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Spar confident of recruits as two more Maces desert Somerfield
Two more Mace retailers have defected from Somerfield to Spar in Scotland, fuelling speculation of a mass exodus.Stores at Glencoe, near Fort William, and at Inverness will join Spar after handing in their notice to Somerfield. And Spar...
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Somerfield sells Mace in Scotland
Somerfield is to sell its interest in the Mace wholesale business in Scotland to Palmer & Harvey McLane in a bid to focus on its core retail estate.This follows a torrid time for Mace in Scotland. In the last few weeks 10 c-stores have left...
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Second retailer goes
A second Somerfield at Mace retailer has left in as many weeks, again claiming to be fed up with the wait for the new dual-branded fascia to arrive.Innes MacDonald, who owns single Mace stores at Conon Bridge, Ross-shire and Inverness, is...
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Haslett is in the family way with new ad approach
Northern Irish symbol group J& J Haslett, operator of the province’s Mace outlets, has launched a TV advertising campaign which it claimed was a departure from the clichéd predictability or celebrity endorsement approaches of its...
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Somerfield set for Scottish c-store format trials
Somerfield’s new c-store format for independent retailers in Scotland will be trialled in Aberdeen early next month.One independent and one company-owned store will take on the Somerfield at Mace format, which is aimed at independent retailers...
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BWG’s bid for ADM Londis thrown out
Irish convenience store group ADM Londis has rejected a E35m takeover bid from its rival, BWG, which operates the Spar and Mace franchises in the Republic.The offer, which followed a series of contacts between the two over the past year, was...
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Is there any future for independents?
Last week yet another independent bit the dust with Somerfield’s acquisition of Aberness, which owns or distributes to some 170 c-stores in Scotland under the Mace fascia.Signalling the first aggressive move by one of the smaller...
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Somerfield taps expertise
Somerfield revealed the extent of its convenience retailing ambitions when it swallowed Scottish Mace chain Aberness this week.Aberness’s new md, David Cheyne, said Somerfield saw huge potential in the convenience sector as did Tesco and...
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Manager’s double win
The manager of a Mace store in Scotland has been crowned the winner of the Top Shop Awards, organised by The Grocer’s sister publication Convenience Store.Scott Cran, aged just 25, runs the 3,500sq ft store at Newmacher in Aberdeenshire, which...
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Haslett wields Mace in fightback plan
Northern Ireland’s J&J Haslett is launching a new Mace format as part of its plan to bounce back after what the wholesaler says has been a “watershed year”.Speaking at the all Ireland Mace conference, Haslett MD Peter Kealy said: “Over the...
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Aberness blitzes sloppy suppliers
Anne Bruce Scotland's Mace wholesaler Aberness is cracking down on supplier inefficiency after improving its IT systems. Head of buying John McCloud said the technology had registered 50,000 short deliveries to its Aberdeen depot in the last...
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Safeway has spent £45m on buying out its joint venture partn
Scottish Mace wholesaler Aberness has bought a former independent Mace store in Portgordon, near Buckie in Scotland. It now operates 44 company owned stores and distributes to 180 Mace independents. More than 60 UK companies have signed up with...
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McLane/Aberness link for Mace label revamp
Mace wholesalers P&H McLane and Aberness are working together on a revamp of the Mace own label range and design. A rationalised range of around 300 Mace own label products will adopt a new M' logo over the course of 2002, according to Derek...
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Mace label gets a new look
P&H McLane is putting its Mace own label range through an image overhaul in a bid to double sales. Symbol sales manager Derek Boocock said: "We're rationalising the range to ensure it is relevant to the market, with new packaging and a new...
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RIVALRY IN SCOTLAND
Nowhere is the competition between the symbol groups fiercer than in Scotland. While the catalyst for this battle was the move north of the border by Londis, new management teams at Spar and Mace have met that challenge head on. Spar has long been...
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Mace: Cross fuels Aberness
Tim Cross has taken over as non-executive chairman of Aberness following Bruce Cochrane's decision to step down after 12 years. Cross is founder and chief executive officer of independent oil company Dana Petroleum. Cochrane has assumed a...
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Aberness: Food to go flexibility
Scottish Mace wholesaler Aberness is preparing to launch a new food to go concept in the coming weeks which can be tailored to suit stores in different locations. Marketing manager Carol Wilson said: "This area has enormous potential, and not just...
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Symbol groups: Mace Express aims at middle ground
P&H's long awaited new symbol format Mace Express is set to attract "at least 100 independents" during 2001. That was the claim of P&H national symbol sales manager David Ellis as he unveiled the new fascia at the Pro-retail show in Telford this...
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Wholesale: Palmer & Harvey McLane to unveil fourth symbol gr
The Grocer understands that Palmer & Harvey McLane is planning to launch a fourth symbol group which will run alongside Mace, Your Store and Supershop. Details are still under wraps but the new symbol will be unveiled at its ProRetail show at...