All articles by Sara Spary – Page 3
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NewsEmarket to take on wholesale rivals on 100 core lines
Online wholesale site Emarket has pledged to beat Booker and Bestway’s prices on 100 core lines…
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InterviewsDiana Hunter, Conviviality Retail CEO: the Big Interview
She’s overseen a flotation, two acquisitions and a major overhaul of the company’s franchise model and there’s plenty more…
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Grocer 33Asda Great Yarmouth
We didn’t have Black Friday here and I have the team to thank for that…
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News‘Big retailer’ circling Online Pound Store as sales and visits soar
Onlinepoundstore.co.uk was launched in February A rival is looking to snap up website onlinepoundstore.co.uk, its founder has claimed.Garry Almond, who launched the site in February, said the company had been approached by “a big retailer” who had “offered to buy it out”.However, he refused to be drawn ...
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NewsWarner's Budgens rolls out Taste Club loyalty card
Warner’s Budgens rolled out its Taste Club card to customers at its Broadway store in Worcestershire this week…
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NewsWorld Cup big brand sponsors braced for wave of cyber attacks
As The Grocer went to press, World Cup sponsors were bracing themselves for cyber attacks…
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NewsHenderson Group profits climb as stores and fresh food excel
Henderson Group has reported a 3.6% increase in turnover and “record profits” up 17.5% for the year ending 31 December 2013.
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NewsLogistics operator NFT planning port depot in export drive
NFT will open its first port-centric site over the next 18 months as part of its international expansion strategy…
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NewsInPost targets 1,500 UK sites as it opens first Morrisons lockers
Click & collect parcel operator InPost has opened 36 lockers at Morrisons sites in the past month as it targets UK expansi…
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NewsThe Health Lottery reveals 20% slump in retailer numbers
Richard Desmond has admitted he “might never” get back his original investment in the Health Lottery…
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NewsAppleby Westward names Mike Boardman MD
Mike Boardman has been appointed managing director of Appleby Westward.
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NewsSimply Fresh targets 350 c-stores by 2019
Fast-growing symbol group Simply Fresh has laid out ambitious plans to grow its estate to 350 c-stores within five years…
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NewsBidvest 3663 expands Swithenbank artisan range
Bidvest 3663 has added 116 new artisan products through a partnership with its specialist fine foods business Swithenbank…
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NewsAndrew Thorntons reopens Belsize Park Budgens
Influential Budgens retailer Andrew Thornton has relaunched his Belsize Park store…
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NewsSpar sales climb 1% despite 4% decline in c-store numbers
Spar UK has reported a 1.05% increase in sales to £2.6bn for the year to 26 April 2014, despite a fall in store numbers…
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Grocer 33Tesco Consett
We’re delighted. It’s great to have got this award for Consett and for Tesco.
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NewsCollectPlus service boosts PayPoint profits
Rising transactions and the growth of click & collect helped PayPoint’s pre-tax profits grow 11.5% to £46m for the year ending 31 March.
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NewsSpar International sees emerging markets power ahead
Spar has blamed pressure on consumer spending for a 1.8% decline in UK retail sales in the year ending 31 December 2013.
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NewsReynolds Catering Supplies targets £300m in sales by 2019
Reynolds Catering Supplies is targeting sales of £300m and expanding the size of its Waltham Cross depot…
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NewsMillie's Cookies eyes convenience sector
Millie’s Cookies plans to offer standalone units in c-stores as part of a strategy to expand into new formats…