Dear Jac – Page 57
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Read clause four of the charter
An update on Naresh Chadda’s moan about his wholesaler continuing practice of increasing his order of two Irish dailies…
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Out of tune with the music
Mark Bristow says he plays no music whatsoever in his store but is annoyed to keep receiving calls from licensing bodies…
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Spam spam spam
Sometimes it must feel as though the scams are aimed surely and squarely at Only You.
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The daily Irish troubles keep coming
I’ve been keeping Dorothy King, administrator for the Press Distribution Forum, busy…
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When the ATM doesn't bring in the cash
Chandrakant Patel, who runs a Spar at New Cross in south-east London, has been having a tussle with PayPoint over his ATM…
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When will supplies 'dry up'?
Raj Morker has come to dread the rain, and not for the obvious bad hair day, ruined shoes reasons…
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An all-round result
I’ve been banging on lately about newsagents being able to refer to the Press Distribution Forum for assistance…
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Flogging fags in pubs: Traygate?
You may have noticed that, in this magazine, dodgy fags are quite a big subject…
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Can you credit it?
There’s a huge amount of frustration when you know your credit rating is fine but the records show otherwise…
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Retailer wins in penalty shoot out
I told Evelyn Wilkins that I would tell her Payzone story just in case push comes to shove
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The Spanish king of scams
It’s back folks: well, it never really went away: European City Guide (ECG), aka Industry and Commerce. Since it has 16 other names to my knowledge, it’s hard to keep track of them
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Splitting up - it's hard sometimes
Roy Gudka emailed to ask about the rules on splitting multipacks on both Coca-Cola and sweets
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How to overkill an area
Mikesh Parmar’s Londis store, a Best One and a Martins all look to be under severe threat from a 42,000 sq ft Asda planning to open a hundred yards away
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Pithy patter down the line
I got a mid-afternoon phone call that I wasn’t expecting. The guy said, very cheerily and chattily: “Hi Jacqueline, it’s Neil (I think he said) from Unicom. It’s been a while. How are things with you?”
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Manila flavoured milk
Roger Dicker had to go further afield than he imagined when Dairy Crest switched his milk supply to a new depot
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You get what you pay for
Mark Wilson (Fryers Food store, Nottingham), has added to the discussion over murky vodka
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Jobsworth: not my department
I include this piece almost for its novelty value because Kuldip Kaur’s problem was so bizarre and it was a first for me
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Independents are known for their entrepreneurial flair so initially I thought that Rajan Jhanjee had had a blinding idea to boost profits at his Paradise Stores in Brentwood, Essex