All Symbols, Fascias and Buying Groups articles – Page 18
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Capper buyout makes Blakemore a Spar giant
AF Blakemore & Son has confirmed the purchase of fellow Spar wholesaler Capper & Co.The deal, for an undisclosed sum, puts an end to more than a month of speculation and transforms Blakemore into the runaway dominant force within...
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NewsBacking Hugh boosts Jempson’s fish sales
Jempson's has reported a surge in sustainable fish sales after signing up to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Fish Fight campaign against discards. The Sussex-based Nisa-Today's and Budgens retailer said that since becoming one of the first...
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NewsAppleby ups West Country product range
Spar wholesaler Appleby Westward is extending its West Country range of products to reinforce its commitment to using local suppliers. Saffron cakes, ale, cider, fresh meat and vegetables are among the new items to hit shelves over the...
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Local shop is ‘an oasis of sanity’ - MP
A Nisa Local store in Worcestershire has received the first My Shop Is Your Shop Gold Award for Community Retailing from the FWD. Local MP Peter Luff, who presented the award to staff at the Broadway store, called Rav Garcha's shop "an...
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NewsNew Spar MD is ‘Good with Food’ marketeer Robinson
Debbie Robinson, the former director of food marketing for The Co-operative Group, is to replace long-serving Spar boss Jerry Marwood as managing director, The Grocer can reveal. Robinson will take over from Marwood in the summer when he...
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NewsBlakemore ‘poised to snap up Capper & Co’
Wholesale experts have predicted major consolidation in Spar UK amid rumours that AF Blakemore is looking to buy fellow Spar wholesaler Capper & Co. Capper confirmed this week it had been in talks with another company "for some time"...
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NewsJJ to move into booze after Landmark link-up
JJ Food Service has signed up with Landmark Wholesale as it looks to dramatically extend its offer with a move into the alcohol market. The foodservice wholesaler is the largest company to join Landmark in the past eight years and becomes...
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NewsMarch of the mults could drive Budgens out of Sheringham
A Budgens retailer is on the verge of selling up after 20 years because of the impact of a new Sainsbury's and plans for a new Tesco on the business. Speculation over the Budgens store in Sheringham has grown after details of a bid for...
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Mary Forrester's Expert Advice: Adapting to the challenge of change
Joining the Mace symbol group has boosted sales at Mary Forrester’s convenience store in Biggar, Scotland
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World News 19/2/11
Spar International has opened Spar Express stores in two suburbs of Harare. The new stores have created more than 600 jobs at retail level and in Spar's Eastern region distribution centre. Spar has opened 12 stores...
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NewsElbrook crosses ‘great divide’ in latest coup for Today’s Group
Elbrook Cash & Carry has become the third wholesaler to join Today's Group in as many weeks. The signing was widely predicted after Elbrook left Today's rival Landmark Wholesale last summer. Elbrook, which has a 26,000 sq ft depot in...
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CJ Lang profit stable despite sales slipping
Scottish Spar wholesaler CJ Lang has maintained its profits despite a fall in turnover. Accounts filed at Companies House revealed pre-tax profits of £4.9m in the year to 30 April, up from £4.7m the previous year. However, turnover fell...
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NewsSpice prices are not so nice, with mace up by 140%
The price of spices and condiments is skyrocketing, and traders want consumers and the food industry to know about it. Poor harvests across producer nations and tougher safety procedures have combined to send some of the UK's most popular...
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NewsCentra urges: ‘pack healthy lunchboxes’
Centra, Musgrave Retail Partner NI's symbol fascia in Northern Ireland, is urging shoppers to 'Pack A Healthy Lunchbox' in a campaign with Action Cancer and the Public Health Agency. The campaign offers parents quick and healthy ideas for...
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NewsCJ Lang offers £25,000 towards conversions to Spar store fascia
CJ Lang has launched a recruitment drive to sign up more independent retailers to the Spar fascia. The Spar wholesaler is offering up to £25,000 per store to help retailers cover the costs of conversion, refit project management and...
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NewsDuerr’s jam appeals to a new generation
Duerr's aims to entice younger consumers to its brand with a new range of modern-looking jams. The five-strong line-up is available from Tesco now and will hit Nisa-Today's shortly, lining up alongside existing Duerr's lines. Containing...
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NewsHyperama is not for sale ‘and we intend to keep it that way’
Landmark Wholesale has quashed rumours that Hyperama Cash & Carry is to be sold to Bestway.
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NewsMusgrave sells first Somerfield store two years after buying it
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has finally sold its first former Somerfield store to an independent retailer. The wholesaler snapped up 13 stores from The Co-operative Group in January 2009 and planned to sell them to independents under the...
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Nisa pins store hopes on first national TV ad
Nisa-Today's is hoping its first national television advertising campaign will swell its retail estate to 1,200 stores by 2012.
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United Wholesale to widen its offer with Polmadie extension
Scottish wholesaler United Wholesale Grocers is more than doubling the size of its depot in Polmadie.Work starts on the extension next month and will increase the sales area of the Landmark Wholesale member's depot from 35,000 sq ft to...