All Convenience Store articles in 6 August 2005 – Page 2

  • News

    Merger on the cards

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    The plan to merge the Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op (OS&G) with the West Midlands Co-op has moved a step closer, after members of the two societies voted in favour of the integration.

  • Product News

    Card sharp

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Greetings cards are a great source of profit, says Barbara Johnston at Leigh post office in Kent.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime toll hits small businesses

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has repeated its call to the government to make business crime a key performance indicator for police, after a new report found that 58% of small businesses fall victim to criminal activity each year.

  • News

    Burning Desire

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Sarah Dike and her family had to start from scratch when their c-store was wiped out by a blaze.

  • Product News

    Park bench to premium

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    NPD and a focus on quality not price is changing consumer perception of cider.

  • Product News

    Health matters: Could balanced eating become the latest dietary trend

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    With the demise the low carb fad, could balanced eating become the latest dietary trend, asks Jackie David?

  • News

    Sainsbury hits back in Kent

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has been given a taste of its own medicine after a Sainsbury’s Local opened near one of its c-stores in Kent and was immediately deluged with customers.

  • Features and analysis

    Sixth attack on store

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    A store and post office in an otherwise sleepy Leicestershire village has just been raided for the sixth time under its current ownership.

  • Dear Jac

    Dear Jac: Time to close the file on the pre-pay Visa mystery, although I’m none the wiser.

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Sometimes files live on my desk for so long that they fade round the edges, gathering a patina of age. One such file concerns Visa. Those with very long memories may recall that, last October, I recounted the story of Jayesh Patel, who runs Classic News in Northampton. He had been cold-called by two scruffy-looking blokes who tried to sew up a deal whereby Jayesh became an agent offering pre-paid Visa and MasterCards. No hassles, no credit checks and fifty quid to Jayesh for every one sold. He said no.

  • Product News

    Charging ahead

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    There’s plenty of new product development in the functional drinks sector where sales are up 9%..

  • Dear Jac

    Dear Jac: ‘Buyer beware’ remains good advice.

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Some ‘newish’ retailers contacted me with a stocktaking dispute following their purchase of a small store in West Yorkshire.

  • Product News

    ACS wants a ban on street drinking

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is urging the government to enforce a strict ban on drinking in public.

  • Product News

    Access all areas

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    It’s festival season - and that means soft drink sales for local retailers whatever the weather.