All Convenience Store articles in 24 January 2020 – Page 6
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Nisa’s Making A Difference Locally charity raises £850,000 in 2019
Nisa retailers helped raise almost £850,000 for charities last year, through the group’s Making a Difference Locally (MADL) initiative.
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Southern Co-op announces 4.7% rise in like-for-like Christmas sales
The Southern Co-operative has announced a 4.7% increase in like-for-like sales over the four-week Christmas period.
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Cadbury Bournville Old Jamaica returns
Mondelēz International is bringing back its Cadbury Bournville Old Jamaica dark chocolate Rum & Raisin bar this year, on a permanent basis.
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Quaker Oats campaign urges consumers to ‘Go Forridge’
Quaker Oats has launched a new advertising campaign aimed at inspiring people to get imaginative with their porridge toppings and flavour combinations.
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Drench undergoes pack redesign with new flavour names
Britvic’s soft drinks brand Drench has undergone as pack redesign including new, simplified flavour names.
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Business rate relief scheme extended in Wales for 2020-21
The Welsh Assembly government has extended its high street business rate relief scheme for 2020-21.
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Sales at Morrisons decline as McColl’s negates wholesale growth
Morrisons has announced a -1.7% decline in like-for-like retail sales in the 22 weeks to 5 January, while growth at its wholesale arm was negated by lower total sales at McColl’s stores.
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Grocery chain Planet Organic enters London's online food delivery market
Grocery chain Planet Organic is entering the online food delivery market as part of a new deal with premium London delivery service Supper.
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Co-op outperforms big four as supermarket festive sales growth slows
The Co-op Group outperformed all the major supermarket groups in the run-up to Christmas, with the exception of Aldi and Lidl, as overall grocery sales growth slumped to a five-year low over the last four weeks, according to Nielsen.
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GroceryAid Awareness Day returns on 3 March
Industry charity GroceryAid has announced that its second Awareness Day will be held on Tuesday 3 March.
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Retailers forced to react to “crippling” rise in National Living Wage
Independent retailers have been forced to react to the “crippling” upcoming hike in the National Living Wage, which will increase by four times the rate of inflation in April.
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Aldi announces “best ever” UK Christmas as sales increase by 7.9%
Aldi has reported its “best ever” Christmas in the UK, with year-on-year sales up 7.9% in the four weeks to 24 December and exceeding £1bn for the first time.
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What’s keeping my tills ringing?
Anita Nye of Eldred Drive Stores (Premier) in Orpington Kent says meal deals and value products are driving sales in the first week of January, as shoppers try to keep a lid on costs following their festive expenditure.
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Co-op Group eyes same-day delivery service for franchise stores
The Co-op Group is considering expanding its same-day online delivery service to franchise stores “in the near future”, after confirming plans to roll out the service to 650 company-owned stores this year.
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Aldi announces plans to increase Scotland store estate
Aldi has announced plans to open six new stores in Scotland this year as part of its UK expansion plans.
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PMI to launch Iqos heated tobacco device in convenience channel
Philip Morris International (PMI) is to make its heated tobacco Iqos device available to UK convenience retailers, alongside its Heets, which come in a range of menthol variants, in time for the menthol cigarette ban.
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Competition watchdog investigates Amazon/Deliveroo deal
The competition and markets authority (CMA) has referred Amazon’s anticipated investment into online takeaway delivery company Deliveroo for an “in-depth investigation” amid concerns that it could raise “serious competition concerns for UK customers”.
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Link urged to axe next ATM fee cut as communities lose access to cash
Cash machine network operator Link is being urged to shelve its next fee cut, scheduled to take place in less than one year’s time, in a bid to preserve access to cash for thousands of UK people.
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Co-op’s “largest ever” vegan range available to Nisa and Costcutter stores
Nisa and Costcutter retailers are set to have access to Co-op’s new vegan range, which the group claims is the “largest ever product rollout of own-brand vegan products by a supermarket”.
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More than 16,000 high street stores closed in 2019
More than 16,000 high street shops closed in 2019, with the closure rate forecast to rise by around 9% this year, according to the Centre for Retail Research.