All articles by Alice Leader – Page 48
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NewsAjay Odedra switches supplied-by-Sainsbury’s SimplyFresh store to Spar
The store was one of five SimplyFresh sites trading under the supplied-by-Sainsbury’s model
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NewsEG Group gives pay rise to 10,500 employees
Colleagues aged 18 and above will now be paid a minimum of £9.50 per hour. More experienced colleagues, such as team leaders and supervisors, will be paid a minimum of £10 per hour
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NewsKavanagh Group to honour plastic-free legacy through £1.5m Thornton’s Budgens refit
Kavanagh is meeting with A Plastic Planet next month to discuss more ideas and concepts for plastic-free zones
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NewsJames Hall opens 150th company-owned store in Wakefield
The store launch has created 24 jobs in the local area
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NewsEG Group expands KFC portfolio with 52 new sites in UK
The acquired network means EG Group now operates more than 1,700 foodservice concessions globally
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NewsEG Group to continue opening Spar stores despite ‘Asda on the Move’ rollout
The forecourt giant opened a new Spar store in Scotland earlier this month in Coxton Park, Elgin
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NewsConvenience stores to be ‘hard hit’ by business rates revaluation in 2023
The Valuation Office Agency adjusts the rateable value of business properties to reflect changes in the property market
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NewsSpar company secretary Jackie Mackenzie leaves business after five years
Mackenzie acted as interim joint-MD at Spar in 2019
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NewsScotmid relaunches food-to-go concept The Kitchen at Uddingston store
The 900 sq ft standalone area is now home to a swathe of new sub-concepts and products
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NewsNisa opens 1,000th symbol store with new site in Camden
The 1,800 sq ft site in Camden, London is owned by LA Food Group, taking its estate to 14.
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NewsMcColl’s raises £1m for children’s charity a year ahead of target
McColl’s also supported GOSH by donating food and drink products to the hospital during the pandemic
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NewsBRC renews calls for retail worker abuse to be made separate offence
Today marks the second reading of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in the House of Lords
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NewsOne Stop to roll out Eat Street across all new company-owned stores
One Stop said it was responding to a rise in customers wanting more food-to-go options in store
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NewsCJ Lang hires former Morrisons wholesale buying manager as head of trading
Robbie Moore will report to CEO Colin McLean and will replace current trading director Richard Collins
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NewsOne Stop franchisee hits £1m in Snappy Shopper sales
Owner Adeil Hussain said the pandemic accelerated orders from two per day to as many as 100 per day
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NewsSnappy Group hires new chief people officer and group operations director
Caroline MacGregor becomes chief people officer and Lisa Venter group operations director
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy Asda’s convenience ‘move’ to supply EG Group sites is not a piece of cake
Asda’s new c-store format is rolling out to hundreds of EG Group forecourts. But a potentially steep learning curve is ahead
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NewsCo-op to open eighth university franchise store, in Aberdeen
It will bring the number of students served by Co-op to more than 150,000 across the UK
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NewsHalf of independent c-store owners have not had a single day off in a year, research finds
The ACS 2021 Local Shop Report, published today, reveals the number of retailers taking no days off has doubled since last year
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NewsSysco to take over foodservice wholesaler Medina
Medina operates out of two sites and provides more than 5,000 products to businesses