All Convenience Store articles in 15 September 2007 – Page 2

  • Product News

    Boom time

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    The multiples have the price advantage but quality will win the day this November, say fireworks manufacturers

  • Dear Jac

    PO... phone bills. This touched a raw nerve

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    I didn't expect much feedback to subpostmaster Paul Calladine's complaint last issue about having to pay a £1.50 penalty fee for not settling his PO-shared phone line bill by direct debit fee.

  • Dear Jac

    Why you can bank on more holidays costing you more

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    By Monday week you will need to allow your staff an extra four days off a year if full time and a pro-rata amount if they're part time.

  • Product News

    SRC slams plan to ban multi-buys

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has criticised the Scottish government over proposals to ban multi-buy deals on alcohol.

  • News

    Tories back ban on free parking

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Supermarkets could be banned from offering free customer parking under Conservative proposals to protect smaller high-street retailers.

  • News

    Praise for underage awareness

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Shop assistants have a high awareness and concern for the issues of underage drinking and are being unfairly labelled as part of the problem, according to new research.

  • News

    Rest assured

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Convenience Store and top insurer Norwich Union have joined forces to bring you, our readers, an exclusive insurance policy

  • News

    Shop around the clock

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    With today's 24- hour society, peak times are stretching beyond the traditional morning, noon and night.

  • News

    Smiles all round for Martin McColl

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Smile stores, the Bristol-based c-store chain run by the Symonds family, has been bought by Martin McColl for an undisclosed sum.

  • News

    The A-list

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Good planning is vital if you want to make the most of the festive frenzy

  • News

    Costcutter is 'well ahead' of targets

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter has pledged to increase its number of stores by 12% and grow turnover by £52m in the next two years.

  • News

    Wave and pay high on agenda

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Contactless payment for low-value transactions will be the next major technology investment for Costcutter stores.

  • News

    Age rise chaos in Scotland

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    The Scottish government's "failure" to drive public awareness of the smoking age increase next month is endangering retailers, the Scottish Grocers' Federation (SGF) has warned.

  • Dear Jac

    Wage cost percentage - it all adds up

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Of course, I'm playing fast and loose with the language when I assure you it all adds up

  • Dear Jac

    Heard the one about the 'nice old stick'?

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    He wrote an undated letter to 'the manager' at Anne Everton's tiny store on an estate in Battle, East Sussex, to say that he fell over in the store's doorway while he was there on holiday.

  • News

    A new wave of omega 3

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Birds Eye is moving into the health arena with its launch of omega 3 fish fingers