All Convenience Store articles in 18 August 2007
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Product NewsMars Chocolate reveals Galaxy Counters singles packs
From February 24 Mars’ Galaxy Counters will be available in a single format as a permanent addition.
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Product NewsR&R launches Nestlé Ice Cream eggs
R&R Ice Cream is breaking the mould with two Nestlé-branded ice cream eggs.
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Baking by numbers
You don’t have to be Delia Smith to operate an in-store bakery. Tracy West takes a look at Cuisine de France’s Baking Academy
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Tomorrow's world
Dave Visick went to Dublin to find out how the Irish are making foodservice the focus of the store with specialised staff and great attention to detail
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Features and analysis
Small wonders
Manufacturers of catering equipment are producing compact but robust units specifically for c-stores with a food-to-go offer
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Features and analysis
Taking the plunge
How easy is it to get started in food to go? C-Store follows retailers Bob and Paul Bettesworth as their new Country Choice Bake & Bite unit is installed
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News
More sign up for PIN-free payment
More than 200 newsagents are among the 1,000 retail outlets to have signed up for Barclaycard Business's OneTouch contactless payment technology.
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Retail groups slam plans for local tax
Proposals to give local authorities the power to tax businesses to fund local projects have been slammed by retailers and lobby groups.
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Product News
Fast food nation - a tale of four stores
Four retailers tell us how installing a food- and drinks-to-go offer has transformed their businesses and improved their profits
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Owner says sorry for sting failure
An independent retailer has apologised unreservedly to his local community after an 11-year-old girl was able to buy alcohol at one of his stores.
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Dear Jac
The end of the roll? Or the end of the line?
Human error affects retailers in many ways, but it seems unfair that Payzone (Alphyra) won't fork out 10 quid because a retailer didn't realise the till roll had run out.
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News
Planning rules to ease in green push
Retailers may soon find it easier to install environmentally friendly technologies such as solar panels and wind turbines under changes to planning rules.
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Readers desert top titles
Latest magazine sales figures reveal that the crisis in the consumer magazines market is worsening, with many top titles losing readers to digital rivals and new launches.
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Cupwinners
The Rugby World Cup kicks off next month in France, providing an opportunity for retailers to devise a game plan for extra sales
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Dear Jac
Removing the competition: PayPoint rules
Last month I reported on the 'exclusive' nature of PayPoint when the company put a retailer on notice because he refused to remove a 3R top-up terminal that he had hosted for 15 years.
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News
Coming clean
Following correct procedures will ensure you maintain a healthy and prosperous food-to-go operation
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ID card suppliers sought in first phase
The introduction of a national ID card scheme has moved a step closer with the government inviting potential suppliers to come forward.
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BRC urges fairer wage
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has called for a more transparent method of deciding new National Minimum Wage rates, more genuinely based on economics.
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Fake cigarettes a bigger threat than the big four
More than one in three tobacco retailers have considered reducing staff or even closing as a result of the trade in smuggled and counterfeit products.
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A whole new ball game for Camelot
Camelot is completing the formalities with the National Lottery Commission (NLC) in advance of being given the licence to run the National Lottery for another 10 years from 2009.