All articles by Ieuan Hughes – Page 13
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Nisa Cider Festival returns to drive footfall and sales
Nisa has announced that its Cider Festival event will return to stores this spring, to help retailers drive footfall and increase sales in the cider category.
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Spar store still recovering after ATM ram-raid
Spar Lindford, in Hampshire, has yet to fully re-open two months after the store was targeted by thieves, who used a telehandler tractor to make off with the store’s ATM.
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Ubamarket shopping app set for nationwide roll out
The Ubamarket app, which allows customers to complete their food shopping using their own phone, is to be rolled out to a range of convenience stores and supermarkets.
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Easter gallery
The daffodils are out, the lambs are bleeting and the smell of chocolate eggs is in the air - it must be time for Easter. This year retailers are pulling out all the stops to put a spring in shoppers’ step.
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James Hall rolls out auto replenishment to 50th store
Spar distributer James Hall has now rolled out its Centralised Store Replenishment (CSR) to 50 independent Spar stores.
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Cardiff Spar store enjoys sales boost following revamp
Independent Spar retailer Tony Cristofaro has seen his sales rise since his Welsh c-store was refitted last year.
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Shop thefts near one million, ACS warns
The number of reported incidents of shop theft has been estimated at almost one million over the last year, according to the Association of Convenience Store’s Crime Report 2018.
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Co-op Group switches to 100% outdoor-bred pork
The Co-operative Group has announced that from July all of its own-brand fresh pork, bacon, sausage, gammon and ham will be sourced from 100% outdoor-bred pigs.
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National Living Wage rise set to take its toll on retailers
Independent retailers are struggling to absorb rising costs as the government prepares to introduce the latest hike in the National Living Wage (NLW).
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Best-one forecourt retailer Darren Briggs opens fifth site
Independent retailer Darren Briggs has extended his forecourt estate with his fifth site in Stoke.
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Nisa charity tins raise £20,000+ for good causes
Nisa Retail’s ’Making a Difference Locally’ collecting tins have raised more than £20,000 for local causes since their launch almost a year ago.
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High-profile Nisa retailer to introduce Bitcoin ATM
Nisa retailer Rav Garcha is set to introduce a Bitcoin ATM at one of his stores in Worcestershire.
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£5,000 reward offered for service station robbery in Hampshire
Crimestoppers and the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) are offering a reward of up to £5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for an aggravated robbery at a service station in Hampshire.
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Bargain Booze owner slashes profit forecast by £5.4m
Bargain Booze and Select Convenience owner Conviviality has announced that a “material error” in its trading forecasts means company profits will be £5.2m lower than expected.
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Best-one signs up 60 ex-Costcutter and Mace stores
Best-one has announced that 60 former Costutter and Mace stores have joined the group in the last month, following the collapse of wholesaler Palmer and Harvey in November 2017.
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Blakemore launches mobile ordering app for Spar retailers
Blakemore Trade Partners has launched a new mobile app for its Spar customers to order on the go.
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Central England Co-op launches Easter Foodbank Appeal
Central England Co-operative has launched its Easter Foodbank Appeal, encourgaing customers and members to help people in need.
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Supermarket sales rise to highest level in 18 months
The volume of groceries sold at the UK’s leading supermarkets rose by its highest year-on-year rate for 18 months, according to new data from Nielsen.
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Features and analysis
The balance of power
Small stores are forced to pay more for their energy than their supermarket competitors, which makes getting a good deal and investing in energy-efficient equipment crucial.
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PayPoint extends ATM cashback scheme
PayPoint had extended its ATM cashback offer to include all retailers who switch to using the company’s ATM.