Stores news – Page 169
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NewsMorrisons marches south with major investment push
Morrisons is set for a major push into the south of England as it looks to reduce its reliance on its traditional northern heartlands.
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NewsCostcutter ready to push Kwiksave
Costcutter is set to roll its new Kwiksave fascia out to more retailers following the official opening of the first store last weekend.
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NewsBill's to open new store in Horsham
Bill’s Produce looks set to open its eighth store - in Horsham, West Sussex - after an epic wait.
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NewsNew Bestway depot opens in Gateshead
Bestway has opened a new depot - in Team Valley, Gateshead.
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NewsFrozen Value opens two new depots
Frozen Value is planning to double its warehouse capacity this year.
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NewsThanet Earth submits plan for fourth greenhouse
The owners of Thanet Earth have submitted a planning application for a fourth greenhouse, costing £17m, on its existing site in Kent.
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NewsHarris first pie shop is in Fantasy Island
Woodhead Bakery, the company owned by former Haldanes and Ugo CEO Arthur Harris, has opened its first pie shop
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NewsWing Yip to extend Croydon store
Oriental wholesaler Wing Yip has bought land for a major expansion of its Croydon store.
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NewsAsda Eastlands
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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NewsGovernment unveils Portas-Plus high street plan
The government has rubberstamped “virtually all” of the 28 recommendations put forward by retail guru Mary Portas to revitalise the UK’s ailing high streets.
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NewsRetailers welcome town centre friendly planning policy
Campaigners fighting for a stronger town centre first planning policy have applauded the changes made to the government’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
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NewsHeron Foods looks to open 30 new stores
Frozen food discounter Heron Foods is planning on boosting store numbers by up to 30 in the next 12 months.
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NewsDoors open to Jempson's new Budgens store
Jempson’s relaunched its Budgens store in Hawkhurst, Kent, this week under the dual fascia Jempson’s Budgens
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Dimbleby calls on Dairy Crest to donate disused site to community
A lobby group fronted by BBC presenter Jonathan Dimbleby has launched a six-month campaign to bring a disused Dairy Crest site in Totnes into community ownership.
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News'Chippy' residents defeat Sainsbury's
Residents of Chipping Norton have successfully blocked a bid by Sainsbury’s to build an out-of-town supermarket.
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NewsStans opens its second store despite growing supermarket presence
The last one-store business in The Grocer’s Top 50 ranking of the UK’s biggest independent grocery retailers…
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New Tesco.com to expand non-food offer and take on Amazon
Tesco has revealed plans to relaunch Tesco.com next week, with an overhaul aimed at competitors such as Amazon, Apple and eBay.
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Supermarket wanted: community in Bristol calls for its own store
Applications for a new supermarket are often dogged by protests, but residents in a Bristol suburb are pleading for a store in their local area.
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NewsNew tenants signing up for Haldanes sites
Half of the 21 Haldanes stores that shut last summer have new tenants.
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Young's forced to move fishcake production to its factory in Grimsby
Young’s Seafood has announced a raft of redundancies at a former Border Laird site in Amble following revelations about quality issues with fishcakes produced at the site.