Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 60
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Waitrose to sell food in Scottish convenience chain Margiotta
The retailer will sell around 600 products across Margiotta’s 10 stores
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Pret a Manger launches new loyalty scheme Pret Perks
The high street sandwich chain’s coffee subscribers will be the first to trial the new scheme from 30 November
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Bestway marketing head Tim Fairs leaves business after less than four months
Fairs joined Bestway in mid-August with responsibility to support growth and innovation across its retail arm
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One Stop reports 10.7% pre-tax profit slide but revenue spikes
As of February, store numbers were back in growth across its company-owned estate at 701 sites
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City Snapshot: McColl’s expands Morrisons Daily conversion programme
Embattled McColl’s Retail Group has agreed an extension with wholesale partner Morrisons to convert a further 100 of its stores to the Morrisons Daily fascia. Plus, AG Barr upgrades full-year profit expectations as recovery continues.
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Kitwave profits better than expected as Covid recovery gains momentum
Kitwave has upgraded profit expectations as trading recovered to pre-pandemic levels and the wholesaler escaped the worst of the HGV driver crisis
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Patrick Coveney leaves Greencore to join SSP Group as CEO
Greencore CEO Patrick Coveney is to leave the food-to-go specialist to take the reins at SSP Group
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Wholesalers fear long-awaited funding could bypass them at the last moment
FWD is seeking assurances from chancellor Rishi Sunak
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Parfetts on track to boost symbol estate by 200 stores this year
The focus of the expansion has been in the north east and Midlands
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Central England Co-op opens concession from Original Factory Shop at Ripley store
The move means The Original Factory Shop will return to Ripley after closing the doors of its town centre branch in June
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Nisa aims to launch 1,000 stores with Too Good To Go over 12 months in anti-waste drive
Nisa has already rescued 115,000 kg of CO2 emissions over the past two years with the 100 Nisa stores already involved
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Forrest Fresh Foods transfers c-store supply to North West Wholesale
Forrest said the move would enable it to focus on fast-growing central distribution partnerships with manufacturers
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Shopworker abuse: government ‘once again’ fails to bring in better protection
Shopworker abuse was debated in the Lords but it was the government’s position that existing powers were sufficienT
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AF Blakemore sales rise by 12% in first quarter following disrupted year of trade
The wholesaler cited its £2.4m investment into pricing as a key reason for holding onto customers gained over the pandemic
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JJ Foodservice expands focus to high-end restaurants and pubs
The wholesaler began supplying a raft of new, high-quality food outlets over the past year
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AF Blakemore to expand Philpotts estate after temporary closure during lockdown
Blakemore group commercial MD Jerry Marwood told The Grocer two new stores were set to open by the spring
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Bestway ‘pioneer’ Adalat Khan Chaudhary passes away
He passed away ‘peacefully and surrounded by his family’ in Pakistan at the weekend
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City Snapshot: McColl’s warns profits to miss forecasts as supply chain disruption intensifies
Embattled convenience group McColl’s has warned its profits will be even lower than expected this year after supply chain issues intensified in the fourth quarter. Plus, UK inflation rises sharply to highest rate in almost a decade.
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Midcounties Co-op saves 20,000 meals with Too Good To Go in five months
The waste saved equates to the same CO2 emissions produced from charging a smartphone 8.8 million times
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Harj Dhasee to convert independent convenience stores to Morrisons Daily format
Dhasee told The Grocer he expected to officially open under the Morrisons Daily fascia after Christmas.