All Convenience Store articles in 6 December 2008
View all stories from this issue.
-
News
Raj hits gold: Named My Shop is Your Shop Retailer of the Year
Raj Aggarwal, who runs a Londis store at Wigston, Leicester, was named My Shop is Your Shop Retailer of the Year at the Federation of Wholesale Distributors' Gold Medal awards last month.
-
News
Retailer stung by test purchase failure
A London store trader has had to pay out more than £2,000 after selling alcohol to a 16-year-old in a test purchase sting.
-
News
Small firms fail to report crime
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found that 64% of small businesses were victims of crime over the past year but that less than half of incidents were reported to the police.
-
News
Co-op waits for keys to Somerfield
The Co-operative Group will not get its hands on the keys to Somerfield before mid-February 2009, chief executive Peter Marks has revealed.
-
News
Co-op store taps into water power
A Co-op in New Mills, Derbyshire, has become the first hydro-powered convenience store in the UK.
-
News
Ram goes to top of the class
Doncaster retailer Ram Odedra provided an early Christmas present for a local school thanks to Convenience Store and the Federation of Wholesale Distributors' My Shop is Your Shop (MSYS) campaign.
-
News
A chipper invention: Carrier bags made from potatoes
The latest move in the battle against plastic bags comes with the introduction of an environmentally friendly carrier bag made from potatoes.
-
News
Trade doubts merit of an alcohol code
A planned new Code of Practice for alcohol retailers could see an end to multipack deals and introduce mandatory training for staff, but falls short of preventing supermarkets from selling alcohol below cost.
-
News
Next-generation Mosquito extends bite to all ages
Mosquito, the controversial device designed to break up groups of troublesome teenagers, has been redesigned to annoy people of all ages.
-
Opinion
ACS in action
James Lowman says the chancellor's rescue package reveals a lack of understanding of retailers
-
Product News
stocklines: ThermaCare
WYETH CONSUMER HEALTHCARE is backing its therapeutic heat wrap brand ThermaCare with a £1.5m advertising campaign.
-
Product News
stocklines - Quality Street Matchmakers
BAKEMARK UK has launched the Quality Street Matchmakers cool mint cookie in conjunction with Nestlé.
-
Features and analysis
Store makeovers make sense
Meet the retailers and suppliers who are taking part in the latest version of C-Store's hugely successful store makeover project
-
Product News
stocklines- Linda McCartney
HAIN CELESTIAL is adding vegetarian mince to its Linda McCartney Foods range in January.
-
Product News
stocklines - Kit Kat
NESTLE CONFECTIONERY is running three on-pack promotions on Kit Kat in 2009. The first, entitled Perfect Break, will run from January to March and has a prize fund of £1m.
-
Product News
stocklines - Harry's Nuts
PEROS is distributing Harry's Nuts, the new Fairtrade salted peanut snack created by TV comedian Harry Hill.
-
Product News
stocklines - Golden Virginia
IMPERIAL TOBACCO has launched limited-edition and pricemarked packs for its Golden Virginia tobacco.
-
News
Gilletts triumphs: Named Neighbourhood Shop of the Year
A Spar store in Cornwall has been named Neighbourhood Shop of the Year by Robert Wiseman Dairies.
-
Product News
Tobacco smuggling strategy is found wanting
A revised strategy on tobacco smuggling by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) still does not go far enough towards tackling the problem, retailers and manufacturers have warned.
-
News
M&S link-up for independent forecourt owner
Cambridgeshire retailer Jonathan James is to become the first independent forecourt owner to open a Marks and Spencer Simply Food outlet.