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All Convenience Store articles in 10 October 2009 – Page 2
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News
Smart facts: Soup market simmers nicely
Recession shopping habits continue to drive traditional grocery sales in independent stores. The independent sector continues to be buoyant with a growth in sales of 5.7% in September according to SalesOut, which...
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News
Eurospar goes large in Wales and South West
Spar's international format for larger stores, Eurospar, has been introduced to Wales and the South West of England. Conrad Davies, whose family own two stores in Pwhelli, North Wales, has doubled his estate with new stores in Blaenau...
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News
MPs display lack of support for retailers
Tobacco display ban goes ahead as planned despite lively late debate. The Health Bill has finally completed its progress through the House of Commons, meaning that a display ban on tobacco products will be imposed on large stores from 2011 and ...
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Features and analysis
Three strikes and out for c-store robbers
A gang of raiders responsible for a series of attacks on stores and off-licences in Birmingham have been jailed. Chioke Williams, Daniel Dubidat, Jason Woodley and Nathan Ali received sentences of between four and a half and six years.
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News
Competition test sent to government
The government has been formally asked to adopt the latest recommendation by the Competition Commission (CC) for a competition test in retail planning applications, which would prevent supermarkets opening new stores in areas where they already hold...
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Blog
Editor’s comment: In the dark
We waited until MPs had voted on the Health Bill before sending this issue of C-Store to the printers, but we had a sinking feeling some time ago that it was a foregone conclusion. Monday night's...
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News
Retailers urged to challenge rates
Independent store owners are urging their fellow retailers to appeal against new business rates valuations introduced this month. Values are now calculated based on property rental prices as measured during buoyant conditions in April...
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News
EFB rescues Wine Cellar from the bin
Midlands-based EFB Retail Ltd has acquired 109 stores from Wine Cellar Stores, the national c-store and off licence chain which went into administration earlier this month. The stores, currently trading under the Booze Buster, Simply...
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Product News
So beer it is...Merry Christmas!
Midwinter weather won't diminsh customers' appetite for refreshing lagers, ales and ciders this festive season
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Product News
You asked, Imperial answers
Imperial Tobacco remains upbeat about a category under fire, as it reveals in answer to independent retailers' questions
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News
Turton succeeds Marwood at ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has elected Neil Turton as its chairman. Turton, who is the chief executive of Nisa-Today's, will serve in this position for the next two years.
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Product News
Lucozade on tour
GlaxoSmithKline will be promoting its new Lucozade Alert Plus energy shot in cash and carry depots across the UK over the coming weeks
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News
Landmark’s Hot House milestone
Landmark Wholesale's Hot House retail development scheme has reached the milestone of its 2,000th store conversion.
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Product News
Tobacco: the way forward
The UK tobacco market may be down, but it’s certainly not out. Gaelle Walker looks at developments of the past year and what the future holds
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News
Tobacco retailers face up to undercover operations
The details of the tobacco display restrictions have been released. Fortunately for local stores, they are still up for negotiation.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Read the fine print, then negotiate
Michael Green, who runs Green's Newsagents, rang from Scunthorpe to say he had been "stitched up like a kipper" by business transfer agents RTA.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Heading them off at the pass
Do watch out again for those business rates cowboys. Every year I warn about them several times, and every year some people fall for it. But they didn't fool Subas Patel, who runs Choc Box at Chessington in Surrey.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: The enemy on the doorstep
It might not say Tesco above the door, but sometimes a new branch of a c-store chain can still hammer the nails into your coffin.
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News
C-stores even more popular
Convenience stores and CTNs are being visited more often by shoppers, according to a new study
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News
Scottish consumers support retailers
The campaign against a Scottish tobacco display ban has gathered further pace after more than 10,000 Scottish shoppers signed a petition slamming the proposals.
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