All articles by Andrew Don – Page 3
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Scottish Co-op stores enjoy surge in local sales
The Co-operative Group’s 350 Scottish stores have enjoyed a surge in patriotic shopping with sales of home-grown produce up 33% in value in the past year, the mutual has reported.
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New Ocado app gives shoppers 'ultimate convenience'
Online grocery shopping giant Ocado has heralded “ending the need for the shopping list tacked on the fridge forever” with its new convenience innovation that links it to Amazon’s voice-controlled personal assistant Alexa.
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Scottish rates review makes 30 key recommendations
Local shops have welcomed a review of non-domestic rates in Scotland designed to make the system fairer for them – especially those wanting to invest or expand their property
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Co-ops and symbols struggle to maintain market share
Kantar Worldpanel has blamed, in part, the Co-operative Group’s sale of 298 stores to McColl’s for a dip in sales and market share after more than two years of growth
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Co-operative societies target new influx of students
Co-operative societies are once again reaching out to savvy students in an attempt to prompt them to choose their local co-op store for their convenience shopping
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Ready meals under fire for high calorie content
Ready meals, one of convenience retailing’s mainstays, is under attack, hard on the heels of fizzy drinks
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New Nisa store on Hull estate features central till point
A Nisa retailer has gutted and revamped a store in Hull with a novel design approach that gives staff a 360 degree view of shoppers to help maximise security.
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Quality coffee fuelling UK foodservice market
A highly competitive coffee market has made a high-quality coffee offer the “lifeblood” of the foodservice market, says NPD Group in new research published this week
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Contaminated egg scare could drive local sourcing trend
The latest food scare, which involves foreign eggs contaminated with insecticide Fipronil, looks likely to accelerate the trend to local sourcing that helps give convenience stores their point of difference.
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Food safety alerts prompts calls for traceability systems
The frequency of food safety alerts has brought into sharp focus the need for more sophisticated traceability systems throughout the entirety of the food chain from farm to fork.
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Nisa reports surge in Heritage ready meal sales
Nisa has reported a surge in annual sales of its Heritage chilled ready meals own brand that encompasses 27 products.
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Asda posts first quarterly sales rise in three years
Business at Asda, the last of the supermarket diehards to resist the convenience store revolution, is looking up after parent company Walmart reported the first positive quarterly sales figure for its UK business in three years.
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Costcutter hails successful summer campaign
Costcutter has heralded what it says has proved one of its most successful campaigns to date, with retailers selling £320,000 worth of campaign-specific products eight weeks in to the 12-week bonanza.
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More management changes at Tesco-owned One Stop
Tesco has appointed one of its former store managers to replace Mark Williams at One Stop
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Applegreen acquires seven more UK forecourt sites
UK and Ireland petrol forecourt retailer Applegreen has bought seven sites from Carsley Group for £21m
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Younger generation turning away from meat products
Ethical concerns and health are helping to promote interest in the meat-free market
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Food sales rose quicker than total retail market this summer
Food sales jumped the highest this summer, outstripping the overall retail market in growth terms, the latest BRC – KPMG sales monitor indicates
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Nisa offers consumers picnic party prizes
Nisa has launched a promotion that offers customers one of six picnic party kits throughout August
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Innovative features for Subway store number 2,500
Food-to-go sandwich giant Subway has opened store number 2,500, in Keynsham, Banes, under the new Subway Fresh Forward format
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Scottish campaign delivers alcohol proxy purchase arrest
A middle-aged man has been apprehended in central Scotland for allegedly making a proxy alcohol purchase