All articles by Alice Leader
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NewsBooker increases rebate thresholds, leaving retailers frustrated
The new discount structure under Booker’s Spend & Save scheme has increased the minimum four-weekly spend required for every tier
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NewsNational Lottery sales up to £8.1bn as Allwyn completes £450m overhaul
More than £1.7bn was generated for good causes in 2025, the equivalent of £33m every week
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NewsUnnu strikes distribution deal with Applied Nutrition
Unnu will distribute the brand’s product range across convenience, forecourt and foodservice
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NewsSV Wholesale brings viral ‘chocolate chicken’ imitation food concept to UK
Cluck-o-Late is Belgian chocolate shaped like a chicken drumstick, covered in crumbled caramel biscuit and filled with vanilla cream
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NewsBooker marks sustainability milestone with 25 million meals donated through FareShare
The milestone comes as Booker also marks five years of involvement in the FareShare Go programme
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NewsPark Garage Group partners with SpotlessWater to roll out 24/7 pure water stations
Park Garage Group will kickstart the rollout at its BP service station in Rushden, Northamptonshire
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NewsACS launches Decline09 campaign to prepare retailers for generational tobacco ban
The trade body has put together a one-page guide on the actions retailers need to take to prepare
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NewsJempson’s passes £250k milestone in colleague profit share scheme
Jempson’s said the milestone reflected its commitment to ‘recognise the contribution colleagues make to the business every day’
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NewsShop theft falls in convenience, marking turning point in battle against retail crime
There were 5.8 million incidents of shop theft recorded by retailers last year, down from 6.2 million the previous year
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NewsHenderson Technology launches automated Fuel Finder reporting
It aims to help retailers comply with transparency regulations that require retailers to report fuel price changes within 30 minutes, as well as reduce administrative burden
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NewsCMA to demand data from retailers to probe fuel pricing behaviour
Retailers have been put on notice that requirements to supply revenue, costs and sales data will be brought forward for profitability analysis
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NewsFuel Finder data reveals Britain’s priciest forecourt as oil majors push through rises
BP-branded Exeter forecourt charges 27% more than the UK average, Reeves warns against fuel price exploitation
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NewsEnergy price surge sparks fresh uncertainty for convenience retailers
Energy market volatility has intensified following disruption to shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz, which handles around a fifth of global oil and gas supplies
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NewsReeves warns forecourts against exploiting Middle East crisis with fuel price rises
Reeves said she had asked the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to be ‘vigilant’ over essential costs including road fuel and heating oil
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NewsMerseyside Police and Retail Trust run UK-first scheme to tackle retail abuse
The partnership will pump investment into staff training and give more retail workers across Liverpool access to the Retail Trust’s wellbeing facilities
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NewsMP pushes for AI CCTV grants to combat rising retail crime
Liberal Democrat MP Joshua Reynolds raised the issue in Parliament this week
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Analysis & FeaturesMeet the fab, female, foodie founder duos
This International Women’s Day, we meet five fab female founder duos who are working together to transform grocery and ‘build a fempire’
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NewsAF Blakemore accelerates women in leadership push with trio of senior hires
AF Blakemore said it had made a sustained investment in developing female talent and had the ambition to reach 50% women in leadership by 2030
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NewsGirish Jeeva moves Barmulloch store from Premier to Costcutter after four years
The Glaswegian retailer will transition to the Costcutter fascia this spring following a £100,000 refit investment
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NewsReeves rejects calls to scrap fuel duty rises despite Middle East oil surge
The plan to gradually reverse the fuel duty cut extended in the autumn budget, and return fuel duty to pre‑March 2022 levels, remains in place