All Symbols, Fascias and Buying Groups articles – Page 22
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NewsNisa members energised by Graves furore
he spat between Nisa-Today's and its largest member, Costcutter, has made the buying group stronger than ever, its members have claimed. Nisa-Today's this week held its annual retail conference in Portugal. Members said the group was more...
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NewsSpar Ireland to roll out budget range in bid to halt sales drop
Spar Ireland plans to introduce a new budget range in more than 100 stores across the Republic next month in a bid to reverse declining sales. After a decade of growth during the Irish Celtic Tiger boom, Spar Ireland's sales fell almost...
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AWG: Spar to thank for sales growth
Wholesaler Appleby Westward Group has attributed its growing sales to the recruitment of better independent retailers to the Spar brand. The sales of Spar's wholesaler for the southwest of England increased by 6.4% to £136.1m in the year...
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NewsGraves ‘reserves right’ to return to Nisa board
Costcutter chairman Colin Graves has backtracked on his shock resignation from the board of Nisa-Today's, as the convenience giant posted a 7.4% jump in full-year sales this week. Graves sensationally quit from the board of Nisa-Today's...
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NewsNisa sticks to its guns in face of Costcutter’s latest assault
Colin Graves’ resignation from the board of Nisa-Today’s has brought the long-standing feud with Costcutter back to boiling point, says Beth Phillips
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NewsScotmid eyes swoop for Spar chain Botterills
Scotmid Co-operative Society is planning to snap up Scottish Spar convenience chain Botterills.
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James Graven reports profit and sales up
Budgens and Spar retailer James Graven & Sons has posted an increase in full-year sales and profits.The Cambridgeshire-based retailer said sales rose 7.6% to £24.8m across its businesses in the year to 31 March, with pre-tax profits...
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Prince Consort spirits provide royal returns
Landmark Wholesale’s Prince Consort own-label spirits brand has seen an “exceptional” 31% increase in sales over the past year.
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Nisa board row turns nasty as Graves quits
Relations between Nisa-Today's and Colin Graves hit rock bottom this week as the chairman of its biggest member, Costcutter, publicly attacked the buying group and resigned from its board of directors.In an emotive speech to retailers at...
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Baines takes over as trading director at the Today’s Group
Today's Group, the wholesale arm of Nisa-Today's, has named veteran John Baines as its new trading director.Baines, who has worked for or with Today's Group for the past 22 years, is promoted from senior trading controller. He replaces...
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Del Monte and Budgens pair up for handheld Naked Fruit
Del Monte has extended its Naked Fruit range of snacks with the launch of handheld pots.
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Camelot Foods joins Landmark to help drive expansion plans
Chilled food manufacturer and wholesaler Camelot Foods has joined buying group Landmark Wholesale.The Crawley-based Camelot currently delivers to 520 stores and seven wholesalers. It now hopes to expand its customer base to other...
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NewsCostcutter in the frame to buy up Murco estate
A deal for the sale of forecourt retailer Murco is close to completion, The Grocer can reveal. Property agent Christie & Co has been instructed to act on behalf of a party interested in acquiring the business, which was put up for...
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AWG closes Eurospar store and changes focus to convenience
Appleby Westward Group is to close one of the three Eurospar stores it opened last year and is considering closing another because both have failed to turn a profit. AWG Spar's wholesaler in the south-west of England said it will...
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NewsLondis launches frozen ready meals range
Londis has launched a range of own-label frozen ready meals.
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News'Home of brands' Landmark to push own-label after strategy re-think
Landmark Wholesale has launched a major push on its core own-label products as part of a new strategy to help give wholesalers and retailers a point of difference over the major multiples.
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Staycations help sales at J&J Wilson
A combination of Brits holidaying in the UK and new store openings have boosted full-year sales at J&J Wilson.The retailer, which runs 55 Costcutter stores in holiday parks across the UK and is ranked number 45 in The Grocer's Top 50...
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Nisa-Today’s wins new members after record £4.5m payout
Nisa-Today's is toasting a bumper crop of new members just two weeks after paying out a record £4.5m trading surplus. CEO Neil Turton said 29 new members, with a total of 46 stores, had joined the buying group during July. It...
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Picture This... A run on squirrel meat at budgens
The media went nuts over squirrels last week after animal rights group Viva! launched a campaign against a Budgens in north London selling squirrel meat. Although the line isn't new to the store The Grocer first revealed the story in April owner...
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Spar strikes gold with GB’s athletics heroics
While many independent retailers feel let down by England’s dismal showing at the World Cup, Spar retailers are toasting a sporting success story through the group’s sponsorship of the GB athletics team.
Sales in Spar stores are estimated…