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NewsConvenience stores support ‘Stay at Home’ VE Day celebrations
Retailers across the country have helped their customers to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day on 8 May, supporting residents in their bids to hold ‘Stay at Home’ parties in accordance with social distancing rules.
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NewsThe new menthol opportunity: Future of Tobacco Retailing webinar free to watch now
Turn next week’s ban on menthol and capsule cigarettes into an opportunity with the help of our webinar which is still available for free on demand.
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NewsShoply platform partners with SGF to expand convenience reach
Edinburgh-based home delivery platform Drinkly is rebranding as Shoply and partnering with SGF to support its expansion into convenience home delivery.
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NewsCoronavirus: Post Office to top up postmasters’ earnings in June
Postmasters will receive a 15% top-up of their variable remuneration generated during May’s trading, the Post Office has announced.
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NewsCoronavirus: National Convenience Show postponed until April 2021
The National Convenience Show has been postponed until April 20121 due to the coronavirus outbreak and continuing lockdown.
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NewsCoronavirus: Scheduled business rates revaluation postponed
The government has announced that the scheduled revaluation of business rates, due to take place this summer, has been postponed due to the virus outbreak.
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NewsSnappy Shopper and AF Blakemore agree new home delivery deal
Convenience store home delivery platform Snappy Shopper and Spar wholesaler AF Blakemore have agreed a new partnership which will allow up to 250 company and independently-owned Spar stores offer the service to shoppers.
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NewsCoronavirus: New initiative to help pubs become food stores gains momentum
Almost 500 pubs across the country are now trading as food shops by offering a “click and collect” platform via the growing mypubshop initiative which has recently entered a new partnserhip with Costcutter.
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NewsSainsbury’s supply trial with Simply Fresh thrives during lockdown
Simply Fresh’s trial supply deal with Sainsbury’s “continues to go well” despite the lockdown, the symbol group’s chief operating officer Kash Khera told C-Store.
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NewsCoronavirus: Lockdown prompts soaring interest in CBD
Interest in CBD products is soaring amid the coronavirus crisis as shoppers turn to it to help them manage anxiety, insomnia and pain and to help strengthen their immune systems.
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NewsCoronavirus: ACS tells MPs of the vital role played by “essential” local shops
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has highlighting the vital role that local shops have played in feeding communities in its evidence to two Parliamentary Inquiries into the impact of coronavirus.
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NewsScotmid Co-op grows sales and profits in “challenging” year
Scotmid Co-op grew its trading profit by 5.7% to £5.6m in the year ended 25 January 2020, the society has announced.
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NewsCoronavirus: Shop workers score highly in special edition of Top Trumps card game
Shop workers play a staring roll in a brand new edition of the Top Trumps card game honouring the key workers who are supporting the nation amid the coronavirus epidemic.
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NewsCoronavirus: Stores support VE Day celebrations despite virus lockdown
Convenience stores across the country are supporting community efforts to mark the 75th Victory In Europe (VE) Day on 8 May, when the Second World War came to an end in Europe.
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NewsLocal shops making 600,000 home deliveries per week says ACS
Local shops in the UK are now making more than 600,000 grocery deliveries a week, according to the Association of Convenience Stores.
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NewsSimply Fresh expands home delivery options with Deliveroo deal
Simply Fresh has started working with Deliveroo to expand the options for home delivery from member stores.
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NewsSpar wholesaler James Hall donates £250,000 to local NHS hospital
Spar wholesaler and retailer James Hall & Co has donated £250,000 to the Royal Preston Hospital in Lancashire.
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NewsPost Office launches shortfall compensation scheme for former Horizon postmasters
The Post Office today (1 May 2020) announced the launch of a claims scheme for current and former postmasters who believe they have experienced shortfalls related to previous versions of its epos system Horizon.
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NewsMarston Moretaine food store marks Captain Tom's 100th birthday
Captain Tom Moore’s local shop has been decorated in his honour to mark the legendary fundraiser’s 100th birthday today.
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NewsPhilip Morris ‘buy back’ scheme for menthol cigarettes to open following ban
Retailers will soon be able to register for Philip Morris Limited’s new ‘Buy-Back’ scheme, being introduced as a result of the ban on menthol and capsule cigarettes on 20 May.