All News articles – Page 434
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Change everything
Colin Landsburgh talks to Dave Visick about retailers' part in forming Scotland's new social agenda and his own role as Scottish Grocers' Federation president
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Booker sales up 2.7%
Wholesaler Booker has reported 2.7% year-on-year growth in total sales for the 16 weeks up to 2 January, 2009.
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Laird named as Today's Group chief
Nisa-Today’s has appointed Bill Laird as the new managing director of its wholesale arm, the Today's Group.
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Southern Co-op snaps up 13 Nearby Stores
Southern Co-operatives has purchased 13 stores from beleaguered convenience chain Nearby Stores, which went into voluntary administration at the end of 2008.
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Sales up thanks to under-21 booze ban
A retailer who is refusing to sell alcohol to anyone under 21 says sales figures have improved because shoppers feel safer in his store.
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Alert over Chip and PIN fraud
Retailers are being advised to step up security around their Chip and PIN machines after an increase in ‘substitution attacks’ on terminals.
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All in the right order
Based on the market square in the bustling town of Richmond, North Yorkshire, Peter Warne’s convenience store is never short of customers.
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Assault on batteries
Convenience stores under 3,000sq ft are likely to be exempt from new legislation concerning the recycling of batteries.
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Plastic bag cuts to continue
British supermarkets have pledged to reduce the number of single-use carrier bags they hand out to shoppers to half the 2006 level by this spring.
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Retailers warned of bogus letter
Retailers are being targeted by a fake Food Standards Agency (FSA) letter which demands payment for alleged breaches of food safety regulations.
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Today's Group boosts its offer with four more signings
The Today’s Group has added four high-profile wholesalers to its membership.
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Christmas Day: were you open?
Retailers are split over the value of trading on Christmas Day, with half opening and half taking a well-earned day off, a poll by C-Store has revealed.
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Co-op resolves to crack on with refits
The Co-operative Group has brushed aside fears of economic turbulence with the announcement that its programme to rebrand all of its food stores will continue in 2009.
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stocklines - New Covent Garden Food
New Covent Garden Food is targeting consumers who want to lose weight after Christmas with its 'Shape Up With Soup' plan.
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Room for expansion
After 21 years of running Heathfield General Stores in Pound Hill, Crawley, West Sussex, Tushar and Jyoti Patel have finally run out of space.
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Post offices face a further threat
Subpostmasters are calling for a programme of government safeguards to protect the network from yet more closures.
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Jail sentences for shoplifters to stay
Custodial sentences will continue to be a possible punishment for serial shoplifters, according to new guidelines published by the Sentencing Advisory Panel (SAP).
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Nightmare neighbours
Roger and Debbie Rawlings bought Skellow News in Doncaster three years ago and, up until last year, business was ticking over nicely.