All Convenience Store articles in 22 February 2019 – Page 4
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Product News
Unilever and Ferrero create Kinder ice cream
Unilever has announced a first-time collaboration with Ferrero to bring Kinder and Kinder Bueno ice cream to the UK.
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Product News
Grenade extends Carb Killa line-up with new bars
Grenade is expanding its portfolio of low sugar, high protein snacks to include two new chocolate bars.
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Dear Jac
Here's a timely clock-watching tip from a fellow retailer
In the first issue of this year I reported on Tajinder Singh’s problem with the deadlines for his separate orders for ambient and chilled goods via Londis…
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Dear Jac
A delay in judgement on the Horizon case
And a new campaigning group is emerging to fight your corner.
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Blog
Tapping into food to go
Food to go has long been considered a growth opportunity for c-store retailers. With the total food-to-go market set to be worth £21.2bn in 2019, the opportunity for growth has certainly not changed, writes HIM’s Chloe Kent.
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News
Spar retailer first to stock Ridiculously Rich cake unit
Conrad Davies’ Spar Market store in Pwllheli, Wales, has become the first retail outlet in the country to launch the new Ridiculously Rich self-serve units from The Apprentice winner Alana Spencer.
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Blog
Return the consultation
Now that the government has published its consultation document about a deposit return scheme for drinks containers, the convenience industry can start to work out how much it is going to cost it. While the proposals are officially subject to consultation, some form of legislation was inevitable from the moment ...
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Dear Jac
Taxing times
In just a few weeks’ time you – or your accountant – will have to do your vat returns digitally…
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News
MPs call on ministers to urgently assess high street taxes
A group of MPs has called on the government to “level the playing field” for high street retailers by cutting business rates and raising taxes on online retailers.
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Features and analysis
CRA 2019 Best New Store finalist: Spar Eat 17 Hammersmith
The latest venture from the Eat 17 team, open since August in Hammersmith, West London, is the clearest demonstration yet of the shop brand’s core values and points of difference.
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Features and analysis
Convenience Store Champions: Getting to know you
Involvement in local events may be costly and time-consuming, but our C-Store Champions say it is all part of building a community rapport.
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News
Retail bodies warn of 'no deal' price hikes and shortages
Leaving the EU without a deal could see the price of some of the most commonly bought fruit, vegetables, meat and fish rise by up to 45%, leading retail bodies in the UK, Northern Ireland and Ireland have warned.
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News
Major retailers back new food waste innovation
Five of the UK’s largest grocery retailers have given the green light to a new ‘chill to freeze’ innovation designed to reduce food waste and get quality surplus produce into the hands of low-income shoppers who need it most.
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News
Sainsbury's and Asda merger thrown into doubt
The proposed merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda is in jeopardy after phase two of the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) investigation provisionally found “extensive competition concerns.”
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News
Dominic Taylor steps down as PayPoint chief executive
Dominic Taylor is stepping down from his role as chief executive of PayPoint and director of the board.
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News
Waitrose invests in energy-saving chiller technology
Waitrose is set to introduce new energy-saving shelf design in an attempt to make its store chillers more efficient.
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News
Police investigate 90-second ATM ram raid in open store
West Midlands Police are investigating an armed ATM ram raid at a convenience store in Birmingham that lasted just 90 seconds.
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News
Staff threatened during Morecambe store armed robbery
Lancashire Constabulary are appealing for witnesses following a gun-wielding armed robbery at a Supersaver store in Morecambe.