All Convenience articles – Page 161
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News
Aberness buys three stores
Aberness Foods, the Mace wholesaler for Scotland, has bought three more independent retail outlets. The acquisition of the stores in the north east of Scotland two in Elgin, one in Ellon means it now owns 34 Mace badged outlets. Retail...
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News
BWG: Kealy moving to Haslett
Exclusive John Wood Appleby Westward's highly rated managing director Peter Kealy is leaving the Spar wholesaler to head Northern Ireland's Mace wholesaler J&J Haslett. It is an in-house move for Kealy, as both companies are owned by the Dublin...
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News
Mace: Aberness buys three more stores
Aberness Foods, the Mace wholesaler for Scotland, has bought three more shops which means it now runs an estate of 30 company owned stores. Two of the stores are in Dundee and the third is in Ardersier, north of Inverness. Retail director...
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News
Gloria and the Mace hymn sheet
Sir; It was with amusement that I read last week's letter from Gloria Williams who described herself as a Mace retailer'. Maybe I am just a cynical old sales manager, but the letter read like a Mace head office mission statement from Mike Bowen...
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News
Symbol groups: Bowen giving up top job at Mace
Mike Bowen has announced he will give up his role as chief executive of Mace Marketing Services at the end of the year. The move coincides with the closure of the Mace Marketing office in Gerrards Cross, Hertfordshire, which has been winding down...
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News
Bowen voted ACS head
Mace chief executive Mike Bowen is the new chairman of the Association of Convenience Stores. Bowen was elected at the ACS's National Council meeting held at the NEC during the Convenience Retailing Show. He takes over from Steven Bell, md of...
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Comment & Opinion
What future for newsagents?
Sir; Although I converted to a convenience store some 18 months ago, I still have the newsagent’s blood. However, a few things have happened to now question my deep rooted “beliefs”. On a recent trip to the local Asda I was amazed to see the amount…