All Convenience articles – Page 49
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NewsDiffering Welsh and English HFSS proposals will confuse retailers, says ACS
ACS CEO James Lowman said the trade body was ‘very concerned about the prospect of slightly different and even more confusing rules on restricting HFSS products and promotional activity in Wales compared to England’
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NewsCo-op and Microsoft team up to create new food redistribution platform
Called Caboodle, it is already being trialled in 100 Co-op stores and is also to be made available to other retailers
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NewsDelivery platform Docaan halts trading, with website down for several days
It comes after its prime convenience store partner LA Foods put an end to its four-month trial with Docaan after finding it “unsuccessful”
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NewsMcCain announces RuPaul’s Drag Race star Baga Chipz as new creative director
The self-proclaimed Queen of Chips will oversee all creative outputs of the McCain business, starting with midweek meals
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NewsIncidents of violence and abuse triple during pandemic, BRC crime survey finds
Just over 1,300 incidents occurred each day during the 12-month period, which was up from 455 a day the previous year.
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NewsRetailers to face bigger fines if caught selling knives to children
The Sentencing Council proposed the new guidelines, including one for organisations and one for individual
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Comment & OpinionCompeting on price won’t be enough for consumers even as budgets tighten
It’s no longer possible to simply compete on price – corporate values are increasingly important, says Mark Dodds, chair of the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Food, Drink and Agriculture Group
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NewsCo-op replacing plastic cutlery as it overhauls food to go range
The retailer said it would be reducing the amount of packaging across its range significantly
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NewsParfetts partners with Just Eat to boost delivery for Go Local retailers
Parfetts already has an agreement in place with delivery service Snappy Shopper
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NewsSupermarket trials of AI cameras for age checking extended until end of June
Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Aldi and Co-op have been involved in trials using digital age verification technology to approve sales of alcohol
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NewsGreencore battles latest wave of inflation as recovery in food-to-go gathers momentum
Sandwich maker Greencore is battling to claw back soaring costs as input inflation accelerated into double digits while a recovery in its food-to-go markets gathered pace.
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NewsEast of England Co-op joins forces with Too Good To Go across 230-store estate
The Too Good To Go app lets users search for stores taking part in the scheme that have unsold produce.
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NewsNisa offering new deals on healthy options to help ‘cash-strapped consumers’
Nisa has also recently partnered with the NHS Better Health campaign
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NewsBestway extends fuel levy refund to Costcutter retailers spending £7,500 a week
Bestway announced earlier this month it would reimburse the £4.88 fuel levy to retailers if they met an average weekly spend per store of £17,500
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NewsDelivery Drop expecting 75% rise in retail partners after National Convenience Show
It is eyeing a full national rollout and is currently in talks with several major wholesalers
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Comment & OpinionWhy all fmcg businesses need to boost their cyber resilience
No organisation is immune from cyber crime irrespective of size or sector, says Jude McCorry, CEO at the Scottish Business Resilience Centre
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NewsLawrence Hunt looks to expand after pandemic sees closure of two stores
The Lancashire-based retailer says it is considering ‘any viable new stores’ while developing existing sites
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NewsBooker lands deal with electric bike supplier Eskuta for home delivery
The tie-up has seen 20 retailers utilise the offer so far, including from Premier, Londis and Budgens
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NewsMidcounties Co-op invests £1m in crime deterrent measures
The society said the investment would help bring criminals to justice and make its local communities a safer place
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NewsMorrisons trials dual-branded concept store for larger independents
Together with Morrisons is set to debut later this month at Guy Warner’s new 6,000 sq ft store in Upton-upon-Severn in Worcestershire