All articles by Alice Leader – Page 58
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NewsSainsbury’s axes wholesale operations to focus on core business
News of the supermarket’s decision emerged today in a statement from SimplyFresh, with whom it kicked off a wholesale partnership in January 2020
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NewsRecruitment opportunities soar for Nisa after website launch last year
The site consolidated key information for retailers that had previously been scattered across five different sites
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NewsCentral England Co-op security guard in hospital after being attacked
The shoplifter fled after the attack and police are now investigating the incident
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NewsCentral England Co-op to roll out self-scan tills to all stores next year
It follows a trial period at its Fradley food store in Staffordshire where two self-scan tills were installed
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NewsAppleby Westward launches store manager development programme
Its new course for managers focuses on developing leadership skills and behaviours
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NewsJempson’s amends opening hours at Battle store to cope with staff shortages
The store will lose nine hours of trading time by opening the store at 8am and close at 6pm over three days this week
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NewsAppleby Westward appoints Dean Mason as new company-owned stores director
Mason will lead the continuing development of the company-owned stores
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NewsBlakemore Retail opens first store under Spar Market fascia
The Spar Market format is designed for larger convenience stores with a focus on fresh foods
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NewsTesco Express and Co-op closing stores early on Sunday so staff can watch Euros final
Meanwhile Lidl has said stores will open an hour later on Monday morning if England wins
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NewsSnappy Shopper sees sales surge through voucher codes for Euros
New user numbers were up 46% in the week ending 28 June compared to the same week in May
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NewsSouthern Co-op to send staff home early on Sunday to watch Euro football final
The society’s stores will close at 7.45pm on Sunday
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NewsCo-op eyeing 40 franchise stores by the end of the year
Co-op opened 14 franchise stores over an 11-week period from mid-March
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NewsHouse of Commons votes down new offence for attacking shopworkers
Industry bodies and leading retailers have all called for more measure to protect staff
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NewsSouthern Co-op tops up Healthy Start vouchers with extra £1
Southern Co-op’s extra boost will bring the total value of the vouchers to £5.25
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NewsCo-op asks MPs to back new offence of assaulting shopworkers as Crime Bill debated
In the first quarter of 2021, Co-op saw almost 400 incidents where weapons were used against shopworkers
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NewsC-store visits return to growth for first time since pandemic hit
Footfall levels remained in decline during the series of lockdowns, but sales continued to grow
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NewsConvenience store staff hours being ‘wasted’ due to delayed deliveries
One Costcutter retailer has had to source almost 30 additional hours per week after “ETAs were not met”.
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NewsNisa retailer Proudfoot partners with Cooplands for bakery range
Retailer will stock goods from Cooplands’ craft bakery range, including pies, pasties, cream cakes, scones and loaf cakes
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NewsNisa retailers stop nearly 40k meals from going to waste with Too Good To Go
There are currently 133 Nisa stores on board with the anti-waste app since the first sites signed up in September 2019
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NewsHome Affairs Committee calls for urgent action on retail abuse in new report
The report is the result of an inquiry that started in December last year, chaired by Yvette Cooper MP