All News articles – Page 322
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NewsFreshers approach
Sunder Sandher’s new Londis store in Headington is close to Oxford Brookes University campus, so he pulled out all the stops for freshers’ week.
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NewsChristmas Snacks & Treats: Stocking fillers
Despite consumers cutting back, Christmas remains a valuable sales opportunity. Aidan Fortune looks at what should be on retailers’ Christmas lists
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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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NewsPoor wheat harvest could lead to price rises
UK food prices are set to soar due to poor harvests caused by bad weather.
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NewsMorrisons awards convenience contract to Wincanton
Morrisons’ plans to expand in the convenience store sector received a jump-start this week after it awarded Wincanton a five-year contract to operate its first dedicated convenience distribution centre in London.
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NewsRollout of Lottery terminals on track
Camelot is on course to complete its rollout of 8,000 more National Lottery terminals by the end of this year.
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NewsNew own-label range from Today's
Today’s Group has launched its first major own-brand initiative since the split with Nisa by introducing two new own brand ranges.
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NewsLabour targets fairer energy with vow to scrap Ofgem
The Labour party has vowed to extinguish the energy regular Ofgem, in a quest to stop people and businesses from being “ripped off” by the big energy companies.
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NewsElectronic future for tobacco giants
With sales of electronic cigarettes about to top the £10m mark, Imperial Tobacco has become the latest big tobacco company to invest in the “vapping” market.
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NewsNew minimum wage comes into force
The new National Minimum Wage (NMW) came into effect this week.
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NewsEU countries raise objections to Scottish minimum pricing
Concerns over the legality of the Scottish government’s plans for minimum pricing have been raised within the EU.
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NewsJail for gang who smuggled tobacco in furniture
Members of a gang which smuggled millions of cigarettes into the UK hidden in furniture have been jailed for between four years and 18 months.
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NewsBag charge urged for England and Scotland
The Welsh government has called for a compulsory bag charge to be introduced throughout the rest of the UK.
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NewsBargain Booze posts sales increase
Bargain Booze has recorded sales of £395m in the 12 months to April 2012, up from £381m in the previous financial year.
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NewsNews wholesaler's surcharge on NI titles slammed
A decision by Menzies Distribution to introduce a surcharge for delivering News International (NI) titles to retailers outside London has been described as “an abuse of hard-working retailers by a monopoly supplier”.
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NewsCaravan and Sweet Charity merge to form GroceryAid
Following their merger earlier this year, Caravan and Sweet Charity have been renamed as GroceryAid.
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NewsJTI launches second phase of plain packaging campaign
Fresh from its first round success, JTI is launching the second phase of its high profile media campaign against the government’s plain packaging proposals.
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NewsFirst plain packs arrive on Australian gantries
The first plain green cigarette packets are starting to spread across the gantries of Australian tobacco retailers.
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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