Store Profiles – Page 14
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Features and analysisCRA 2019 Convenience Retailer of the Year: MJ's Premier, Royton
New investment in Justin Whittaker’s MJ’s Premier store in Royton, near Oldham in Greater Manchester, has begun to pay off almost immediately by being named as 2019’s Convenience Retailer of the Year.
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Features and analysisBudgens Gipsy Hill, London
Owned by Kiri Kiritharan, the new Budgens store in Gipsy Hill, South London, is the symbol group’s take on a small convenience store.
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Features and analysisCRA 2019 Best New Store finalist: Spar Warton, Lancashire
Partnership is the name of the game at James Hall’s (G&E Murgatroyd) newly-built Spar shop in Warton, Lancashire, situated opposite the BAE Systems facility at the historic Warton Aerodrome.
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Features and analysisCRA 2019 Best New Store finalist: Premier Victoria Dock, Hull
Having owned a Premier store on nearby Endike Lane for many years, Joe Punian had plenty of experience in convenience and was ready to take on a new retailing challenge.
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Features and analysisCRA 2019 Best New Store finalist: Nisa Kimberlow Rise, York
The purpose-built Nisa Kimberlow Rise opened in February 2018 under the watchful eyes of multi-site store manager Adam Viney and retail operations manager Jackie North.
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Features and analysisCRA 2019 Best New Store finalist: Spar Eat 17 Hammersmith
The latest venture from the Eat 17 team, open since August in Hammersmith, West London, is the clearest demonstration yet of the shop brand’s core values and points of difference.
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Features and analysisSpar Newbold Road, Chesterfield
Richard Barron, owner of six Spar stores around Chesterfield, and Blakemore Guild member, used his Newbold Road store as a testbed for a new Blakemore model aimed at driving up margins.
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Features and analysisRaven's Budgens, Abridge, Essex
Raven’s Budgens in Abridge, Essex, switched to the Booker-owned symbol group last year, but the former Mace store is also the longest-running Shell forecourt site in the country.
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Features and analysisNisa Southend Victoria, Essex
Less than a mile from the seaside, Nisa Southend Victoria has the benefit of both a railway station entrance and a street entrance, and owner Mitul Patel takes full advantage with an offer that appeals to visitors, commuters and locals.
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Features and analysisSpar Market, Pwllheli, Wales
Just over a year ago Conrad Davies embarked on a major revamp of his 3,000sq ft store in Pwllheli in Wales, relaunching it as the first Spar Market store.
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Features and analysisSimply Fresh Manchester
Jas Bhattle’s latest store is part of a new development in Piccadilly Place, Manchester.
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Features and analysisPremier Victoria Dock, Hull
Joe and Kuldeep Kaur Punian opened their latest store in Hull’s Victoria Dock in February, under Premier’s latest store format.
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Features and analysisCo-op Italia, Bicocca, Milan
Interactive technology and cool design are laying a template for the future of retail in Milan’s affluent suburb of Bicocca
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Features and analysisLondis Woodhouse Street, Leeds
Londis Woodhouse Street in Leeds re-opened in March after converting to the symbol group’s latest ‘store of the future’ format.
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Features and analysisBattersea General Store, London
Raj Bathia opened the 6,500sq ft Battersea General Store in July 2017. Located within the £9bn regenerated Battersea Power Station, Raj has described it as “your global local store”.
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Features and analysisCRA 2018: Welcome Co-op, Liberty Quays, Southampton
Welcome Co-op franchisee Richard Inglis won the Best Use of Technology Award at CRA 2018. The award applied to his Liberty Quays store in Southampton, but he uses the same approach across his three stores in the city.
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Features and analysisCRA 2018: Jet Spar, Selby
Nick Baker, owner of NJB Services, which operates five Spar forecourts in the North, has carried out a daring £1.3m knock-down and rebuild to turn his 600sq ft basic c-store into a 2,000sq ft futuristic glass-fronted two-storey store.
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Features and analysisCRA 2018: Warner's Budgens, Moreton-in-Marsh
The 10,000sq ft Cotswolds-based store earned the title Off Licence Retailer of the Year at the 2018 Convenience Retail Awards.
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Features and analysisCRA 2018: McBride's Spar, Mullaghmore, Omagh
McBride’s Spar Mullaghmore in the town of Omagh, Northern Ireland, has benefited from a £400,000 refit to improve the presentation of product and the shopper experience.
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Features and analysisCRA 2018: Classic Service Station, Omagh
Classic Service Station in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, was doubly honoured at the Convenience Retail Awards 2018 with awards for Food to Go Retailer of the Year (large store) and Best Communication to Shoppers.