All Convenience Store articles in 9 August 2019 – Page 4
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Features and analysis
Student special: Costcutter Brunel University, London
Costcutter Brunel University is making the most of seasonal trends and peaks in student numbers, under the capable hands of store manager Arnaud Leudjou.
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Features and analysis
Student special: Premier at the Union, Dundee University
The Premier store at Dundee University, headed up by former army chef and retail services manager Moira Dean, has been taken to the next level after a major refit.
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Product News
Lyme Bay adds Winter Gin to spirit portfolio
Lyme Bay Winery has revealed the latest seasonal addition to its growing gin range.
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News
Store owners unimpressed by PM’s pledge to recruit extra police officers
Convenience store owners are sceptical that Boris Johnson’s plans to recruit 20,000 more police officers will have much of an impact on the retail sector.
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Features and analysis
Getting ahead with Generation Z
What does the generation who have grown up with the internet want from a c-store? Our Convenience Store Champions discuss the under-24s’ needs.
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News
Man jailed following gun-wielding armed robbery in Kent
A man has been jailed for three years after threatening a store worker with a gun during an attempted armed robbery at a convenience store in Kent.
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News
Supermarket sales growth of +1% in August, Nielsen reveals
Grocery sales increased by +1% in August, despite a disappointing spring and early summer performance in which sales declined, falling to -0.5% in July, according to Nielsen data.
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Dear Jac
Is your glass half full or half empty?
What’s the future for convenience/high street retailing?
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Dear Jac
Not all banks are equal. Neither are their policies
Some do check for signatures and dates; some are in denial.
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Dear Jac
A petition for small businesses on cold calling
If you all sign the government will have to respond.
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Dear Jac
A gagging order
Moni White, who runs St Erth Post Office in Hayle, Cornwall, had her business on the market with RTA Business Consultants for four or five years.
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Product News
Horlicks releases pricemarked hot beverages trio
As part of a range revamp and reinvigorated ad campaign, British hot beverages brand Horlicks is launching three pricemarked packs into the convenience channel.
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Products In Depth
Start of term: University challenge
Retailers reveal what students stocking up at the start of term have on their shopping lists, and how they keep them coming back for more.
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News
New campaign seeks to stub out illicit tobacco sales
With summer holiday season in full swing, a new campaign is seeking to crack down on the sale of cheap untaxed tobacco, brought back into the UK and illegally sold on.
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Product News
Skinny Food start-up moves into c-store market with Spar listings
Lancashire start-up and so-called internet sensation The Skinny Food Co. is introducing its calorie-free sauces into 59 James Hall Spar stores across the north of England.
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News
Scottish retailer fits new ‘all in’ reverse vending machine
Convenience retailer Mo Razzaq has installed a new reverse vending machine (RVM) which accepts glass, as-well as PET plastic bottles and drinks cans, in his Family Shopper store in Blantyre, Scotland.
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Product News
McCain launches third ad in ‘We Are Family’ TV campaign
McCain has unveiled the next installment in its ‘We Are Family’ series of advertising, celebrating the differences that exist within families across the UK.
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News
Co-op calls on councils to sharpen focus on food waste reduction
The Co-op is calling on English local authorities to speed up the rollout of food waste collections from homes and to permit the use of compostable carrier bags as food waste bin liners, a move which it says would help it produce 60 million fewer plastic bags.
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Product News
Natural turmeric superdrink launches into UK c-stores
Premium soft drinks brand DRGN is bringing to market a newly reformulated turmeric superdrink with reduced sugar (below the sugar levy) and refreshed packaging.