asia
Convenience Retail Asia has said it plans to gain a stronger foothold in the Dongguan and Shenzhen regions of southern China, followed by expansion into Beijing and Shanghai.The company has 16 Circle K c-stores in Guangzhou and it plans to...
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Key Store plans new image
Key Lekkerland is testing a new concept Key Store design to challenge rival symbol group packages such as Londis Genesis and Spar Millennium.Speaking at the annual Key Lekkerland conference, John Liptrot, commercial director for Key Lekkerland,...
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Appeal of the interior
The Cameo apple is consolidating its presence in UK retail with five UK supermarkets now stocking it – Tesco, Budgens, the Co-op, Booths and Somerfield.Cameo is grown in Europe by members of the European Cameo Club, which controls all aspects...
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New deal is on the way
Musgrave plans to offer Londis retailers improved terms early in the new year as it irons out discrepancies between the price files of both companies and drives efficiency at the combined group. Speaking three months after Musgrave’s...
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There’s a long way to go in c-stores’ food to go offers
C-store operators are failing to capitalise on the food to go trend, according to research obtained by The Grocer.A Harris International Marketing survey of 4,399 snack shoppers at c-stores shows they still view c-stores as places to go for...
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C-stores miss food to go sales
A quarter of convenience store shoppers leave home without eating breakfast each day but only 3% buy breakfast at a c-store while three quarters never purchase breakfast on the go in such an outlet, according to new research from Harris...
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ADM Londis gets capital for growth
ADM Londis, the Irish c-store franchise group, is to convert from a co-operative to an unlisted public company, enabling retailers to buy and sell shares in the company.The change in corporate structure, approved by members in a weekend vote,...
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Pressure for Jacksons probe
As The Grocer went to press this week, a delegation from the Federation of Wholesale Distributors was meeting OFT officials in a bid to block Sainsbury’s takeover of the Jacksons c-store chain.The delegation comprised Musgrave UK boss Eoin...
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retailers’ exposure to abuse unchecked
from Shamus Lehal, Londis retailerSir; Phil Thomas’ letter (Retail’s role in curbing alcohol abuse, The Grocer, September 25, p28) is a typical head-in-sand response from officialdom.While I agree with him that retailers have to...
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No stopping for One Stop
Tesco is to open up to 25 One Stop convenience stores a year once it has pared back the existing chain to 500 outlets.Colin Holmes, chief executive of Tesco’s convenience operation, said the retailer was “absolutely committed” to the fascia....
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Reshaping of the c-store landscape
This month’s Homescan Tradetrak analysis confirms that, despite inconsistent weather during the 12 weeks to September 4 that is estimated by ACNielsen to have reduced topline growth in supermarkets by 1%, shoppers continue to spend more at retailers...
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Budgens enters LinkPork Scheme
Budgens has entered a partnership with pork processors, George Adams & Sons and a group of British pig farmers in order to ensure high quality supply of home produced pork.The new relationship with the LinkPork Scheme follows the recent...
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Booker loses out to Budgens
It’s a case of once bitten, twice shy when it comes to symbol group operators, says Deepak Patel, who is converting one of his three c-stores in Clacton-on-Sea to Budgens next month.Patel, who used to drive to Dhamecha’s Barking cash and carry,...
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Lloyd Maunder signs deal
Meat supplier Lloyd Maunder has won a contract to supply 227 Budgens stores around London and the south east with Devonshire-branded free range and organic chicken.The deal follows a similar one to supply Somerfield, which was signed this...
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The Saturday Essay
>>why we need local shops with local produce…Martin Hyson, chief executive, BudgensToday marks the beginning of British Food Fortnight and for the first time Budgens will be sponsoring it. The organisers approached us at the...
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Somerfield set for Scottish c-store format trials
Somerfield’s new c-store format for independent retailers in Scotland will be trialled in Aberdeen early next month.One independent and one company-owned store will take on the Somerfield at Mace format, which is aimed at independent retailers...