All Convenience stores articles – Page 37
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GalleryIn pictures: Tesco unveils “super convenience” trial store in Chelmsford
Tesco has unveiled a trial store format that provides urban dwellers with an outsize convenience offer in place of a standard supermarket.
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GalleryStore gallery: Grocer Tesco updates its convenience store offer
Tesco has revamped its Metro store near London Bridge to include a Harris + Hoole cafe and Euphorium Bakery.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why are grocers turning to the convenience market?
Why has convenience become such a growth market and how are the grocers taking advantage? Rebecca Thomson reports.
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OpinionComment: Which stores are offering true convenience retailing?
There remains a huge gulf between genuinely operating a convenience store and running a small version of a big supermarket.
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NewsValue grocer Aldi opens first UK convenience store
The discount grocer has opened its first convenience store as it targets a slice of London’s on-the-go market.
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NewsChocolatiers and convenience stores win over Easter period
Food retailers enjoyed a strong Easter as shoppers flocked to chocolatiers and convenience grocery stores.
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NewsTesco’s convenience business One Stop to pilot franchise stores
Tesco-owned convenience business One Stop Stores is to trial a new franchise model with independent retailers that will pit it against symbol group giants Spar and Booker.
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NewsSainsbury's accelerates convenience store expansion in London
Sainsbury’s is to accelerate its convenience store expansion in London and the Southeast as competition in the area hots up.
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GalleryStore gallery: Dutch supermarket Albert Heijn - convenience to go
Dutch supermarket Albert Heijn’s ‘to go’ format delivers an unusual convenience store concept. John Ryan reports.
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NewsMorrisons to tailor convenience store ranges as London push begins
Morrisons is to tailor its ranges to the London market as it begins its assault on the capital and Southeast with its convenience arm.
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AnalysisProfile: Morrisons convenience managing director Gordon Mowat
This week Morrisons added six former HMV stores to its growing convenience business. Retail Week meets the man at the centre of the expansion, Gordon Mowat.
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OpinionComment: Morrisons will bring more than just convenience to its stores
Morrisons has never been shy about making bold, strategic moves. When it acquired Kiddicare, it seemed like a slightly curious acquisition.
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NewsMorrisons acquires 49 Blockbuster stores for convenience arm
Morrisons has acquired 49 Blockbuster stores from the collapsed rental chain’s administrator Deloitte as it looks to ramp up its convenience presence.
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NewsWaitrose ramps up London expansion in capital convenience push
Upmarket grocer Waitrose is to launch an assault on the capital as it concentrates all of its convenience store openings on London in the next year.
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NewsMorrisons acquires Jessops stores as convenience arm expands
Morrisons has acquired seven Jessops stores in a bid to step up the expansion of its M Local convenience chain and fightback against its rivals Tesco and Sainsbury’s.
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NewsWaitrose appoints Jackie Wharton as new convenience director
Waitrose has promoted Jackie Wharton to the position of convenience director replacing Diana Hunter, who is leaving the grocer to become chief executive of Bargain Booze.
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Grocery retailer Metro to sell part stake in convenience store
Grocery retailer Metro plans to sell 48.2% of its stake in convenience store operator Couche-Tard to BMO Nesbitt Burns, National Bank Financial and TD Securities.Metro chief executive Eric La Flèche said the company made the decision “given the market value of our holdings in Couche-Tard relative to Metro’s total value”.Following ...
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AnalysisChristmas roundup: Food - Convenience was King for shoppers
Convenience stores proved vital in grocery over Christmas as stretched shoppers rushed to local shops to raid remaining supplies before the big day.
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NewsSainsbury's opens 500th convenience store
Sainsbury’s today opened its 500th convenience store in Southsea, Hampshire, today and will create 10,000 job opportunities in its convenience business over the next three years
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Spar opens first Interspar-pronto convenience store
Grocery retailer Spar has opened the first Interspar-pronto convenience store, as well as its first Pasta & Cafe by Interspar, at Vienna’s Wien Mitte train station.The 4,300 sq ft Interspar-pronto targets travellers, while the Pasta & Cafe restaurant is a new catering venture that has a varying offer throughout the ...