All Supermarkets articles – Page 16
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Norfolk sticks by its 'no' to Tesco
Retailers in Norfolk have been angered by an application from Tesco for a major extension to its store in Stalham which will see it incorporate a significant non-food offer.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: When you're strapped for cash and under the shadow of Tesco, every penny counts.
And certainly every £20-30 quid counts. Douglas Gill, who runs Doug 'n Di's in Stockport, has been in business for 20 years. Over that time he's had to watch superstores springing up all around him. So far he has managed to stay afloat, but says it is touch and go. ...
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Tesco to appeal council ruling
Tesco has lodged an appeal against Barnet Council's decision to withhold planning permission from an Express store.
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Sales soar at United Co-op
Buoyant convenience store sales have helped United Co-operatives achieve record profits.
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Tesco price shocker
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has turned up the heat on the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in its efforts to persuade it to refer the grocery market to the Competition Commission by submitting new research into pricing in Tesco’s One Stop
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A toast to the Co-op
The Co-operative Group was crowned convenience store of the year by C-Store’s sister publication Off Licence News at its fifth Drinks Retailing Awards in London.
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Isle opener for Co-op
Southern Co-operative has rebranded the first of the eight David’s stores it acquired last year on the Isle of Wight.
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Co-op’s cop shops
‘Cop shops’ could soon be found in every Co-operative Group store in South Wales if a pilot scheme launched in three of the company’s stores in the region is a success.
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Tesco slated for pushy attitude
Tesco has been slammed for riding roughshod over local planning authorities.
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Tesco set to take Spar’s top spot
Tesco is likely to leapfrog Spar to become the biggest c-store chain by sales this year, according to latest research from retail analysts Verdict.
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Co-op opens crime clinic
Southern Co-operative is to launch a drop-in centre above one of its c-stores in West Sussex to help locals voice concerns about anti-social behaviour.
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Tesco uses report to counter critics
Tesco has moved to counter recent bad publicity by using results of a report it commissioned that suggest its Express format has brought trade back to other local stores.
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Tesco buys get okay
In the same week that the OFT agreed to reconsider its views on the effect of multiple grocers’ entry into the c-store sector, it gave the green light to Tesco’s acquisition of another 21 petrol forecourts.
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Dear Jac
Tesco surges on
Tesco is on course to open its 600th Express convenience store this month, and could soon push well past that with the acquisition of another 21 petrol station sites from Morrisons.
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Co-ops form new venture
The Midcounties Co-operative has been formed following the merger of the West Midlands and Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester (OS&G) societies.
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Tesco tries its luck
All eyes are on the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) following Tesco’s offer to buy 30 petrol stations from Morrisons. The sites were formerly part of the BP-Safeway joint venture and Tesco says if the deal is successful, it would convert them into Expre
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Craig slams ‘Tesco World’
Surviving in “Tesco World” would require resilience and the need for independent retailers, wholesalers and suppliers to join forces and work together Lizette Craig, managing director of Botterills Convenience Stores, told the Lanarkshire-based group
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New look for Co-operatives
New branding for several Co-op stores is being unveiled this week as the first stage in a re-branding exercise across the entire movement.