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C-stores seek to capitalise on key Valentine’s Day opportunity
With more than two in three people celebrating Valentine’s Day expected to eat at home, convenience stores across the country are vying for rosier sales with footfall-boosting meal deals, promotions and competitions.
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Parfetts planning for more growth from Go Local programme
Parfetts is aiming to recruit a further 150 stores into its symbol and retail club operations this year as it continues to grow its footprint into new geographical areas.
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Food to go in convenience continues to grow but “reaching its peak”
Food to go in convenience retail is forecast to continue its growth over the next three years, but its share of the total UK market will decline, according to the MCA and HIM Food To Go Market Report 2020.
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Support for ‘all-in’ Deposit Return Scheme grows among Scottish consumers
Three-quarters of Scottish consumers believe that all drinks containers, including metal cans, plastic and glass bottles, coffee cups, cartons and pouches, should be included in Scotland’s deposit return scheme (DRS), a new survey of 1,019 Scots has found.
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Scottish convenience retailers hit by shoplifting “pandemic”
Shoplifting is now “essentially a pandemic” in Scotland, with almost all retailers who responded to a new survey on retail crime saying that they were victims of shoplifting on a daily basis.
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Stores welcome MSPs' vote to retain Scotland's Uniform Business Rate
Members of Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have voted to retain the uniform business rate (UBR) and the small business bonus scheme.
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Spar seeks to sell 250,000 bunches of daffodils in Marie Curie charity drive
Spar stores across the UK are selling bunches of fresh daffodils for £1 in support of Marie Curie and its 2020 Great Daffodil Appeal.
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Coop Sweden chooses UK firm to build “world’s most advanced grocery AI assistant”
Coop Sweden has signed up with a UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) lab to build the “world’s most advanced grocery retail AI assistant” for its customers via apps, web or Google assistant.
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Wild Bean Café franchise offer ready to roll out to more independents
BP has “a strong pipeline” of independent dealers looking to adopt Wild Bean Café coffee and food to go franchises this year, according to the company.
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Co-op Group sales “buoyant” amid weak supermarket growth in January
UK supermarket sales did not recover from a disappointing Christmas in January, while the Co-op Group’s sales once again trailed only to Aldi and Lidl in the 12 weeks to 25 January, according to Nielsen.
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Ocado delivery depot would be “final nail in coffin” for North London stores
Plans for a new Ocado depot in North London designed to support one-hour grocery deliveries will be “another nail in the coffin” for independent c-stores, a local Best-one retailer has warned.
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Ethical retailer Hisbe crowd-funds to help open second store
Ethical supermarket Hisbe is seeking to raise £450,000 via a new crowd-funding campaign to help it launch a second store in the West Sussex town of Worthing this spring.
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C-store retailers voice optimism at start of Brexit transition period
Convenience retailers say they are feeling generally optimistic about the future now that the UK has officially left the EU and entered the Brexit transition period.
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Lottery retailers promised sales boost with new-look EuroMillions game
Camelot is introducing a new-look EuroMillions game which it said would result in more opportunities for retailers to boost their sales and commission.
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A.F. Blakemore reports early success from trial of food waste app
A.F. Blakemore has saved 500 bags of food from being wasted in the first week of trialling the food waste app Too Good to Go at 15 of its Spar stores.
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PayPoint announces bill payment partnership with SSE Heat Networks
PayPoint has announced a multi-year partnership with SSE Heat Networks to enable customers to make energy bill payments and smart meter top-ups at its retail outlets.
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Legislation to introduce Deposit Return Scheme in England enters Parliament
Powers to introduce a Deposit Return Scheme in England and set new charges for single-use plastic items will be included in the Environment Bill, which is being introduced to Parliament today (30 January).
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KeyStore retailers contribute to 42 food banks over Christmas
KeyStore retailers and their customers donated food and household products to 42 food banks across Scotland and the North of England over the Christmas period.
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Scottish cider sales fall 18.6% in the year following Minimum Unit Pricing
Sales of cider per adult fell by 18.6% in the full year following the introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) in Scotland, according to new data released by NHS Health Scotland.
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Ambient food inflation drives up prices in January, new data reveals
Food prices increased by 1.6% in January on the back of a rise in ambient food inflation, according to the latest BRC-Nielsen shop price Index.