All articles by Aidan Fortune – Page 94
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Features and analysis
Stay at home chefs look to the shelves
Dining in is still the new going out. How do conveience retailers turn the restaurants' loss into their gain?
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News
Brown’s wage rise pledge will cost jobs
The Prime Minister's pledge to increase the National Minimum Wage in each of the next five years will inevitably lead to job losses, say c-store retailers.
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C-stores even more popular
Convenience stores and CTNs are being visited more often by shoppers, according to a new study
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Product News
Lucozade on tour
GlaxoSmithKline will be promoting its new Lucozade Alert Plus energy shot in cash and carry depots across the UK over the coming weeks
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Retail boost for Booker
Booker Wholesale has recorded a 5.5% increase in like-for-like retail sales for the 24 weeks to 11 September 2009.
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Thrifty shoppers look to the future
Shoppers will continue to watch their spending once the recession is over, says a new survey from IGD.
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Midcounties Co-op shows growth
Midcounties Co-operative has recorded a 20% increase in trading profit to £12m for the first half of 2009.
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Waitrose steps up its push to convenience retailing
Waitrose's decision to open 300 small stores across the country has been welcomed by many in the convenience store industry, who feel it shows great faith in the sector's strength.
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Sweet deal for confectionery wholesaler
Confectionery wholesaler Kitwave Ltd has acquired Westone Distribution
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Warning over fake food inspectors
Retailers should be on the look-out for fraudulent food inspectors, said the Food Standards Agency (FSA)
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Reward offered for shop killer
A £20,000 reward has been offered up for information leading to the arrest of the gunman who murdered store worker Ahmet Paytak in March
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TV campaign adds to Costcutter growth
Costcutter has announced a 10% year on year growth in sales for the first 20 weeks of the financial year
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ACS calls for minimum wage restraint
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the Low Pay Commission not to increase the National Minimum Wage in its recommendations for 2010
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Booker grows sales and smashes debt
Booker Wholesale has announced annual growth of 7.6% in like-for-like sales for the 12-week period to September 11, 2009
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Promotions boost Spar sales
Spar has reported an 8.1% increase in overall sales in the three months to July. Like-for-like sales for the same period were up 5.2%
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Supermarkets "destroying" NI town centres
The Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association (NIIRTA) has called on Stormont to increase rates for out of town supermarkets, claiming that they are “destroying” town centres
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Booze ban policing falls to store owners
Retailers will have to bear the burden of enforcing a new government scheme to stop drunken anti-social behaviour or risk losing their alcohol licence
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Best-one sets sights on £150m barrier
Bestway has announced a 20% year-on-year sales growth in stores in its symbol group division Best-one
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Features and analysis
From dusk till dawn: fighting crime on the night shift
Whatever the time of day, c-store staff face the prospect of verbal or physical abuse from customers, but this threat is magnified come nightfall. Those who work night shifts in 24-hour stores have to contend with drunken revellers spilling out of...
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Product News
Fright night
Halloween is the only time of year a retailer is encouraged to have body parts, monsters and blood squirting skulls for sale and while the novelty factor for store owners is quite high, the spooky season can be quite lucrative if you stock the...