All Convenience Store articles in 7 November 2009 – Page 2
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: our rates have risen 210%
Gin and Sam Palmer, who run a Spar in Narberth, Pembrokeshire, are facing a colossal rates rise of 210% this year about £28,000 extra, owing to the fact that the town is doing well compared with a few years ago.
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Fantastic Five: Sales Assistant of the year 2009
The judges of the Sales Assistant of the Year Awards can tell you it's nearly 300 miles from Plymouth to Braintree in Essex, and more than 250 from there to Aberystwyth on the Welsh coast. Those are just two of the journeys we undertook...
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Pressure on to resist minimum wage rises
Retailers have again called for a freeze on the minimum wage in a meeting with the Low Pay Commission.
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Poor start for ‘slapdash’ Menzies
Convenience Store columnist Dave Newman is fuming at the quality of service provided by Menzies Distribution since it took over the supply of newspapers in Sussex and Kent last month.
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Scottish stores join push to local foods
Leading Scottish retailers have made a commitment to supply more local food and drink in their stores.
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MPs slam government on Post Office closures
The government has been accused of displaying a “real lack of concern” over post office closures.
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Full of Pride
Fuller's London Pride is back on TV screens until the end of November, in prominent slots during international, Champions League and FA Cup football, Midsomer Murders and the new ITV drama, Murderland.
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Season of soft drinks
As the holidays approach, retailers need to make key decisions about soft drink ranges to add some sparkle to Christmas sales, writes Aidan Fortune
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Local is key for new chain Haldanes
New retail group Haldanes aims to return shopping to the heart of the community with an emphasis on locally sourced products.
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Big shot little shots - the new force in energy
The buzz about energy shots has crossed the Atlantic and exploded into UK c-stores. Aidan Fortune looks at the players hoping to make it big here.
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All abuse and no praise for underage sales refusals
A retailer who has never failed a test purchase is calling for more credit for the hard work stores do to combat age-restricted sales.
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Silver tequila
Diageo Great Britain (GB) has introduced Jose Cuervo Especial Silver, a new tequila variant which will replace Jose Cuervo Clasico.
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Shopping with mother: is this a proxy purchase?
BBC News last week featured a report on a woman who was fined £80 for buying on behalf of a child after she was seen buying vodka-based drinks with her 15-year-old daughter. Read more and give us yourr views
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Milk link: here is the Moos
Milk Link has introduced a Chocolate Creaminess flavour to its Moo range of extended shelf-life flavoured milk drinks.
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Stone's ginger getaway
Constellation Europe is targeting half a million consumers in the run up to Christmas, with a national promotion from Stone's Original Green Ginger Wine.
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Old El Paso gets kitted out for TV
Old El Paso is back on TV throughout this month with a campaign featuring the brand's best-selling products: Old El Paso Original Smoky BBQ Fajita Dinner Kit and Old El Paso Enchilada Dinner Kit.
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Do the Lambrini this Christmas
Halewood International is putting a £1m pre-Christmas marketing push behind its Lambrini brand in a bid to drive sales growth in the traditionally busy pre-Christmas trading period.
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Marmite brings savoury to cereal
Unilever has released a Marmite cereal bar in an attempt to shake up the £314m category. It is claimed to be the first savoury cereal bar to enter the UK market.
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Stongbow takes a bow
S&N UK is to release a viral online advert for Strongbow as its new promotional campaign in cinemas.
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Bakehouse's zest behaviour
Bakehouse is filling the gap in the market for citrus-flavoured sweet pastries.
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