All Convenience Store articles in 19 April 2019
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Retailers slam Track and Trace code application process
With just days to go before new Track and Trace legislation is enforced, retailers across the UK are reporting a litany of challenges with the application process for the crucial codes that they will need in order to buy compliant tobacco products from 20 May 2019.
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JTI launches video to help retailers adapt to Track and Trace rules
With less than a fortnight before new Track and Trace legislation for tobacco products is implemented in the UK, JTI has launched a new video to help retailers understand the changes and key actions that they must take now.
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Products In Depth
World foods: Keep it real to be a global hit
As world foods become more mainstream, a number of retailers are seeing increased demand for more authentic and adventurous lines.
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Product News
What's keeping my till ringing?
Welcome Co-op retailer Richard Dance says that customer demand for Cook ready meals, in one of his seven stores in the south of England, has led to him introducing the range in a second site.
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Product News
Roughs debuts healthier snacks made without potato
Roughs from Satisfied Snacks is making its move into the UK snack market with an all-new range of crisps made with no potato, corn, wheat, rice, oil or added sugar.
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Free-to-use ATM network at risk of "decimation", report warns
Britain’s free-to-use ATM network is on course to be decimated without urgent action, Which? has warned, after it revealed withdrawal fees were imposed on 1,700 machines between January and March alone.
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Product News
Sleaford Quality Foods swaps black plastic for white alternative
Ingredients supplier Sleaford Quality Foods (SQF) is strengthening its commitment to sustainability after revealing plans to convert all its plastic packaging from black to white materials.
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Product News
Concha y Toro launches new spritzer wine brand
Concha y Toro UK is extending its portfolio of wine-based spritz drinks with the launch of a canned range from new brand O’jos.
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Tobacco Track and Trace application process open to all retailers
Single-site retailers can now begin the critical two-step process of applying for the codes that they will need to purchase tobacco legally from later this month.
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Product News
Curly Wurly Squirlies join Cadbury PMP line-up
Cadbury is launching a new price-marked (PMP) format for its Curly Wurly Squirlies chocolates in c-stores from this month.
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Sainsbury's profits slump in wake of failed Asda merger
Sainsbury’s pre-tax profits plunged 41.6% to £239m in the year to 9 March, driven in part by the failure of its proposed merger with Asda.
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Product News
Buxton takes over 12 c-stores for London Marathon
On Sunday (28 April), Buxton celebrated its sixth year as the official hydration partner for the Virgin Money London Marathon by transforming 12 convenience stores across London into Buxton hydration pit stops.
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Products In Depth
BBQ: Time to turn up the heat
Retailers are hoping to match last summer’s sizzling sales by offering a range of BBQ-ready lines across multiple product categories.
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News
New £300,000 food-to-go grant available to Scottish c-stores
C-store retailers in Scotland are being urged to apply for a slice of a £300,000 food-to-go grant launched by the Scottish government this week.
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Product News
Goupie chocolate range goes vegan, dairy and gluten-free
Simpsons of Hawkhurst has reformulated a number of recipes so that all 18 flavours of Goupie are now vegan, dairy and gluten-free.
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Product News
Big Bear Confectionery rolls out shelf-ready cases for retailers
Following a successful trial with the Co-op Group, this month will see Big Bear Confectionery roll out single facing shelf-ready cases across its core Fox’s Glacier lines to retailers nationwide.
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Multiple grocers struggling to keep pace with market growth
Spending on seasonal products and the warm Easter weekend helped to drive sales across the grocery sector as a whole, but the big four supermarkets did not have things all their own way in the past three months, according to Nielsen.
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Samworth Brothers launches new food-to-go van sales service
Samworth Brothers is launching a new food-to-go business and van sales service, as it seeks to grab a bigger slice of the UK’s evolving food-to-go sector, which is set to hit £22.8bn by 2023, according to HIM.
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Product News
Robinsons gets ready for Wimbledon with new on-pack promo
Britvic is hoping to help convenience retailers drive sales this summer with a new on-pack promotion across its Robinsons Refresh’d range.
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Product News
Essex potato brand boosted by Co-op listings
Essex-based potato supplier Fairfields Farm has announced a new deal to supply the Co-op Group with its range of fresh potatoes.