Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 248
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C-store multiples: Alldays considers takeover bids at a wat
CWS has emerged as one of the favourites to buy Alldays as the troubled convenience store chain considers a number of possible takeover bids. Alldays this week completed the restructuring of its 32 franchise operators, known as Regional Development...
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Musgrave: Scally blasts report's sweet damn all'
Seamus Scally, boss of Irish group Musgrave, has launched an attack on the Competition Commission report into supermarket pricing. "It's a great pity it didn't recommend any putative action on the various malpractices they found in relation to...
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Convenience stores: Brakes put on Connex station c-shop vent
Train operator Connex Transport UK learned it would lose one of its franchises covering more than half its stations just hours after unveiling a joint venture to develop combined retail and rail ticket outlets. Connex had identified 100 stations...
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Londis: Thousands of POs ripe for c-store conversion'
Thousands of sub post offices could be saved from extinction by bolting on convenience, but there's no need for another symbol group. That's the view of Londis sales director Terry Bedford, responding to Colin Baker, general secretary of the...
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Wholesalers: Today's arms retailers to take on the majors
Today's believes it is giving its retail customers the ammunition to take on the major multiples with the relaunch of its own label. The wholesalers' buying group is spending more than £200,000 promoting its extended new-look range of own label...
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Training: Aberness shows how to make gains
Investing in training has proved to be a recipe for success for Aberness Foods winner of this year's John Sainsbury 1990 Award at the IGD Food Industry Awards. The Mace wholesaler for Scotland beat off stiff competition from Sainsbury, Princes...
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Speed is of the essence as Sara Lee drives convenience facto
Secret Bites is the latest line from Sara Lee Bakery aimed at getting more people to snack from the freezer. Based on a successful US and Australian format, these are individually foil wrapped chocolate covered mini cheesecakes. Claimed to be a...
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Maloney takes reins of day-to-day operations at Budgens
Vince Maloney is to take over as stores director at Budgens following the promotion of Peter Ellis to the PLC board. After joining Budgens in 1997 when the Neighbourhood Stores business was acquired, Maloney was appointed a senior controller within...
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New fascia start-up: New Xpress symbol gets on the recruitme
Exclusive Tony Hurren The launch of another symbol group gives retailers in the south and East Anglia the opportunity to obtain their ambient, chilled and frozen requirements through Nisa-Today's central distribution. Today's wholesaler AC Ward,...
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Leven Londis
The village of Leven is approximately seven miles north east of Beverley in East Yorkshire. And its village store, operated under the Londis banner, is well positioned in the centre. The subject of a recent refurbishment, retail area is around...
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Aberness buys three stores
Aberness Foods, the Mace wholesaler for Scotland, has bought three more independent retail outlets. The acquisition of the stores in the north east of Scotland two in Elgin, one in Ellon means it now owns 34 Mace badged outlets. Retail...
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Convenience stores: T&S thinks ready meals
Convenience group T&S Stores has called a top level meeting with suppliers as part of a major drive to boost its ready meals offering. Frozen and chilled ready meals represent a "huge growth opportunity" for T&S, said chief executive James...
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Jac Roper's advice centre: When TS officers dole out rough j
The sooner we get a nationally recognised ID card for kids, the better. An outraged Londis retailer rang me to say there is a home for young offenders near his store. "If we sold cigarettes to these 14-year-olds directly, we d be breaking the...
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Convenience outlets: Connex planning station c-stores
Rail operator working to set up joint venture with major retailer following test with Spar and Costcutter Train operator Connex is currently trialing a combined ticket office/c-store concept on two of its stations and believes there is scope for...
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Internet shopping: Budgens gives up online plan
Budgens' decision to pull the plug on its online shopping service just months after announcing plans to boost the offer has baffled rival operators. Tesco.com chief John Browett admitted he was "stunned" by the decision. Three months ago...
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Cash and carry: Booker offers e-prepayment
Booker has launched a cash-based electronic pre-payment system for retailers selling mobile phone top-up cards. The system is to be operated though a network of computers at Booker and store countertop terminals. Retailers will be able to pay in...
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C-stores: NFRN c-store project will soon be fully fledged'
The National Federation of Retail Newsagents has overcome the mid-term hiccup it suffered when Londis pulled out of its fascia project, and the scheme is firmly back on track. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, former Spar boss John Irish ...
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Multiples: Musgrave will help drive Budgens Local franchise
The roll-out of the Budgens Local franchise operation could be accelerated following Musgrave's acquisition of 28% of Budgens' shares. Musgrave is Ireland's largest food distributor and operates 500 franchised stores throughout Northern Ireland and...
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PREPARED SALADS: Budgens first' with Duet
Budgens claimed a first this week through the extension of its prepared salad range with a topped and trimmed Onion Duet' prepack which contains a red spring onion called Burgundy. The 100g packs are priced at 65p. Steve Normington, senior produce...
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Symbol groups: Scottish stores fall for Londis pull
Londis says nearly a hundred Scottish retailers are planning to sign up following its recent recruitment drive in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Seventeen retailers joined at the open days, and the symbol group says it has begun negotiations with 64 of...