All Independents articles – Page 10
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The Big Interview
Andrew Thornton on food waste, the living wage and Booker
Budgens retailer Andrew Thornton becomes the first independent retailer to guest edit The Grocer
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News
Nisa wins £250m Ramsden International contract deal
Nisa has secured a new five-year contract to supply Ramsden International worth £250m…
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News
'Convenience store investment falling' ahead of NLW
The ACS is warning investment is down 35% over the past three months
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News
Farm Shop & Deli Awards entries are needed now!
Entries for the 2016 Farm Shop & Deli Awards close on 17 September
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News
Convenience stores grow sales and locations
The number of convenience stores on the UK mainland has grown more than 1.5% from 50,747 to 51,524
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News
Home Office reassures independent retailers over policing
The Home Office has reassured independent retailers they will remain a policing priority…
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Comment and Opinion
Sunday should be kept special
Proposals to reform Sunday trading are badly thought through and should be scrapped, argues Steve Parfett
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News
Farmers For Action take milk fight to Nisa's Scunthorpe depot
The independent retail sector has become the new target for protesting dairy farmers
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News
P&H celebrates 90th birthday with Retailer of the Month award
Palmer and Harvey is celebrating its 90th birthday by running a Retailer of the Month award for independents
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News
BoxPark pop-up shopping concept is good news for indies
After making its debut in Shoreditch, BoxPark, a pop-up shopping mall, is making its way to Croydon
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News
PayPoint admits it has lost touch with retailers
In a letter to The Grocer, the payment services company vows to improve relations with its retailers
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Analysis and Features
Macknade: spotlight on a celebrated fine food independent
Starting in a tent in the corner of a field, Macknade is now one of the most celebrated UK independent retailers…
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Comment and Opinion
My Week… By James Lowman
In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. And the Earth was without form, or opportunities to acquire green…
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News
Motor Fuel Group bought by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for £500m
Motor Fuel Group, the UK’s second largest independent petrol and convenience retailer, has been sold by Patron Capital
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News
Paul Stone's fifth Manchester Spar tops £30,000 in first week
The Spar retailer opened the store, on Princess Street, last month. It is its fifth store in the city.
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News
Rippleglen's new website takes on discounters
The CTN operator, which has 91 stores, is a long-term critic of the discounters
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News
Murco name to vanish from forecourts
The forecourt operator said that from 1 April, BP would supply 136 forecourts, Jet would supply 68, and Texaco 78
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Category Report
The Top 50 Independents
A record 14 indie forecourts featured in this year’s ranking, with their combined sales rising 19% to £2.9bn
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Analysis and Features
1 (2) MRH GB
Forecourt operators are the new force in independent grocery retailing, and nothing signifies this more than MRH’s elevation to the number one spot for the first time
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Analysis and Features
5 (8) Euro Garages
Based predominantly in the North, the team has done it the simple way: offering drivers very good reasons to pull over