All Convenience articles – Page 139
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Musgrave Group closes down former Haslett distribution site
Musgrave Group has closed J&J Haslett's ambient distribution centre in Derriaghy, Northern Ireland.Musgrave, which supplies Supervalu and Centra retailers in the province, acquired Mace operator Haslett in 2007. Musgrave announced in...
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NewsP&H to give Mace its second relaunch in two-year period
Palmer & Harvey, the UK's biggest wholesaler, is following in Booker's footsteps by relaunching its symbol fascia Mace. The wholesaler planned to unveil a "fresh, modern identity" for the currently silver and blue fascia at its trade show...
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BWG in talks to buy Fresh supermarkets
BWG, the Irish-owned retail group that runs the Spar and Mace franchises, is in talks to acquire Fresh, a Dublin-based supermarket chain with four outlets across the city. Fresh was set up two years ago by local businessman Noel Smith with the...
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Two bidders circling NI wholesaler J&J Haslett
Northern Ireland wholesaler and symbol operator J&J Haslett could be on the verge of selling up after receiving two approaches from companies looking to buy the business. The group, which operates the Mace symbol in the province, is...
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Who we visitedTesco Express Bradley Stoke, BristolMace Royal Avenue, BelfastBudgens Trowbridge, WiltshireBonjour Towcester Road, NorthamptonSpar Condorrat, CumbernauldHow they...
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Who we visited. Cost Cutter Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames. Budgens Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol. Mace Monkstown Road, Newtownabbey, Belfast. Co-op Group High Road, South Benfleet, Essex. Tesco express,...
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Who we visitedMace Hamilton Express, Cregagh Road, County Antrim, NI Nisa, Chapel House Drive, Newcastle-upon-Tynesainsbury's Local, South Ealing Road, Londonspar, Freehold Road, Ipswich, Suffolktesco...
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BWG plans leave rivals undeterred
Two Irish symbol groups have said they intend to open more stores just a week after the new owners of BWG announced expansion of the Spar and Mace networks in the Republic. Gala, the mainly rural-based convenience chain, plans a €40m...
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€400m BWG management buyout set to be tied up soon
Managers at BWG, owner of the Spar and Mace franchises, are set to buy the company from its biggest shareholder, Electra Partners, in a deal that values the business at €400m. The management team, led by BWG chief executive Leo Crawford...
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Who we visitedWelcome co-op, Cooden Sea Road, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussexesso on the run, Hampton Court, Surreymace, Newton Park, Four Winds, Belfastspar Crawley Avenue, Crawley, West Sussextesco express,...
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Who we visitedBudgens, Hackett Place, Paxcroft Mead, Trowbridge, WiltshireMAce, Ashwell Road, Oakham, Leicestershirelondis, Talbot Street, Coalville, Leicestershiretesco express Amersham Road, Terriers,...
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Who we visited Co-OP Market Street, Ashby De-La-Zouch, Leicestershire CostCutter Lodway, Pill, Bristol Keystore Lammermoor Road, Kirkintilloch, Glasgow MACE St Leonards Road, Horsham, West Sussex tesco express...
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Spar shopenterprise
BWG Group, which operates the Mace and Spar franchises in the Irish Republic, has always been recognised as a market leader. And the launch last December of a pioneering new Spar format - complete with juice bar, coffee concession and...
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C-store guru makes a comeback in Scotland
Stanley Morrice, former MD of Aberness Group, the Scottish Mace wholesale and retail business, and one of convenience retailing's highest profile figures, is launching a c-store and deli business in Scotland. Morrice has bought McLeish's,...
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BWG to sell E90m of franchise stores
The BWG Group, owner of Spar and Mace franchises in the Irish Republic, is planning a major sell-off of stores to retailers. As much as €90m worth of property is be sold, mostly in Dublin, company CEO Leo Crawford has revealed. The BWG...
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Initial approaches already as BWG Group goes up for sale
Ireland's BWG Group, which operates the Spar and Mace convenience store franchises in the Republic and owns West Country Spar wholesaler Appleby Westward in the UK, is to be sold.The company has appointed IBI Corporate Finance to handle...
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Your Store fascia in sync with Mace
Palmer & Harvey McLane has rebranded its Northern Irish convenience brand Your Store to mirror the branding of its burgeoning Mace empire on the UK mainland.The old green, diamond-shaped Your Store logo has been replaced with a blue and...
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Glory, glory Mace united
Now that P&H has unified the Mace brand across Britain, it plans to take the fight to rival symbol groups, says Fiona McLellandPalmer & Harvey McLane has pulled off a feat that all the battles of Britain have still not managed...
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United Mace is put in top gear
Palmer & Harvey McLane says it is on track to quadruple the size of its Mace symbol group in Scotland by next year.The UK’s largest wholesaler completed the deal to buy the Mace brand in Scotland from Somerfield last month and is now...
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Mace steps up NI store roll-out
J&J Haslett, which operates the Mace symbol in Northern Ireland, is set to step up the roll-out of its new Mace Express format.It is planning to open 50 Mace Express stores in the province over the next three years. The first store was...