All Convenience Store Vision articles – Page 6
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Promotional FeatureHow retailers can best navigate the HFSS legislation
Although some of the upcoming HFSS legislation has been deferred by government, convenience retailers still face a challenge when it comes to re-organising shelf space and prioritising areas such as aisle ends to non-HFSS products. KP Snacks gives some timely advice on the issue.
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Promotional FeatureHow to boost your energy drinks sales
Energy drinks are now worth £1.47bn. Find how to capitalise on the continued evolution of the category and why it is key to exciting new and existing shoppers, while meeting changing consumer demands.
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Promotional FeatureWhy local is at the heart of Spar
When local stores put the needs of the community at the heart of their offer, it motivates consumers to shop more at convenience outlets, says Spar.
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Promotional VideoHow to play the cool card in iced coffee
In this video, Adam Hacking, head of drinks at Arla Foods, reveals how to fire up iced coffee sales
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Promotional FeatureA healthy opportunity to change the thinking on HFSS
With many brands and retailers still behind the curve on the government’s upcoming high fat, sugar and salt legislation, healthy snacks brand graze says c-stores should grasp this unrivalled opportunity to reset their offer around healthy goals.
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Promotional FeatureBelfast-based Spar benefits from move to fully self-service
Spar Titanic Quarter in the heart of Belfast has implemented a brand new retail concept, becoming a fully self-service checkout store, powered by epos software, and enabling manpower and cost savings.
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Promotional FeatureWhy click and collect is vital to the convenience store offer
As the UK market opens back up post-pandemic and online retailing grows, click and collect is regaining importance as a key convenience store service to busy consumers on the move… and Post Office has signed some significant deals to take this service to a new level.
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Promotional VideoHow to maximise snack bar sales in convenience
With snacking having grown in the UK market over the past couple of years, Rachel Austerberry, head of wholesale & convenience at Grenade, shares some useful tips on how convenience retailers can maximise their snacking sales in-store.
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Promotional FeatureWhy price-marked packs will be top of mind with consumers in 2022
With inflationary pressures coming to bear this year, offering price-marked packs will be more important than ever in encouraging consumer spend in convenience stores. Here, Budweiser Brewing Group reveals why it will be vital to the beer and cider category.
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Promotional FeatureHow Fresh Thinking can make a difference to independent convenience stores
With the recent Covid-19 pandemic highlighting the importance of local convenience stores at the heart of their communities, competition in the sector has ramped up. Here, Nisa shows how a Fresh Thinking approach can benefit its partners and help maximise their performance.
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Promotional FeatureMaintaining momentum in the snack bar arena
Health and wellbeing are driving the market in snacking and, with the HFSS ban on the horizon, convenience retailers need to plan how they are going to address the changes and maintain sales momentum in the category.
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Promotional FeatureHow post offices function as the heart of a community
Two people running village post office branches explain how a change of direction led them to become the centre of their communities.
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Promotional FeatureWhy a focus on ingredients is key to successfully grow healthy snacks in 2022
With January the month of consumers making healthy resolutions, now is the time for convenience retailers to grab their attention when it comes to choosing healthy snack options - and segmenting the category correctly can boost sales both in this month and across the year, says Kind Snacks.
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Promotional Feature10 tips to help your business prosper this winter
From spiking Covid rates and the Omicron variant prompting new government guidance, to price increases driving inflation and availability issues emptying shelves, it’s likely to be a challenging winter. The Partners for Growth Retailer Advisory Panel provides strategies to help businesses thrive this season.
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Promotional FeatureHow to grow Spring confectionery sales
Spring confectionery is highly instrumental in ensuring all-year-round category success, providing retailers and brands a strong opportunity to drive growth, by ensuring the right brands are available in the right formats at the right time for shoppers.
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Promotional FeatureWorking together to stub out illicit tobacco
Covid-19 has not slowed the illicit tobacco trade, which continues to take money out of the hands of law-abiding retailers. Fighting it requires participation by all, says Ian Howell, fiscal and regulatory affairs manager at JTI.
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Promotional FeatureHow investment in retail technology can help spur convenience store sales
Independent convenience retailers Charlie and Ruth Hamilton, who run three Spar stores in Northern Ireland, explain why retail technology has really made a difference to their bottom line.
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Promotional FeatureRise in mindful drinking sees no- and low-alcohol category go from strength to strength
With health & wellness firmly in the public consciousness, consumers have shown a clear desire to cut down on alcohol, with the result that the no- and low-alcohol category is growing rapidly, creating an opportunity for convenience retailers, says Australian Vintage.
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Promotional FeatureResponsible retailing for a greener future
With the global environment and climate change increasingly in the consumer eye, sustainable trading has become a responsibility that all businesses, including convenience retailers, must address – and there are plenty of ways they can do so, says Ruth Forbes, sustainability director at JTI UK.
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Promotional FeatureGrow on-the-go soft drinks as consumption increases
As shoppers navigate the continued return to ‘normality’, and demand for drink-now formats increases, Britvic has released independent research that aims to help retailers better prepare their soft drinks ranges.