All Symbols, Fascias and Buying Groups articles – Page 2
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News
United Wholesale Scotland rolls out app to help retailers take on the rapid grocers
Yuu, a subsidiary of United Wholesale Scotland, is working with last-mile logistics firm Gophr to establish the service
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Comment and Opinion
Wholesalers must maintain service levels to justify extra charges
Despite wholesalers bumping up delivery charges and patchy availability, now may not be the time for conflict
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Bestway to begin 'aggressive rollout' of Bargain Booze Costcutter stores
It has so far completed two rollouts of its ‘store within a store’ concept
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Caterforce appoints Tracy Fisher as new group marketing manager
Fisher has spent 25 years in strategic and tactical marketing, holding senior positions at businesses including the Co-op and SSP
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Grocer Gold Awards 2022: symbol/franchise retailer of the year
Premier has impressed with ‘Latest Thinking’, a new store format focusing on fresh
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Analysis and Features
From Best-one to Budgens, what do the UK’s symbol and franchise groups have to offer in 2022?
After another turbulent year, how have the UK’s convenience symbol groups and fascias evolved? And how do they compare?
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Analysis and Features
Why the convenience market is betting big on its future
A new wave of shoppers has brought a raft of extra money into the convenience sector. Now retailers are investing in their stores to upgrade them for the new age
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News
Budget 2021: alcohol duty system to be given ‘radical’ shake-up
The chancellor said the new system would be designed around “a common sense principle” to tax higher strengths
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Comment and Opinion
Why have Tesco and Carrefour bid adieu to their buying alliance?
Extraordinary times and a failure to appreciate the clout of French competition authorities didn’t help. But was the strategy flawed?
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News
Confex member Dunsters Farm defects to foodservice specialist group Caterforce
The education sector-focused wholesaler is set to join the foodservice buying group on 1 July
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Eat 17 says franchisees could earn almost £200k in first year
Retailer said franchisees could access over 400 Eat 17-produced grocery lines
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Hyperama to join foodservice-focused buying group Caterforce
The move comes despite outgoing Unitas implementing a new rule last June that prohibited multiple memberships
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Darren Goldney to step down as Unitas MD
Sales and marketing director John Kinney will take over the position of MD
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SimplyFresh eyes 30 retailers for ‘supplied by Sainsbury’s’ model
The symbol group believes the model will have a strong appeal for multi-site retailers
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Analysis and Features
How the fascias have taken recruitment online
Coronavirus put an end to trade shows, store visits and face-to-face meetings that symbols usually use to recruit new members. But many have still managed to win new business. Here’s how
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News
Symbol groups to be hit by government’s HFSS crackdown
Unaffiliated independent retailers will be exempt regardless of store size
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Eat 17 launches first store in partnership with Just Eat
Eat17 already uses Deliveroo as its main platform
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Analysis and Features
From zero to hero: How a closed unit transformed into a 24/7 community hub during lockdown
Speaking at The Convenience Conference, Nisa retailer Tabrez Hussain tells Lumina Intelligence’s Ed Sibley how his Coldharbour Lane store quickly established itself as an essential resource for the local area
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News
Booker launches Jack’s as symbol format for convenience retailers
The first store to be rebranded as Jack’s is set to open on 12 October and is owned by Mo Razzaq in Blantyre
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Spar Y Maes and Premier take home top prizes at Convenience Awards 2020
Spar Y Maes has been crowned Convenience Retailer of the Year