Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 246
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Budgens: Rising through the ranks
Budgens is planning to push another 50 employees up through the ranks as its retail management training scheme goes into its fourth year. The scale of its scheme is on a par with that of Asda, said Budgens, and leaves the other big multiples...
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Wholesalers: DETR intervenes to halt packaging cost savings
The Department of the Environment has suddenly stepped in to prevent wholesalers saving about £25m in packaging waste costs, following a presentation at the annual FWD conference on Tuesday. In an unexpected move, DETR has attempted to reverse an...
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Convenience stores: Subway seeking partners
As many as 500 Subway sandwich bars could open in convenience stores around the UK over the next decade, the chain's co-founder pledged this week. Fred DeLuca said Subway was planning to open 2,000 shops in this country. "If the development here is...
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Convenience stores: Compass Group plans Whistlestop tour of
Exclusive John Wood The world's largest foodservice company is looking to develop a national chain of c-stores in the UK. Compass Group, which has a worldwide turnover of £4.8bn and employs 190,000 people, has acquired Belleview, which operates...
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Station convenience stores: Connex turns to French for new
Connex has spurned Spar and Costcutter as it launches a new convenience chain at its stations in the south east of England. The French rail operator plans to develop 40 sites in the next three years after successful trials in Leatherhead with Spar...
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News Special: Convenience Retailing Show
Just wild about harry The must-stock merchandise this autumn will be a range of Harry Potter-inspired cauldrons, potions and magic wands, according to Grosvenor of London which showcased its new licensed range at the CRS. The boy magician will...
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Human resources: Why c-stores must look after their most val
Convenience store bosses must attract and retain high quality staff if they are to exploit their main strength service. Trevor Dixon, Association of Convenience Stores chief executive, told delegates to the annual conference in Birmingham this...
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Wholesale: Toft challenges IGD forecast of C&C decline
Predictions by IGD that delivered wholesale will overtake cash and carry have been described as "intellectually careless" by Federation of Wholesale Distributors director general Alan Toft. IGD's Grocery Wholesaling 2001 report says the cash and...
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Wholesale Confectionery and Tobacco Alliance: Sector must p
The wholesale sector must work closer together if all partners are to profit in the future, according to the head of the Wholesale Confectionery and Tobacco Alliance. Speaking at the alliance's annual dinner, John Bowden said: "Diversification is...
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Convenience Retailing Show 2001 preview
Guidance from the experts Now owned by William Reed, publisher of The Grocer, the Convenience Retailing Show will this year be bigger and better than ever, and give essential guidance on boosting profits Want help on better merchandising, expert...
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Convenience Retailing Show 2001 preview
LAUNCHES: A WEALTH OF INNOVATION The show will be the launchpad for stacks of new products ideally suited for c-stores keen to grow and diversify Everything the c-store operator could possibly want to stock or needs to run their business more...
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Londis Retailing Show: Local suppliers detailed
A web site enabling independent stores to source produce from small local suppliers has been launched at this year's Londis Retailing Show. Supported by Londis and TM Retail, the web site from the Independent Dairy Consortium, smallsupplier.com,...
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Multiples - franchising: Budgens Local boosted as former All
Budgens' franchise scheme for independent retailers received a huge boost this week when it signed up 21 stores belonging to a former Alldays regional development company. Anglia Convenience Stores, operates its stores in East Anglia, and began...
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C-store multiples: Alldays to trade its way out of crisis
Alldays' management has abandoned any hope of selling the company and will, instead, attempt to trade out of its debt crisis. As the c-store chain revealed another huge loss, operations director Stuart Lawson said exploratory talks about selling...
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Symbol groups: National forecourt drive on the way from Lond
Competition in the forecourt store market is gathering pace with new packages from Londis and Spar wholesaler Appleby Westward. Londis will approach 7,000 petrol retailers nationwide in the search for sites. Appleby Westward will concentrate on its...
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Coventry Londis store and off licence sold
The Londis store in Harnall Lane East in Hillfields, Coventry has been sold through Christie & Co. Just north of Coventry centre, in a residential area, the business trades as a traditional c-store with off-licence and sells newspapers, magazines...
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Full Budgens range ready
The full range of revamped Budgens ready meals is now available in store. Budgens has redeveloped its ready meals with improvements in recipes (to make them more authentic) and packaging design. The range now has 45 lines covering Chinese,...
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Wholesale: Hunt hits out at supplier price tactics
New pricing strategies employed by suppliers are threatening the profitability and even the survival of wholesalers, managing director Rodney Hunt told delegates at The Today's Group 2001 Conference in Tenerife. Mentioning no suppliers by name ...
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Mace: Big deal for Aberness
Aberness Foods is celebrating the acquisition of its biggest ever convenience store in a deal with TM Retail. The Aberdeen based distributor to Scottish Mace outlets has bought the former Forbuoys store in Newmachar, near Aberdeen. The store has...
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Association of Convenience Stores: ACS aiming for smooth han
The Association of Convenience Stores is looking to ensure a smooth handover of power after its chief executive Trevor Dixon confirmed he would be retiring at the end of October. ACS has appointed a firm of recruitment consultants to seek a...