All Convenience Store articles in 4 August 2007
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News
P&H acquires T&A Symonds
Palmer & Harvey (P&H) has bought Somerset-based Key Lekkerland wholesaler T&A Symonds.
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News
The paper trial
The newspaper and magazine distribution system is in the dock. Dave Visick hears the case for change
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News
PO silencing letter riles postmasters
Subpostmasters have blasted a letter from the Post Office which threatens to cancel compensation for closures if retailers fail to toe the official line when communicating with customers.
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Dear Jac
It's out with the old, and in with the new
This is going to be a very modern piece in more ways than one, but first, the history.
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Product News
A healthy start for Nisa traders
Nisa-Today's has promised to promote up to five different fruit and vegetable lines every three weeks to help retailers boost their fresh produce sales.
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News
Local food in demand
More than half of UK consumers (54%) believe there is not enough locally produced food available in the store where they regularly shop, according to a new report by market analysts Mintel.
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Dear Jac
Here's a really cool story
Thinking of refurbishing your store along with new refrigeration? Here is a saga for you to make of what you will.
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News
Losing contact
Contactless payment is only the start of a revolution which will change the relationship between the retailer and the customer
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Dear Jac
Clapped out fridges? What to do with them?
There's something you should know about the disposal of clapped-out equipment.
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Dear Jac
Frigid, rigid rules for Coke coolers send a chill
Coca-Cola would appear to be getting tough on those with free badged coolers.
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News
News retailers want the chance to choose
Almost 60% of Convenience Store readers who sell newspapers and magazines suffer unrequested changes to their allocations every week, and the same proportion would welcome a move to a more open news supply chain.
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Product News
Fizz, bubble and pop
The fizzy drinks sector is following the rest of the market in its efforts to go healthy
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Dear Jac
Too many providers spoil the broth
What do you get when you put PayZone, BT and Alliance & Leicester together? In many cases, I'm sure, you get a good, multi-tasking machine.
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Dear Jac
Are you brainy and fancy going on telly?
Christopher Blakey, a bright spark who runs The Paper Shop in Greetland, Halifax, is looking for team mates for a TV quiz
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News
Big plans for deli-style c-store format
Dundee-based retail chain McLeish Brothers is set for significant expansion across Scotland with a new generation of convenience store-style delis, C-Store has learned.
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News
EU plan to ban traditional cigs
Standard cigarettes which stay alight when not being smoked could be banned as part of controversial European Commission plans to reduce house fires.
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Product News
Arcticcircle
Frozen food is making a comeback, but what are retailers' experiences of the sector in the year it returned to growth?