All Convenience Store articles in 3 September 2005 – Page 2
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Product News
Stocklines: Sharwoods
Sharwoods has introduced a Noodle Box range in a bid to target increased consumer interest in lighter eating.
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News
Somerfield told to sell stores
The Competition Commission (CC) has instructed Somerfield to sell 12 of the stores it bought from Morrisons last year due to concerns over the level of local competition.
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Relabelling scam revealed
A Midlands company that relabelled packets of biscuits to extend best-before dates by 12 months has been fined more than £20,000.
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Squeezed by red tape
Retailers are concerned that the new alcohol licensing regime and disability access regulations are threatening the viability of their stores.
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Let the source be with you
People are increasingly on the lookout to buy locally sourced food and drink. Rich Airey focuses on a successful attempt to provide customers with a local option for their baskets and at the same time help regional producers build their businesses.
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The law of the lease leasing
Commercial property law specialist Stuart Darlington of Davenport Lyons looks at the leasing issues affecting small retailers
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Features and analysis
Do you know this villain?
Police in North Wales are asking for information about this youth after he was caught on CCTV taking part in an armed robbery on a
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News
Tesco tries its luck
All eyes are on the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) following Tesco’s offer to buy 30 petrol stations from Morrisons. The sites were formerly part of the BP-Safeway joint venture and Tesco says if the deal is successful, it would convert them into Expre
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Red tape is taking heavy toll on stores
More than two-thirds of independent retailers fear their store is becoming less financially viable due to the cost of implementing new government regulations, according to a new survey by Convenience Store.
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Hyperama hat-trick
Landmark member Hyperama Cash and Carry is set to open a new outlet in Cambridgeshire this autumn.
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Spar enjoys more growth
Spar has reported a 6.4% increase in sales for the financial year to the end of April 2005.
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Letting the side down
More than half the sub post offices in the South East have insufficient facilities to accommodate disabled customers.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Regard this as a global warning.
I had a very interesting conversation with Dilip Patel, who runs London Superstore at Millbank, behind the Tate Gallery. In the middle of the night he and his wife keep getting pestering calls from a call centre apparently based in the Punjab on behalf of Global Telecommunications.
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Product News
Stocklines: North Downs Dairy
NORTH DOWNS DAIRY, producer of Pilgrims Choice cheddar, is putting the brand back on TV.
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Product News
Sales from the Crypt
British children have taken the US tradition of Halloween to their hearts, giving a pre-Christmas boost to retailers.
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Features and analysis
Crime
* A Derby-based convenience store manager-owner was told he would be killed unless he handed over cash from his store’s till.
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News
Craig slams ‘Tesco World’
Surviving in “Tesco World” would require resilience and the need for independent retailers, wholesalers and suppliers to join forces and work together Lizette Craig, managing director of Botterills Convenience Stores, told the Lanarkshire-based group
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