All C-Store Champions articles
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Features and analysis
C-Store Champions: Elevating communities through local sourcing
Our C-Store Champions have demonstrated a strong commitment to supporting local communities by intregrating locally sourced products in their stores
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Features and analysis
How retailers can make the most of events for their community
C-Store Champion Trudy Davies explains how she prepares for special occasions
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Features and analysis
International Women’s Day: Breaking down barriers
Three C-Store Champions talk about their achievements and the obstacles they have overcome during their careers
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Features and analysis
How we put ourselves in Prime position
Four C-Store Champions discuss their different approaches to selling Prime
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Features and analysis
Value initiatives to keep your customers hooked
From cost of living discount days, to penny bundle promotions, independent retailers are growing loyalty and creating a buzz with their incredible bargains
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Features and analysis
Paul Stone’s Spar stores raise £10,000 for Marie Curie through sandwich sales
The Manchester-based stores have sold a million sandwiches since 2016
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Features and analysis
How £20,000 from Boost Drinks helped my community grow
Winner of the Boost Drinks £20,000 community giveaway, Julie Kaur, explains how it has helped her local area
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Features and analysis
Retailers call for more education on vaping category
Store owners and their customers need more information about vape products and how to remain compliant
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Advice Guide
Who are the Convenience Store Champions?
The Convenience Store Champions is a collection of top retailers from across the sector
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Features and analysis
Rising costs top of mind for retailers
Retailers are concerned that rising costs will hit their businesses hard
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Features and analysis
Time to make a positive change on mental health
Retailers need to prioritise their mental health
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Interviews and Profiles
Why I made food to go a focus for my new store
Forward-thinking retailer Siva Theivanayagam gives us a tour of his new store Nisa Stamford Northfields in Peterborough which focuses on food to go.
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Features and analysis
How to prevent criminal damage at your store
Four Champion retailers discuss the different types of crime they have experienced and the resulting security measures they have taken.
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Features and analysis
Are you offering a healthy range?
Four Convenience Store Champions discuss how perceptions of what defines healthy food have changed, and how they have had to adapt.
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Features and analysis
Why should you be an independent retailer?
Four Convenience Store Champions discuss how they communicate their independence to their customers and the benefits this can bring.
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Features and analysis
Is your store ready for the winter?
The winter months signal not only a change in weather, but a change in shopping patterns. Our Convenience Store Champions reveal how they adjust
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Features and analysis
Investing in food to go at your store
A category that is delivering strong sales and margins for our Champs is food to go. Here they reveal what makes their ranges such a success
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Features and analysis
What are the benefits of staff training?
Our Champions discuss how they organise staff training and why they think time and money spent on it is beneficial to their business
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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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Features and analysis
Become masters of the meal deal
Our C-Store Champions debate what makes the perfect match when creating meal deals, and why they work so well in convenience