All Convenience stores articles – Page 20
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NewsSainsbury's ends Euro Garages petrol forecourt trial
Sainsbury’s has called time on its tie-up with petrol station forecourt operator Euro Garages just two years after launching six pilot stores.
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InterviewSainsbury’s Roberts on costs, colleagues and customers
The peak Christmas trading period may have come and gone, but there is a sense within Sainsbury’s that tougher challenges now lie ahead.
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AnalysisStore of the Week: Spar Eat 17, Bishop's Stortford
Think Spar of old and your heart might not beat any faster, but things have changed since a tie-up with Eat 17 in 2006.
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NewsBargain Booze owner posts ‘robust’ interim results
Conviviality, owner of the Bargain Booze chain and wholesaler Matthew Clark, has reported a rise in first-half sales and profits.
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NewsCo-op unveils £50m post-Christmas price cuts
The Co-op is to cut prices by £50m in the latest salvo in the grocery value wars.
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OpinionOpinion: Amazon Go – the future of convenience retail?
Amazon has finally opened its Amazon Go convenience store to real-world shoppers following a year-long trial.
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NewsSainsbury’s: Thousands of jobs at risk in store ‘reset’
Sainsbury’s is “resetting” its store management structure in a move that will leave “thousands” of shopfloor staff facing an uncertain future, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsTesco boss Dave Lewis: Food price inflation ‘abating’
Tesco boss Dave Lewis believes food price inflation will slow down this year as pressures on sourcing costs begin to ease.
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NewsCo-op Christmas sales jump ahead of 'challenging' year
The Co-op has hailed its “best Christmas ever” after its core convenience business registered a spike in sales during the festive season.
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NewsUpdated: Conviviality snaps up Palmer & Harvey c-stores
Conviviality, the drinks and convenience retail specialist, has bought 109 c-stores out of the ashes of Palmer & Harvey safeguarding 1,312 jobs.
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NewsEast of England Co-op to sell food after best before
The East of England Co-op has started selling food past its ‘best before’ date in a bid to slash food waste in its stores.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Seven great examples of convenience retail
As grocers battle for share of the lucrative and growing convenience market, we take a look at some of the best innovations in c-stores globally.
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NewsMcColl’s sales pass £1bn amid store acquisition plan
McColl’s has posted a spike in full-year revenues as its acquisition of almost 300 Co-op stores pushed top-line sales through the £1bn barrier.
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NewsPalmer & Harvey administration leaves 2,500 jobless
Wholesaler Palmer & Harvey has collapsed into administration, causing 2,500 redundancies and leaving another 900 jobs at risk.
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OpinionTesco and Co-op deals signal food retail shake-up
Two-thirds of us regularly or occasionally visit a supermarket more than once a day. It’s a trend especially evident among the young: 18- to 24-year-olds are twice as likely to regularly visit a supermarket twice a day than the over-55s.
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InterviewRetail Week Live: John Rogers on how to beat Amazon
Sainsbury’s pulled off the biggest retail acquisition of the year in 2016 when it snapped up Argos owner Home Retail Group in a £1.4bn deal.
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NewsSainsbury's profits drop as investment hits bottom line
Sainsbury’s has suffered a slump in half-year profitability as investments in price, increasing labour costs and Argos losses hit its bottom line.
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NewsNisa rebels aim to block Co-op’s takeover
A group of Nisa shopkeepers hope to block the Co-op’s £143m takeover of the convenience retailer.
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DataData: Waitrose on what we eat, when, and how we buy it
Waitrose’s latest Food and Drink Report lifts the lid on the biggest trends from 2017 and looks and what products will be filling shoppers’ fridges in 2018.
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OpinionShop Direct’s Baldock leaves personalisation lessons
Retail’s revolving doors have spun at a considerable pace this year – and last Friday Alex Baldock became the latest big-name boss to reveal his departure.
