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Fake store to teach shoplifters a lesson
Midlands Co-operative Society is to fund the development of a mock-up shop to teach young people that shoplifting is not a victimless crime.
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Former Amex exec to drive PayPoint UK
PayPoint has recruited former American Express senior executive Seamus Smith as its first managing director for PayPoint UK.The role has been created to give PayPoint's UK and Ireland operations its own senior management structure due to...
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Railway station food & drink sales soaring
Sales of food and drink at the UK's railway stations are massively outstripping those of the grocery market as a whole. Like-for-like food and drink sales at Network Rail's 16 largest stations soared by 13% in the first three months of...
NewsLennon forced to imagine life after ANR
John Lennon, managing director of the Association of Convenience Stores’ newspaper and magazine policy arm, has been made redundant.
NewsM&S Angus beef is best new sandwich
Marks & Spencer’s Aberdeen Angus beef with red onion chutney sandwich has been voted the best new sandwich of the year. The sandwich attracted 14% of the vote in the British Sandwich Association’s survey of 3,000 consumers.
NewsWheat yield hits 20-year low after dry weather
Farmers in England are reporting a significant downturn in wheat and oilseed rape yield caused by the recent drought. A survey of National Farmers Union members carried out over the past two months predicted wheat yields in 2011 would be 14% down on the average output to around 6.5 tonnes ...
NewsSainsbury’s signs exclusive book deal with publisher Avon
Sainsbury’s has linked up with publisher Avon as the exclusive stockist for three of its novels this summer. The publisher, a division of HarperCollins, will make available two romantic fiction books, Trisha Ashley’s Sowing Secrets and Beverly Barton’s Amnesia, exclusively to Sainsbury’s from 15 July.
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Uncle Ben’s boosts family appeal with new wok rice range
Uncle Ben’s has introduced a new wok rice range and revamped its Indian cooking sauces to boost its appeal to families. Uncle Ben’s Wok Rice targets the convenient and sociable aspects of a stir-fry family mealtime. The three-strong range includes...
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Discovery picks Peck in push to be top Mexican brand
Discovery Foods has appointed Tesco veteran Andrew Peck to the position of sales director as the company steps up its efforts to replace Old El Paso as the UK’s number one Mexican food brand. Peck joins Discovery Foods after a 21-year career at…