All articles by Ellis Hawthorne – Page 20
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InterviewsThe Blakemore guide to survival
Peter Blakemore’s Spar-centric empire keeps delivering despite the ever more brutal c-store environment (see MyLocal)
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NewsSpar wholesaler James Hall relaunches online network
WebSpar 2.0 has a “simpler, more intuitive” design and features content bespoke to the individual user
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NewsSpar retailer Eat 17 snaps up My Local site
The new store in Whitstable will open on Wednesday 20 July – just three weeks after My Local went into administration
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NewsWaitrose pledges to pay smaller suppliers within seven days
More than 600 small suppliers worth less than £100,000 annually will benefit
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NewsNisa launches Cider Festival after Wine Festival nets £1.2m
The new campaign will run from 11 to 31 July and feature offers on a varied selection of ciders
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NewsPret to open its first motorway services store at South Mimms
Pret expects to open more stores in service stations if the pilot is a success
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NewsMorrisons to open Doddle in-store concession
Morrisons has tied up with parcel delivery service Doddle to open an in-store concession
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NewsBrexit to hasten rise of the robots in food and drink industry
EU migrant workers may be replaced with robots as a result of Brexit according to a report by the Resolution Foundation
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NewsCab driver pleads guilty to murder of shopkeeper Asad Shah
Tanveer Ahmed, 32, savagely attacked local shopkeeper Asad Shah outside his store in Shawlands on 24 March
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NewsMorrisons' Rathbones Wakefield bakery reopens after fire
The retailer took to Twitter to post: ‘We’re baking fresh bread once again’
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NewsCo-op snaps up six My Local stores
My Local appointed administrators and closed 90 stores last week
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NewsJJ Food Service creates online portal for school caterers
Wholesaler teams up with Irish dairy brand Kerrymaid to launch the microsite
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NewsWarburtons marketing director Mark Simester appointed Soreen MD
Simester will take up the new role on 8 August after spending four years as marketing director at Warburtons
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NewsWaitrose lists 2,000 own-label lines on British Corner Shop site
Supermarket strikes deal with online supermarket for British expats
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NewsOriental food store Seewoo expands its London premises
The retailer, which also has stores in Greenwich and Glasgow, has extended into the adjacent building
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NewsAmazon Fresh adds a further 59 delivery postcodes in London
The online giant is now serving 128 postcodes in the capital
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NewsJJ Food Service launches CentralDish restaurant review site
Users are able to place orders directly through the platform
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NewsMenzies Distribution workers vote to strike over 'pitiful' pay offer
Unite members voted 86% in favour of strike action and 91% for industrial action short of a strike
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News10p-per-item supermarket secures permanent Dover high street site
The supermarket was created to bridge the gap between food poverty and normality
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NewsChris Gallacher appointed MD of Scotfresh owner Dynamic Retail
Dynamic Retail operates nine stores under the Scotfresh fascia across Glasgow and the central belt