All Independents articles – Page 11
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Comment & 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 & 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 & 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
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Analysis & Features
The Top 50 Independents: 6-10
6-10 in our Top 50 Independents sees a big, big climber enter the top ten
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Analysis & Features
The Top 50 Independents: 11-20
Who made the top 20 in this year’s Top 50 Independents?
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Analysis & Features
The Top 50 Independents: 21-30
Cook is climbing steadily as it enters our top 30 for this first time
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Analysis & Features
The Top 50 Independents: 31-40
Asiana, formed by Asian entrepreneur Sam Sangha in 2003, returns to our list after a year of impressive growth in its supermarket and wholesale delivery business
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Analysis & Features
The Top 50 Independents: 41-50
Founded five years ago, forecourt/c-store operator High Noon hit the headlines in June 2013 after it claimed to be selling the cheapest petrol in the country. It also won The Grocer’s Independent Retail Chain of the Year in 2014
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News
Jempson's to refit three of its stores
The Sussex retailer plans to refit its Battle supermarket in May followed by Rye at the end of the year
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News
Best Small Shops winner announced
A North Yorkshire delicatessen has been named winner of this year’s Best Small Shops Competition
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Analysis & Features
Trade associations: standing up for indie retailers' rights
As this month’s barometer shows, indies are generally satisfied with their trade associations…
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Analysis & Features
How independent retailers can save money
January means watching the waistline. But it also means watching the pennies, even for independents.
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News
Dhamecha Foods set to expand wholesale business to the Midlands
Dhamecha Foods is on the hunt for new cash & carries in the Midlands…
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News
One Stop signs up 75th franchisee and secures store in hometown
One Stop has signed up 75 franchisees since officially launching its franchise format in January.
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News
Booths hits 30-store mark with new Barrowford shop
Booths has opened its 30th store, in Barrowford, Lancashire.