Archive of all Post Office articles – Page 6
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NewsCity snapshot: Grocery sales fall for the first time in three years
Grocery sales have fallen back for the first time in three years as last year’s record early summer temperatures hit year-on-year comparisons. Plus, first half profits plunge at McColl’s, Fever-Tree first half sales rise 13% and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsNick Read takes over as Post Office chief executive
Read stepped down as CEO at Nisa amid takeover talks with Co-op
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can the post office evolve to survive?
More in-store post office concessions are opening. Can retailers make them work and how?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow are Scottish convenience stores navigating today's challenges?
All UK grocers face challenges, but stores in Scotland have unique burdens to bear. How are they coping?
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NewsCo-op names Shirine Khoury-Haq as new CFO
Khoury-Haq will replace Ian Ellis who announced his retirement last November
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NewsMedia Bites 16 April: Sainsbury's/Asda, Brexit, Greggs
Sainsbury is set for a major shake-up under new chairman Martin Scicluna if its £14bn merger with Asda is blocked, analysts have warned.
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NewsSpar retailer Lawrence Hunt adds butcher to heritage store
The Lancashire-based retailer has completely remodelled its Broadfield Drive store in Leyland
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Analysis & FeaturesHow are modern convenience store independents staying afloat?
Meet the independents who have learned how to survive fierce competition from the mults and the discounters
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NewsCo-op seeking independent retailers to open franchise stores
Stores must be over 2,000 sq ft and turning over £20,000 a week
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NewsPost Office given go-ahead to complete Payzone takeover
The deal is set to complete next week after being waved through by the Competition and Markets Authority…
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NewsMedia Bites 25 Sept: Tesco, Unilever, Amazon
Tesco is in line to face the biggest fine on record from the UK financial watchdog for a cyber-related fraud
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NewsMedia Bites 24 August: Sainsbury's/Asda, National Lottery, Brexit
The UK competition watchdog has launched a formal investigation into the proposed merger between supermarket chains Sainsbury and Asda
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NewsMedia Bites 9 May: Sainsbury’s, Price wars, BRC/KPMG
Sainsbury’s bosses have exercised share options worth £4.5m, the timing and size of which could raise eyebrows so soon after the Asda merger was announced
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NewsRam raids targeting supermarket ATMs 'part of a pattern'
On Monday, Aldi UK was hit for at least the ninth time since November
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NewsMedia Bites 4 April: Conviviality, Shop prices, Young’s Seafood
Chinese private equity firm ZQ Capital is front runner to buy Conviviality, according to the Daily Mail, with ZQ likely to bid for the whole group.
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NewsMedia Bites 3 April: Conviviality, Bank Holiday footfall, Westmorland
Conviviality investors are mulling suing the board amid claims the directors misled them about the health of the sprawling drinks business’s finances, reports The Times.
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Analysis & FeaturesTop shops crowned at 2018 Convenience Retail Awards
The winners of the Convenience Retail Awards collected their trophies to classic rock riffs delivered by a live band
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NewsIceland to accept paper £10 notes until Easter Monday
The paper notes will be accepted at manned checkouts but not self-service ones ‘for technical reasons
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NewsUK's rural shops invested over £315m to boost in-store service
The 2018 Rural Shop Report found that retailers were introducing contactless payments, in-store bakeries and Post Office
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NewsForecourt stores account for more than £4bn in sales says ACS
Association of Convenience Stores’ latest Forecourt Report reveals revenue streams