All Convenience articles – Page 63
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NewsNeil Turton joins Alliance Stores as a non-executive director
Turton has over 35 years of experience in the wholesale and retail sector and has worked in a number of senior roles
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NewsCo-op trials window hatch click & collect service at Brighton store
Co-op said the initiative was designed to enable time-pressed shoppers to pick up orders without having to go in store and queue
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NewsMorrisons confirms McColl’s rescue package
Morrisons has confirmed it has agreed to buy convenience chain McColl’s from administration, saving all 16,000 jobs
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Comment & OpinionMcColl’s has been saved, but the real work starts now for Morrisons
The Morrisons deal appears to secure the immediate future of McColl’s stores, the jobs of its 16,000 employees and its pension fund, but business as usual is not an option if it wants to make it work long term
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NewsCo-op opens largest depot yet in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
The site is set to serve more than 600 Co-op sites when it becomes fully operational later this year
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NewsBestway to refund fuel levy to Costcutter retailers spending £17,500 a week
The refund is one of the benefits of Bestway’s new Platinum Club membership
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NewsOne Stop strikes delivery deal with Uber Eats for 500 stores
More than 100 stores have gone live on the Uber Eats app over the last month
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NewsCo-op to launch click & collect at three festival pop-up shops this summer
The new service is taking place at the Kendal Calling, Latitude, and Isle of Wight festivals
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NewsCity snapshot: McColl’s ‘increasingly likely’ to fall into administration
Beleaguered convenience chain McColl’s has admitted it is on the brink of administration as rescue talks to save the group come to a head
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NewsBestway launches Galacticos recruitment strategy pushing high-profile retailers
The Grocer understands more of the industry’s leading lights have also agreed to switch over
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Comment & OpinionHow retailers are testing out new in-store layouts to navigate HFSS changes
The winners in grocery retail will be those that can use the learnings from trial stores to take action quickly, says Kieran South, senior vice-president UK, IRI
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NewsAF Blakemore planning rollout of Eat Some food-to-go concept
Group marketing director Sarah Ellis said shoppers were responding positively to the launch
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NewsSouthern Co-op prepares new layouts for franchisees for upcoming HFSS laws
The society has so far supplied all those affected with copies of their store layouts for them to review
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NewsRadstock Co-op capitalises on ‘big night in’ with Chicago Town Pizza To Go offer
The society first introduced the pizza-to-go service last April across two stores, before starting a wider rollout four weeks later across its 14-strong estate
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NewsConvenience store groups welcome introduction of new shopworker protection law
The law brings tougher penalties on those who attack shopworkers A new law which brings tougher penalties on those who attack shopworkers has come into force. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act was given royal assent on 28 April. It sees new provisions come into ...
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NewsEros Retail sets out to reach £100m turnover in two years with estate expansion
The convenience chain currently runs eight sites which have an annual turnover of £16m
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NewsBestway brings Costcutter and Bargain Booze together in new store format
It has kicked off an initial trial with Costcutter retailer Peter Patel at his Meopham store in Kent
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NewsCJ Lang opens its first store under the Spar Market fascia
The Scottish business launched the site in Dalbeattie, Dumfriesshire, after acquiring it from Nisa retailer James Kinnaird
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NewsRapid grocer Jiffy price-matching Tesco.com on 150 products
Price-matched items will be branded and sit across all categories. Matching will be done weekly
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NewsCentral England Co-op food sales dip 3.4% to £667.6m
Sales of local goods increased by 23% over the past year