property & planning
Number of private equity deals descends to 2011 levels
Private equity houses are struggling to compete with trade buyers in the battle for food and drink deals…
Costcutter chain Heritage Madison shuts four stores
Costcutter member Heritage Madison has closed four of its 10 stores, leaving as many as 60 staff unpaid…
Natoora to open its first store in London
High-end restaurant supplier Natoora is to open its first store this month…
Slower-moving Tesco still breaks 3,000+ store barrier
Tesco opened 165 new stores last year to smash the 3,000-store barrier, the new Grocery Retail Structure has revealed…
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Asda to free up big box space for community groups
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Simply Fresh breaks the 40-store barrier
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Premier Foods boss focuses on profitability of Hovis bread ops
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Hisbe to open ethical supermarket in Brighton
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Lidl boosts fresh meat and poultry floorspace by 50%
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Tesco big store revamp hits slow lane
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Kerry relaunches van sales to boost c-store fresh & chilled
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MRH still seeks sites despite profit slump
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Finsbury Foods on the hunt for acquisitions after free-from sale
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Out of town growth is out of sync with new planning rules
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99p stores eyes up HMV, Jessops and Blockbuster sites
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Landmark continues on-trade drive by signing up Hall's Drinks
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'Simple and modern' makeover for Premier
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Tesco's One Stop to get a third depot
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Kolak to open snack and popcorn factory in West London
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Today's Group aims for 500 symbol stores
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Hancocks to open second Scottish depot
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Tayto decides against rebuild in Wales following arson attack
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Lawrence Hunt to launch more 'next-generation' Spar stores
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ATCM and Future High Streets Forum ready for action
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Cook in call for new shop franchisees
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Martin McColl looks to Nisa for c-store supply
Who will fill the food waste knowledge gap? Subscription
Richard Benyon dared to offer the public advice on how they could reduce the colossal amount of food they waste…
There are no two-day courses to ensure buyer collaboration
How to sell? Well, that rather depends on what you are selling…
Farewell Fresh & Easy
So farewell Fresh & Easy. And I for one am feeling sad because this venture didn’t have to fail.
History of the high street
Empty and soon-to-be empty units on the high street are potentially making way for yet another wave of convenience stores…
The space race is dead long live the space race
Sir: Clive Black was right to say the retailer space race is changing, but wrong to say it is over….










