All articles by Alice Leader – Page 75
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NewsEat Out to Help Out scheme dents convenience store sales
Some retailers seeing a fall in sales of up to 12% during EOTHO days
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NewsNisa partner’s bespoke delivery service guarantees 30-minute turnaround
Retailer James Brown began home deliveries from his store in Heysham, Morecambe at the height of the coronavirus crisis
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NewsMore than 175 MPs support Central England Co-op efforts to tackle child poverty
More than 75,000 items of food, arts, crafts and school supplies have been donated by customers during the past six weeks
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NewsCentral England Co-op Funeralcare reopens florist shops to the public
Earlier in lockdown, the society’s florists were helping in its food stores and funeral homes
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NewsCJ Lang invites customers to design its new Spar lorry
The group is inviting customers to design the livery of a Spar lorry that will deliver food and drink products to stores across Scotland
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NewsAF Blakemore acquires online wholesaler and retailer Vegan Store
The specialist vegan operator currently sells via the veganstore.co.uk website and its wholesale version, veganstorewholesale.com
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NewsNisa to host Expo annual trade show virtually for first time
The Nisa Expo 2020 is set to include all the usual features of its traditional event in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire,
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NewsStaycation market boosting convenience store footfall
The convenience market is set to see increased volumes of footfall, with 85% of holidaymakers planning on doing some self-cateri
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NewsHeatwave sees Central England Co-op report spikes in ‘unusual’ sales
Since 7 August, the retailer has seen sharp sales increases on banana-flavoured milk, Greek natural yoghurt and salted peanuts
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NewsCostcutter survey finds shoppers felt safe in stores during pandemic outbreak
The symbol group surveyed its shoppers to understand more about the changes in their behaviour as a result of the pandemic
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NewsACS and Alzheimer’s Society host online dementia training for retailers
The sessions are free for ACS members to attend
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NewsBlakemore Retail Spar stores raise £25k for NSPCC in non-uniform weekend
Colleagues also organised raffles for customers and decorated their stores with flags, balloons and inflatables
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NewsSouthern Co-op picks 14 organisations to tackle retail crime with £100k fund
The retailer hopes donating to these programmes will help reduce future crime in its stores
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NewsCostcutter retailer doubles weekly sales after expanding Lincolnshire store
Emily Rosa Ranjini purchased the unit next door to create a new 2,000 sq ft convenience store in Stamford, Lincolnshire
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NewsEast of England Co-op donates £4,000 to GroceryAid
The contribution will help to provide one-off, non-repayable crisis grants to grocery industry colleagues across the UK
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NewsActor Michael Sheen backs Co-op campaign to end child poverty
The retailer has been running the food bank campaign since the start of July
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NewsCJ Lang to donate £30k with its first community cashback campaign
Customers, store staff and CJ Lang employees will be able to nominate community groups and charities across the country to receive a cash sum
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NewsCo-op launches its first face coverings for children
Face coverings are currently one of its top three most shopped items
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NewsCentral England Co-op reports third violent crime in Leicestershire in a month
The society said it continued to lobby the government for a change in legislation so shop workers were provided with greater protection
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NewsCentral England Co-op launches its first-ever self-scan till
The society has installed two self-scan tills at it Fradley Food Store in Staffordshire