All Convenience articles
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Category ReportHow can illegal cig sales be stubbed out? Trends in tobacco & vaping 2026
Counterfeit cigarettes undercut legitimate products and smoking alternatives. So, how are government and industry responding?
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NewsCo-op launches search for suppliers to join Apiary scheme and secure listing
Co-op is looking for products including healthier savoury snacks, energy and high-protein snacks, HFSS-compliant chocolate alternatives, fruit-based snacks, and functional drinks
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NewsDisposable vape ban hits convenience footfall, as soft drinks and RTDs drive growth
Inflation and regulatory changes, including the disposable vape ban, have hit convenience particularly hard
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NewsBrewDog offers retailers free stock in exchange for advertising space
Suggested locations included delivery vans, shutters, fridges and staff uniforms
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NewsASA raps Co-op over Aldi Price Match advert
The watchdog accepted that Co-op had price-matched a range of staple items, but found some products were compared with different Aldi lines rather than identical ones
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NewsCo-op adds branded halal products and expands Ramadan range
It means Co-op will provide shoppers with a full permanent range of halal brands for the first time
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NewsBooker’s delivery platform Scoot signs up 300 symbol retailers
Booker launched Scoot in February 2025 for its symbol retailers, giving them the opportunity to deliver groceries in their local communities within 30 minutes
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WhitepapersIs your grocery basket strategy future-proof?
A new report from Savi reveals UK grocery shoppers are returning to physical stores in record numbers while demanding instant, frictionless rewards to maintain brand loyalty in an value-driven market.
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NewsCo-op ramps up investment in high streets with 18 store openings
Co-op said it was focusing on creating stores that ‘acted as a hub locally, offering great quality and value alongside added services’
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Range PreviewPistachio crème eggs and hot cross loaf: Co-op Easter range 2026
Co-op is going retro for Easter 2026, with a smaller range built around nostalgic flavours and comfort-led formats for its convenience-first shoppers
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NewsShop theft climbs 5% but stays under all-time high, says ONS
Police recorded 519,381 shop theft offences in the 12 months to September 2025, up from 492,660 the previous year, but lower than the 529,994 offences recorded in the year to June 2025
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NewsCo-op appoints former Lidl UK CEO to its board
During his time at Lidl UK, he managed a workforce of more than 20,000 and oversaw a period of rapid growth
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NewsTesco to cut nearly 400 jobs amid bakery restructure
Tesco is cutting almost 400 jobs as it phases out its centralised bakery operation and transitions to a new in‑store model
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NewsBRC and UKHospitality demand Reeves go further with rates reform
The Chancellor today granted pubs and music venues 15% business rates relief for 2026/27
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons is the most intriguing symbol operator right now
On top of the 1,000 company-owned, company-operated Morrisons Daily stores (or ‘co-cos’ as CEO Rami Baitiéh refers to them), there are now 700 ‘fo-fos’, or franchise owned and franchise operated stores
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InterviewsUK MD Michael Fletcher on how Spar is creating a ‘functional family’
Spar UK has suffered falls in sales and profits, and the Appleby Westward sale is stalling. But MD Michael Fletcher is confident in its key selling point
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Analysis & FeaturesHow symbol groups are investing to win retailer loyalty in 2025
Facing a cost of living crisis, the decline of tobacco sales and the rise of major mults in the convenience space, symbols are pulling out all the stops to attract retailers and protect margins
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NewsDisposable vape ban hits convenience sales and footfall
Retailers are seeing fewer store visits alongside an 8% fall in the value of tobacco and smoking alternatives compared to last year, data shows
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NewsNichols grows energy drinks focus with Vimto Tropical Cooler
Vimto Energy Tropical Cooler Zero has rolled into Spar stores in plain 500ml (rsp: £1.59) and price-marked pack (£1.19) cans
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NewsAldi adds InPost lockers to 50 more stores
It means the lockers, which shoppers can use to collect and return online parcels, are now at more than half of Aldi’s UK estate of around 1,080 stores