High street – Page 48
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NewsWH Smith Travel stores to trial Sainsbury’s food to go lines
The nine-store trial is set to kick-off next week
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NewsPoundworld stores to close on 6 August if no buyer is found
So far 25 stores have aleady closed with 80 set to shutdown on 22 July…
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NewsAnother 80 Poundworld stores to close with loss of 1,024 jobs
The closures will result in the loss of 1,024 jobs
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NewsCosta Coffee links with Flux to trial mobile rewards scheme
Customers can get digitised rewards stamps automatically as part of any purchase
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NewsPret may open store run by former homeless people
Pret has been helping the homeless through its Rising Stars initiative for 10 years
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NewsStarbucks commits to eliminating single-use straws by 2020
Pret and Costa to ditch plastic straws by the end of the year
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NewsSainsbury's expands Patisserie Valerie products to 70 stores
All stores with Patisserie Valerie concessions offer a click & collect service
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NewsPret a Manger offers apprentices business leadership scheme
Those who reach the final manager stage of the programme will be invited to apply for a BA in business management
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NewsKFC faces more delivery delays following IT update problems
IT problems occurred last weekend at its Rugby distribution centre
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NewsLidl to create 300 jobs with five new stores across Scotland
The discounter has announced plans to recruit up to 40 new staff for each of the planned stores
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NewsPoundland defies high street turmoil with positive results
This whole story of the demise of the high street is actually the demise of poor retailers, says Poundland MD Barry Willia…
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NewsWhitbread blames high street woes for Costa Coffee sales fall
Whitbread said a decline in footfall in traditional shopping locations dragged Costa’s like-for-like sales back 2% in its first quarter.
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NewsHolland & Barrett accused of ‘tarnishing’ Groceries Code
In an interview with BBC Radio 4, Holland & Barrett CEO Peter Aldis claimed the idea of strained relations with its suppliers was “old hat”
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NewsCity snapshot: Costa Q1 like-for-likes slide ahead of demerger
Whitbread owned Costa Coffee grew its first quarter sales by 5.2% ahead of its planned demerger, but like-for-like sales fell 2% reflecting the slump on UK high streets. Plus, butchery group Crawshaw suffers 12.9% like-for-like collapse in 20 weeks to 17 June and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsObesity Plan Mark 2: government considers HFSS promotions ban
Ministers announced they would pass legislation to ban so-called supermarket guilt lanes and buy one get one free deals
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NewsPret launches reusable cup made from bamboo fibre
Pret CEO Clive Schlee said he hoped the move would encourage more customers to bring in reusable cups
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NewsPoundworld makes a third of head office staff redundant
The high street chain axed 98 of around 270 head office posts yesterday
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NewsM&S new chief finance officer to join in July
Singer will be working closely with CEO Steve Rowe and the senior leadership team as they continue to accelerate the pace
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I read, with interest, your story on the high street facing “annihilation”
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NewsHotel Chocolat launches dessert-inspired summer collection
The Summer Desserts collection is already available online and is launching into stores on 18 June