Archive of all Post Office articles – Page 15
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Dangers of multiples’ stranglehold
from Nigel Dowdney, c-store manager, Stalham, NorfolkSir; A report in the Eastern Daily Press detailed the detrimental effect of the building of a Tesco in Stalham. It focuses on the demise of two shops in nearby Hickling because of...
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Retailers hail PO’s decision on ATMs
Independent retailers have welcomed Post Office plans to scrap fee-paying cash machines, and offer sub-postmasters more choice over providers. Precisely how many independent retailers will benefit and how contracts with other machine providers...
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Frequent innovation helps drive business
Manny Hussain has spent 35 years working in the independent retail sector. During that time, he has managed three stores, most recently a shop in Newarthill, Lanarkshire. He took that over five years ago and has invested £500,000 into it,...
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Science skills shortage action
A government quango has launched an urgent plan to redress an acute shortage of scientists and technologists working in food and drink.Improve – the food and drink sector skills council – is heading a top-level working party to find out the...
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Morrisons under pressure
Investors in Morrisons have called on the retailer’s board not to let short-term problems get in the way of much-needed corporate governance reforms.David Somerlinck, of City investors Pension Investment Research Consultants, said: “There still...
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The case for the defence
With the row over PayPoint margins raging again, chief executive Dominic Taylor argues that it does pay. Simon Mowbray reportsIt’s probably fair to assume that the news pages of The Grocer have not made the most pleasant of reading...
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Payzone provider names MD for its UK business
Payzone provider Alphyra Group has appointed Rupert Lowery as managing director of its UK business.Lowery was previously MD of e-top-up provider PostTS, which was acquired by Alphyra Group in March this year.He has also held positions at...
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PO must ‘give more’
The Grocer’s Top 50 independent retailers are calling for the Post Office to improve its commercial terms and services, but say they still broadly back it as an organisation.Almost three quarters of those polled in our reader panel said stores...
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Not happy with terminals
More than three quarters of independent retailers with either PayPoint or Payzone terminals in their stores are not happy with the margins and terms offered.Findings from our exclusive reader panel survey support the view that the row between...
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PayPoint star in rebellion
One of PayPoint’s award-winning retailers is threatening to chuck out his terminal because of the service’s poor margins.Ushi Vithani, owner and manager of The Front Page, a CTN store in Thamesmead, South London, has dealt with PayPoint, the...
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Village shop evolves to meet local needs
Julie Sanderson has seen a great many changes to the community store she manages in Freuchie, Scotland, over the past 18 months.The latest was the electronic point-of-sale system that was installed earlier this month, to which staff are still...
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Couple bid farewell to a life in retirement
Retirement is proving to be a hectic time of life for Alec Gardner and his wife, Lyn. Not only have they set up shop again, but the couple have just picked up Budgens Shop of the Year award.After 35 years of running CTN stores in London’s East...
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Review of 2004
January Big Food Group meets Londis’s advisors, KPMG, to discuss a bid. BFG announces departure of Iceland MD Mike Coupe. Tesco stuns convenience world by buying Adminstore. The City raises concerns about Morrisons’ ability to integrate...
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Post office is strangling enterprise
from an independent retailer, name and address suppliedSir; My shop is situated in a rural area of Scotland. The next nearest shop and bank are well over 10 miles away. The shop is open at least 51 hours a week, but when I took it...
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smaller retailers at a disadvantage
from a member of the Rural Shops AllianceSir; Referring to Rod Addy’s article ‘C-stores attack PO terms’ (The Grocer, December 4, p4-5), I note with interest recent action by large multiples to cut the number of sub-post offices in...
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Size matters with Commission rates
from Sub-postmaster, name and address suppliedSir; With regard to your coverage of c-stores protesting about Post Office terms, I would like to share my experience. Prior to purchasing a post office, I was well aware of the...
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ACS launches OFT complaint against Post Office contracts
The fight for a fairer contract between the Post Office and retailers who operate them has begun, with the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) raising a complaint to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).Of the 32,000 stores represented by...
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PO must offer ‘better terms’
The Association of Convenience Stores has renewed calls for the Post Office to improve franchise terms for independent retailers after reports that many Crown post offices could close.The Post Office has denied speculation it could close...
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What’s on tescoTV
The industry might still be assessing the merits of Tesco TV, but away from the fmcg sector it is attracting new money in an area with undreamt-of possibilities. Siân Harrington tunes inMrs Myers fudge shop, Barry’s Plumbing, National...
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Testing times with teens
John Wood finds out how independents are facing up to their most troublesome customersThe latest Retail Crime Survey from the British Retail Consortium (The Grocer, September 25, page 40) revealed a large increase in incidents of...