All Convenience Store articles in 17 August 2012
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Features and analysis
FWD Gold Medal Awards winners unveiled
Bestway and AF Blakemore were among this year’s winners
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Features and analysis
Energy savings of £16m per year up for grabs in convenience sector
Amit Patel of Premier in Sandiacre, Derbyshire stands to save £345 per year thanks to a new sustainability project by Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I.
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Product News
Unit message for First Cape's Cafe Collection
First Cape is hoping to boost its Cafe Collection range in the c-store trade with new display units
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News
Hot beverages: Off the boil
Sit down and have a cuppa. That’s usually the first advice people are given when they’ve received some shocking news.
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News
Age checks a negative experience for shoppers
Poorly-handled ID checks are alienating young customers, says Marketforce
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Product News
Douwe Egberts launches flavoured instant coffee
Douwe Egberts’ The Flavour Collective aims to recruit younger consumers into instant coffee
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Cornish Spar store adds Subway franchise
A Spar store in Cornwall has added a Subway franchise to its retail offer, becoming the symbol group’s first South West convenience store to do so.
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Partnership pitfalls
Earlier this year everything was looking rosy for Lesley Brown of Frankmarsh Stores in Barnstaple. Then her world was turned on end.
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Tesco drops Welsh supermarket plans
Tesco has ditched plans to develop a supermarket in the Welsh town of Llanwrst, following a well-orchestrated campaign in a case which raised serious concerns over the transparency of local planning policy.
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Product News
Maku Laku liquorice range available at Hancocks
As the popularity of soft eating liquorice continues to grow, Hancocks has revealed a seven strong range of soft liquorice …
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It's not easy, I'll grant you
Gurdev Singh has been at his Linskill Store in Newcastle on Tyne for 24 years and still has one of the original chillers
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Going for gold or out for the count?
Sue Potter’s store doesn’t usually open on Sundays, but she was among the 500 chosen post offices to sell the estimated 100,000 Royal Mail stamps with images of Olympic winners
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Bowled out
Hitendra Patel, Costcutter Romford, has added to the debate over best before dates on cereals
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Fisher's sells up to Sainsbury's
Buckinghamshire retailer Paul Fisher has sold two-thirds of his store to Sainsbury’s in an effort to keep his family business running.
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Indies triumph over Tesco in Basingstoke
A family of independent retailers in Basingstoke are breathing a sigh of relief after plans to build a 63,000 sq ft Tesco Extra less than half a mile away from their convenience store were thrown out.
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Product News
Westons Cider rebrands Old Rosie
Westons Cider has restyled the image of its Old Rosie traditional cloudy cider.
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Product News
Nestle offers £80,000 prize fund in promo
Nestle is giving away a total of £80,000 as part of its We Will Find You on-pack promotion on Kit Kat …
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Product News
Limited edition Mars Caramel hits shelves
Mars Caramel is the latest limited edition innovation from Mars Chocolate.
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Plain packaging upheld by Australian High Court
Australia’s High Court has upheld new government legislation on cigarette plain packaging after rejecting a legal challenge from tobacco companies.
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Product News
Wilsons launches canned ready meals range
Wilsons has launched a range of canned ready meals exclusively for the convenience channel.