All Convenience Store articles in 5 July 2008
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News
Wrigley's is a winner
An advert for Wrigley's Extra Fusion chewing gum had the most impact on Convenience Store readers in a survey conducted in September 2007.
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News
Suits you, Sir
There's no point your shop looking immaculate if staff are wearing a mismatched array of colours and styles. Amy Lanning investigates the importance of uniforms
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Features and analysis
Time to shine
If you think your staff are the best, we'll put our money where your mouth is
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News
Pos review urged
Independent retailers have called on alcoholic drinks suppliers and wholesalers to revamp the way they communicate promotions to the sector.
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Dear Jac
Third time unlucky for one
Ranjan Patel has lost her PayPoint terminal because she refused to take out the Payzone one which she says she has had longer.
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Product News
Thirst for knowledge
Wine drinkers are keen to experiment and will trade up with a little encouragement, says Dave Visick
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News
Key Lekkerland reassures trade
Key Lekkerland bosses have confirmed the buying group is to wind down and share out its national accounts between Booker, Palmer & Harvey and JW Filshill.
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Dear Jac
PayPoint makes its various points...
I have to say that complaints about suppliers are a bit like buses. None at all and then all come at once.
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News
Petrol prices hurt out-of-town shops
Soaring petrol prices are driving people away from out-of-town shopping centres and into their local stores, a survey by business information group Experian has revealed.
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News
Retailers warned of food supply scam
A food industry watchdog is urging retailers to be on the lookout for offers of cheap food through unusual sources as part of a scam which has conned UK businesses out of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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News
Front line feedback
What do staff think of their store? And what do managers think of their suppliers and head office?
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Dear Jac
It might be a fag, but it's legal
Narinder Bedi asks: "Just wanting to know if places like Costco Wholesale, which sells tobacco products to Joe Bloggs consumer, are legal?"
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News
Underage drinkers go unpunished
New Home Office figures have revealed that under-18s are not being punished for buying alcohol.
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Dear Jac
Legitimate sales will go up in smoke if we don't fire up
Further restricting tobacco sales will pull a sort of iron curtain down on cigs, leading to bigger black markets and criminalised retailers who have better things to do than deliberately flout the law.
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News
Morrells' dilemma
How do you turn an eyesore into a prize-winning store in less than a year? Dave Visick meets the duo who did it
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News
PM slams price deals
Prime minister Gordon Brown has urged supermarkets to scrap 'three for two' deals on food that encourage shoppers to buy more than they need.
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News
Fears grow over cross-border shopping
The Association of Convenience Stores says Scottish government proposals to set a minimum price per unit for alcohol and to raise the minimum age for off-sales alcohol purchases to 21 would simply lead to a rise in purchases from over the border.
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News
A cool hand
Our exclusive survey reveals at a glance the fresh and chilled offers available to independent retailers
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News
Groups press for POCA contract
The National Federation of Subpostmasters is among organisations which have written to the government warning of the consequences should it award the successor to the Post Office Card Account (POCA) to any company other than Post Office Ltd (POL).
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News
Commit to PLOD plan
Bringing spirits out from behind the counter can boost sales by 37%, a leading drinks supplier has claimed.