Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 87
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McColl’s reports 12% rise in like-for-like sales
Its strongest performance was delivered through the Morrisons Daily format
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Scotmid Co-op raises £300k to support stroke survivors
Funding will be distributed to groups in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland
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Mounting concerns over NI border plans for food and drink
Big unknowns remain, such as whether a grace period will apply only to supermarkets
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Welsh convenience stores generate £2.8bn in sales in 2020
The average customer in Wales visited a c-store 4.20 times per week, up from 4.06 last year
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Wholesaler Parfetts sees annual turnover leap 26% to £474m
Parfetts has also added 150 stores to its Go Local symbol group this year, taking it to 650 in total
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Scottish wholesalers given £5m in sector specific grant funding
The sector-specific support comes after a long-fought campaign by the Scottish Wholesale Association and FWD
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Bestway launches home delivery app Home Shop
Trails of the new technology are currently underway across the Bestway estate
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Motor Fuel Group acquires six forecourt sites in the Lake District
The move takes the total number of forecourts operated by MFG to 911
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JJ Foodservice launches Warmer for Longer chips
The chips are aimed at the buoyant takeaway market
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Costcutter moves to reduce food waste with Too Good To Go partnership
The symbol group rolled out a pilot across 20 company-owned and independent stores in September
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Government launches consultation on illicit tobacco trade crackdown
The 12- week consultation will run until 23 February
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Scottish and Welsh wholesalers to receive grants of up to £150k
Welsh Economic Resilience Fund will be available to businesses that will have their turnover reduced by more than 60%
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Spar International to cut waste across Europe with Too Good To Go tie-up
Both will offer shoppers an innovative digital solution to cut food waste
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Confex launches ‘meal deal’ food-to-go club for hospitality customers
The new scheme will offer a meal deal concept for independent food outlets via its 200 wholesale members
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Unitas Wholesale kicks off quarterly charity donations scheme
United Wholesale Grocers has chosen Royston Youth Action to receive the first donation
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Unitas Wholesale and Lumina Intelligence link to launch Digital Excellence Academy
A digital launch event will take place on 2 February 2021 focusing on best practice for B2B wholesale transactional platform
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Central England Co-op trials scan, pay and go app
If successful, the app will be rolled out across all the retailer’s 262 locations
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Retailers urge government to safeguard cash use as transactions plummet
Cash accounted for 58% of all payments in 2009 and just 23% in 2019
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Industry calls for Trade Credit Reinsurance scheme extension
The £10bn scheme finally came into force in September after months of delays and is set to end in December
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Almost 5,000 wholesale staff have lost their jobs to coronavirus, survey reveals
Two fifths of wholesalers are at risk of insolvency in the next three months