All Convenience articles – Page 119
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Appleby Westward eyes price improvement, expansion
The company is looking to recruit more than 20 new stores under the Spar fascia before the end of the year to add to the existing 260 trading
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Spar UK agrees Roadchef partnership
Spar UK has signed an agreement to open stores at key transit locations across the country in partnership with motorway services operator Roadchef.
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PayPoint profitable for retailers, analysts claim
The analysis by Numis Securities refutes retailers’ claims they are making a loss on the service
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PayPoint chief executive rejects racism allegations
The allegations made against Dominic Taylor appeared on social media as part of the #paypointpayfair campaign
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One Stop links with Country Choice for franchise bakeries
One Stop has agreed a new partnership with in-store bakery provider Country Choice for its franchise operators…
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Gillett's completes £250k re-fit of its first ever Spar store
Gillett’s Callington, which operates more than 60 Spar stores across the south west, has re-opened its flagship convenience store in Callington, Cornwall after a £250k redevelopment project.
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Grocery market to top £200bn by 2020 says IGD
The UK food and grocery market will grow by 13% between now and 2020 to £200.6bn, according to the latest forecast by IGD
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Paypoint campaigners welcome commitment to further talks
Marcus Bergin, who spearheads the #paypointpayfair campaign on Twitter and Facebook, met Andrew Goddard, PayPoint’s sales director yesterday
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Paypoint refuses to reverse controversial decision after NFRN meeting
The meeting comes as the #paypointpayfair campaign on Twitter and Facebook continues to put pressure on the payment services company
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Analysis and Features
Grocery Retail Structure 2015: how c-stores can keep up
As more shoppers eschew traditional weekly shops, c-stores are benefiting. But easy street it is not.
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Analysis and Features
Convenience stores on a mission: get smart and chill out
Convenience shoppers are on a mission. And if independent retailers want to help them they need to get smarter.
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Analysis and Features
Social media masterclass: a modern way to engage customers
The world of social media can seem confusing, but the likes of Twitter and Facebook offer unprecedented access to consumer
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Comment and Opinion
Inconvenient truth: c-store business is changing fast
Booker’s deal this morning is just another thing that proves the sector needs to stay on its toes
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Booker succeeds in £40m bid for Budgens and Londis
Londis currently has 1,630 convenience stores and sales of £504m in the year to December 2014, while Budgens has 167 convenience stores and supermarkets and sales of £329m.
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Newsagents launch protest over PayPoint commission changes
The NFRN this week made a formal complaint to the Payment Systems Regulator, calling for a full market investigation into over-the-counter payment
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Top-up boosts average c-store basket size to three products
The average number of items bought in a c-store has hit three products for the first time in 10 years
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Spirits sales 'could add £280m to convenience category'
Spirits currently account for 21% (£1.1bn) of all alcohol sales in convenience, versus 26.6% (£2.7bn) in grocery
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Eat 17 forms new partnership with AF Blakemore
EAT 17 has two joint Spar convenience retail and restaurant sites in Walthamstow and Hackney
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Nisa survey to be 'key input' into Nick Read strategy plans
The survey was launched at Nisa’s annual exhibition, held this week at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire
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One Stop launches in-store Subway concessions
The first two concessions will be in Leicester and Burton Latimer