All Convenience Store articles in 26 September 2009 – Page 2
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News
Waitrose steps up its push to convenience retailing
Waitrose's decision to open 300 small stores across the country has been welcomed by many in the convenience store industry, who feel it shows great faith in the sector's strength.
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News
A Champion day out for the retailing elite
Retailers from across the country converged for a meeting of minds at the inaugural C-Store Champions Lunch, held in Birmingham last week.The day was a huge success, covering topics from legislative gripes to local initiatives and even...
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News
Campaign update: Stop tobacco proxy purchasing
October 12 is also a crucial day for our Stop Proxy Purchasing Tobacco campaign, thanks to an amendment set to be tabled by Conservative Health Secretary Andrew Lansley. The Tories agree that making it illegal for an adult to purchase...
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Opinion
Waitrose wants a piece of the local action
Waitrose's decision to open 300 smaller stores is a classic good news/bad news scenario, says Convenience Store editor David Rees
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Opinion
ACS in action: Mandatory charges for carrier bags not the best policy
Government meddling will spoil retailers' common objectives to reduce bag use, says the ACS. You wouldn't think that something as unassuming as the plastic carrier bag could provoke heated discussion, but it raises...
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News
Convenience Retail Awards 2010 launched
Dust off the tuxedo and get all those shelves faced up, we’re on the lookout once again for the nation’s best convenience stores
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Just who is the picture of innocence?
I featured Arun Patel as he was about to go before Croydon magistrates for selling cigarettes to an underaged girl. He pleaded guilty, but insisted that the well-built girl looked well old enough.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Now Watchdog trains its sights on the Horizon
Following the BBC Wales programme which featured ex-sub-postmasters penalised by glitches in their Horizon computer system I understand that the reins are being picked up by BBC One's Watchdog.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Carry on news wholesaling…
The news wholesaling duopoly of Smiths News and Menzies Distribution continues to attract both comment and complaint.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Carry on governing…
The new 'pictorial' warnings on cigarette packs are worth a special mention.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Charging for those charge cards
Recent complaints over onerous bank and credit card charges have prompted several responses.
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News
A brand new brand: marketing your c-store
The first few weeks of relaunching a convenience store are crucial. A couple from Kent reveal how they did it.
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News
Alcohol code put on hold for two years
Retailers may get a two-year reprieve from the mandatory Alcohol Code of Practice which proposes they display information about the alcohol unit content of drinks on sale and their impact on consumer health.
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News
Tobacco cons rise after Irish display ban
Irish retailers are being hit by a significant rise in the number of scams since a ban on tobacco display was implemented on July 1.
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Product News
Spirits and liqueurs are this year's party faithfuls
Gifting, cocktails at home and the trend for long serves make spirits one of the key c-store categories in the run up to Christmas
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News
Brown's minimum wage pledge angers small shops
A government pledge to continue raising the national minimum wage (NMW) will harm small businesses and undermine the role of the Low Pay Commission the ACS (Association of Convenience Stores) has said
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News
Reward offered for shop killer
A £20,000 reward has been offered up for information leading to the arrest of the gunman who murdered store worker Ahmet Paytak in March
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News
Warning over fake food inspectors
Retailers should be on the look-out for fraudulent food inspectors, said the Food Standards Agency (FSA)
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Product News
New Covent garden soups up its range
New Covent Garden is freshening up the soups category with the roll out of six new flavours.
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News
Sweet deal for confectionery wholesaler
Confectionery wholesaler Kitwave Ltd has acquired Westone Distribution
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