All Convenience Store articles in 1 November 2019
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Product News
Heineken extends football sponsorship tie-up with UEFA
Heineken has announced it will become Official beer partner of UEFA Euro 2020 and has extended its UEFA Champions League partnership by another three years from 2021 - 2024.
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Product News
Coca-Cola reveals plans for 2019 Christmas Truck Tour
Coca-Cola has announced the return of its nationwide Christmas Truck Tour, which will be stopping off at new locations and giving out samples to consumers.
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Products In Depth
Christmas soft drinks: Santa’s gift to c-stores
Retailers have the opportunity to sleigh soft drinks sales over the festive season as shoppers splash out more and buy bigger packs.
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News
Early festive sales fail to sparkle for big four supermarkets
The UK’s supermarkets have had a sluggish start to the festive period with grocery sales growth slowing to just 1.1% in the last four weeks, latest total till data from Nielsen reveals.
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Products In Depth
Cracking snacking sales
The UK is a nation of snack lovers, but today’s shoppers are becoming increasingly discerning when it comes to hunting for hunger fillers.
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Product News
Imperial launches Riverstone combi pouch
Imperial Tobacco has created a combi pouch for its economy RYO brand Riverstone.
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News
Bestway Retail poised to leverage key demographic mapping data
Bestway Retail has completed its UK-wide demographic mapping exercise, allowing its franchise and symbol group retailers to leverage key insights into which ranges, promotions and operational models offer the best fit for specific postcode locations.
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News
Average store worker abused 21 times a year, survey reveals
The average shop worker is verbally abused, threatened or assaulted more than 21 times a year – or almost once a fortnight - interim figures from Usdaw’s Freedom from Fear survey of over 4,000 retail staff have revealed.
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News
Yorkshire c-stores providing vital home delivery services to flood-hit residents
Convenience stores in Yorkshire have been providing a vital home delivery lifeline to customers affected by the ongoing flooding.
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Product News
London Pride celebrates anniversary with ad campaign
Beer brand London Pride is marking its 60th birthday with a new advertising campaign, rolling out throughout this month.
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News
Retailers challenge suppliers to devise plastic-free packaging
The Co-op Group has challenged suppliers in the food to go category to work with the retailer to devise new forms of packaging allowing shoppers to eat on the go without utilising single-use plastic.
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Product News
Trebor introduces Extra Strong sugar-free variant
Trebor has extended its range of mints with the introduction of the first sugar-free sku for its Extra Strong brand.
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Product News
Duo of I Heart gins roll out to Nisa retailers
I Heart Spirits is launching its gin and pink gin bottles exclusively into Nisa stores in time for Christmas trading.
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Product News
What’s keeping my till ringing?
Atul Sodha, owner of Londis Harefield in Uxbridge, is pulling in the punters with fresh bakery lines that appeal to those who want something warm in the mornings.
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News
ACS raises Track and Trace concerns with the European Commission
A list of key retailer concerns with the UK’s newly-implemented Track and Trace system for tobacco products has been raised with the European Commission (EC).
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News
Owners of four-site Ansell Village Stores group sell up to retire
Independent retailers Steve and Carolyn Ansell, owners of the four-store Ansell Village Stores business, are selling up and retiring after almost two decades in convenience retail.
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News
Sainsbury’s half year results reveal profits slide
Profits at Sainsbury’s have tumbled in the first half of its new financial year.
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News
Workplace safety Charter launched with backing of ACS
A new Charter aimed at making workplaces safer for employers and employees has launched with the backing of the Association of Convenience Stores.
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Product News
Heineken UK to remove plastic from all multipack cans
Heineken is planning to eliminate plastic rings and shrinkwrapping from its entire portfolio of beer and cider multipack cans over the next two years.
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News
Marks & Spencer food sales growth “outperforming the market”
Marks & Spencer has announced a 0.9% rise in like-for-like half year food sales, with a “marked improvement” in the second quarter, driven by price reductions across high volume lines.