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Retailers support awareness Week
Retailers across Scotland welcomed MSPs into their stores as part of Alcohol Awareness Week 2008. Scottish Grocers Federation members hosted store visits for 67 MSPs from all parties throughout the week, which ran from October 5 to 11. The aim was...
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Stores pass ID challenge
Police in Morley, Durham have sent letters of congratulations to 16 local retailers after they refused to sell alcohol to a 14-year-old girl in a test purchase operation.
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Conman frozen out
A serial conman who deceived and endangered hundreds of businesses by carrying out bogus refrigeration repairs has had £66,000 of his assets confiscated. Kenneth Hornsby was sentenced to three years in prison in 2003 after an investigation revealed...
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It’s a fair Co-op guv
Co-operative stores in North Yorkshire are offering refreshments to police officers so they can spend time with customers. The scheme, dubbed “It’s a Fair Co-op of Tea, Guv,” is being rolled out across North Yorkshire and the city of York in support...
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Costcutter goes for growth
Costcutter is attempting to beat the credit crunch by going for growth through strategic acquisitions, member recruitment, new store development initiatives and retailer loyalty. Bibby Line Group took a 51% stake in the group 12 months ago....
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Council vetoes ‘ugly’ shutters
The owners of a store in Southport, Lancashire have had to remove their £2,000 shutter system and replace it with plywood boards after falling foul of local planning rules which say security systems must look ‘attractive’. Ken Wilkins and Martin Bos...
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Credit crisis halts retail expansion
Independent retailers have lost faith in the banking sector following the government’s multi-billion bail-out plan and fear tougher lending conditions will prevent business expansion.
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Waitrose’s c-store plan
Waitrose has revealed that Trinity Square, Nottingham will be the home of its first convenience store. The 5,815sq ft outlet is due to open on December 11 opposite the city’s John Lewis department store. It will feature a self-service food...
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Sweet deal for Mars
The creation of the world’s largest confectionery company is now complete following the acquisition of Wrigley by Mars. According to Euromonitor data, the enlarged company will now account for 14.4% of worldwide confectionery sales, leapfrogging...
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Groups make a difference locally
Nisa-Today’s and Costcutter’s Making a Difference – Locally campaign is on target to raise more than £1.5m for members’ chosen local charities in its first year.
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Web portal makes IT easier
Costcutter is launching a new internet resource for retailers where they can view their invoice history, benchmark their sales and download information about legislation and store operations. Called My Costcutter, the service has been trialled with...
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Girl power
An empty c-store was too much temptation for entrepreneurs Angie Stevenson and Sharon Butler. Aidan Fortune follows their first steps in the retail industry
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Too hot to handle?
Selling hot food can be hugely profitable but it has to be handled carefully. Tracy West reports
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Local shops vital in helping to reduce shopping miles
Convenience stores have a vital role to play in a more sustainable food delivery system, retailers have heard. Speaking at the ACS Environment Forum in Manchester, Tom MacMillan of the Food Ethics Council said that UK shoppers now travel a total of...
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Kishor outlines Nisa priorities
The new chairman of Nisa’s symbol group committee has set out his stall to make the fascia much more widely recognised as “a great place to shop locally”.
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Pass this on...
C-Store is calling time on proxy purchasing – where adults buy age-restricted goods for the underaged
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Recycling at the tillpoint
Two Budgens stores in North London have introduced a ‘recycle-at-the-till’ scheme for customers to dispose of unnecessary packaging.
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OFT to investigate Tesco acquisition
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to investigate Tesco’s take-over of an independent supermarket in Barnstaple, Devon. Brian Ford’s Discount store was bought by a property firm on behalf of Tesco in 2003. It was only in August that Tesco’s...
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MSYS sets out action plan for Christmas cash-in
Retailers who say they are too busy at Christmas to promote their store are missing out on a prime opportunity to stress their value to the community, according to the My Shop is Your Shop (MSYS) campaign.
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Store destroyed after four raids
A Lancashire retailer is distraught after his store was ransacked by thieves a staggering four times in one night.