Store Profiles – Page 8

  • McBrides Omagh
    Features and analysis

    McBride's Spar, Omagh

    2016-04-13T15:49:00Z

    McBride’s Spar of Gortin Road, Omagh, Northern Ireland, picked up no fewer than three category awards at last month’s Convenience Retail Awards, as well as being a finalist in the Best Large Store section.

  • Costcutter Farnworth
    Features and analysis

    Costcutter Farnworth, Bolton

    2016-03-30T11:01:00Z

    In 2014 Baz Jethwa financed a £400,000 refit of his Costcutter store in Farnworth, which ultimately won him the Best Independent Store award at CRA 2016.

  • McLeish
    Features and analysis

    McLeish Inverurie, Aberdeenshire

    2016-03-22T00:00:00Z

    CRA winner McLeish, Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, is at the top of its game. Owner Scott Graham has centred the 1,500sq ft store around an all-encompassing food-to-go offer, which dovetails with a grocery range abundant in fresh and local products.

  • Simply Fresh Bethnal Green
    Features and analysis

    Simply Fresh, Bethnal Green

    2016-03-11T16:37:00Z

    Opened three years ago, this 1,600sq ft store in East London’s Bethnal Green was the first Simply Fresh outlet in the capital.

  • MJ's Go Local Extra
    Features and analysis

    MJ's Go Local Extra Sheffield

    2016-02-26T11:03:00Z

    During the spring of 2015, husband and wife team Jai and Mandeep Singh bought a neighbouring unit and doubled the size of their Sheffield store to 1,450sq ft.

  • Premier
    Features and analysis

    St Mary's Supermarket, Southampton

    2016-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Meten Lakhani completed a £170,000 refit in August last year, which saw the store expanded from 1,200sq ft to 2,895sq ft.

  • Spar Princess Street
    News

    Spar Princess Street, Manchester

    2015-11-17T14:03:00Z

    Paul Stone is the only Spar operator in Manchester city centre and earlier this year expanded his company’s presence with a fifth store, in Princess Street.

  • Nisa
    Features and analysis

    Malcolm's Tile Hill, Coventry

    2015-10-22T14:58:00Z

    Multi-award winning store Malcolm’s in Tile Hill, Coventry, has been extensively remodelled as part of a new identity in partnership with Nisa.

  • One Stop Woodhouse Street
    Features and analysis

    One Stop Woodhouse Street, Leeds

    2015-09-22T14:43:00Z

    Brothers Peter, Jeeta and Raj Bhadal have rebuilt a former Methodist church and reopened it as a One Stop franchise store.

  • Londis Sunninghill
    Features and analysis

    Londis Sunninghill, Berkshire

    2015-08-17T10:57:00Z

    It’s blue skies all the way at Roli Ranger’s new Sunninghill store in Ascot, Berkshire…

  • Budgens Kingsclere
    Features and analysis

    Budgens Kingsclere, Hampshire

    2015-06-17T15:52:00Z

    Peregrine Retail, which owns five Budgens forecourt stores in the South West, bought its latest site in Kingsclere, Hampshire, 18 months ago.

  • Londis Sheppey
    News

    Londis, Isle of Sheppey

    2015-06-02T16:52:00Z

    It is rather fitting that Londis Sheppey, a 1,200sq ft store on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, now has a whole aisle dedicated to fresh foods.

  • Nisa Whittlesey
    News

    Nisa Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire

    2015-05-21T12:27:00Z

    Brothers Anish and Jamie Keshwara are seeing the results of a dramatic extension of their 2,400sq ft family-owned Nisa store in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.

  • Scotmid Moredun
    News

    Scotmid Moredun, Edinburgh

    2015-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Scotmid’s 3,175sq ft store in Moredun, Edinburgh, has created a (low energy) buzz since opening last autumn, especially after clinching the Energy Efficient Store of the Year at CRA 2015.

  • Jempsons Northiam
    News

    Jempson's Local, Northiam, East Sussex

    2015-04-27T13:14:00Z

    Jempson’s Local in Northiam, East Sussex, is the first convenience store to be opened by the family.

  • Paul Stone
    News

    Spar Oxford Road, Manchester

    2015-03-25T12:49:00Z

    The CRA winner for Best Independent Store is a shining example of a store that perfectly meets the very distinct needs of its shoppers.

  • Scotmid Stockbridge
    News

    Scotmid Stockbridge

    2015-03-24T12:12:00Z

    The Convenience Retailer of the Year 2015 combines a commitment to local produce and fresh food, cutting-edge technology, smart design and old-fashioned customer service.

  • Costcutter Halstead
    News

    Costcutter Halstead

    2015-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Peter Woods invested £125,000 in converting a former Blockbuster site in the market town of Halstead, Essex, into a modern Costcutter store.

  • One Stop Matlock
    News

    One Stop Matlock

    2015-01-14T11:12:00Z

    The switch from running your own Londis store to becoming a One Stop franchisee is a big step for any retailer, but for Dee Sedani of Matlock in Derbyshire it was a natural move.

  • Budgens Broadstairs
    News

    Budgens Broadstone: The lab partners

    2014-12-18T10:28:00Z

    Take a tour of the Musgrave company-owned Budgens ‘laboratory’ store in Broadstone, Dorset.