All News articles – Page 199
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NewsGreen funding boost for Scottish convenience stores
Scottish convenience retailers are being urged to take advantage of new funding for energy-efficient store upgrades and equipment.
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NewsBlakemore cuts prices of top-selling tobacco brands
Blakemore Wholesale has reduced the price of key tobacco lines at eight of its 14 depots.
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NewsNew Spar store opens at Northampton M1 Roadchef site
Roadchef has announced the opening of a new Spar store at its Northampton site on the M1 and A43.
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NewsMy Local working to overcome opening stock crisis
The My Local team have performed a “minor miracle” to get stores open in the light of a last-minute disagreement with Morrisons that saw the shops almost completely stripped of stock on the eve of re-opening.
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NewsBudgens launches own brand Christmas range
Budgens has launched its first own brand Christmas range for 2015, featuring a comprehensive selection of Christmas cakes, puddings and mince pies.
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NewsAustralia's plain pack laws tested at critical WTO hearing
Tobacco-producing nations are making their last ditch attempts to prove that Australian plain packaging laws infringe World Trade Organization agreements.
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NewsTory MP backs existing Sunday trading legislation
A Conservative MP has outlined his support for retaining the existing Sunday trading regulations in a visit to a Spar store in his Welsh constituency.
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NewsMorrisons to supply food to five MFG forecourt sites
Morrisons has announced a pilot deal to supply food to five petrol forecourt sites owned by Motor Fuel Group (MFG)
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NewsSimply Fresh launches new consumer website
Simply Fresh has launched a new consumer-facing website, designed to encourage consumers to engage with wholesome food and healthy eating.
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NewsUK tops promotion table but sales don't stack up
The UK grocery market is offering shoppers more promotions than any other country in Western Europe, yet deals are not working as they should.
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NewsIreland set to phase out one and two cent coins
Retailers in Ireland will be advised to round up or down to the nearest five cent this week, as the country becomes the latest in EU to phase out one cent and two cent coins.
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NewsIndies decline on the high street for first time since 2012
The UK high street has seen a decline in the number of independent shops for the first time since 2012, according to the Local Data Company.
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NewsTRA campaigns for fairer deal for small shops
The Tobacco Retailers’ Alliance launched its new ‘Fair Deal for Small Shops’ campaign at Westminster this week.
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NewsSmokers not giving up illicit cigarettes new data shows
Smokers are continuing to purchase cheap illicit cigarettes in significant numbers, with illicit market share remaining at 10% for the second year in a row.
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NewsPlain packaging preparations get underway
Retailers have welcomed the early release of guidance on selling tobacco in plain packaging, seven months before the production of branded cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco comes to an end.
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NewsSugar tax will reduce obesity, MPs told
The creation of a sugar tax could help tackle Britain’s “obesity crisis” by reducing demand for sugary drinks, members of the House of Common’s health select committee have been told.
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NewsStore raids uncover hauls of illicit stock
More than 30,000 illicit cigarettes and 10,000 litres of illicit alcohol have been seized following raids on 25 stores in Derby and Nottinghamshire.
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NewsCamelot announces record National Lottery sales
Camelot has announced its highest-ever interim National Lottery sales and record prize payouts to players.
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NewsNeil Turton becomes Trading Director at My Local
Former Nisa chief executive Neil Turton has taken up the position of trading director at new convenience chain My Local
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NewsNisa gets behind retailers this Halloween
Nisa is making the most of the Halloween opportunity by providing its retailers with in-store marketing materials to targe…