All Convenience stores articles – Page 38

  • Asda operating profits jumped 6% to £857m last year despite its new convenience store business running up £31m losses.
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    Asda profits up 6% last year despite losses in convenience arm

    2012-10-05T08:53:00Z

    Asda operating profits jumped 6% to £857m last year despite its new convenience store business running up £31m losses.

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    Morrisons names Gordon Mowat as convenience chief

    2012-10-05T07:00:00Z

    Morrisons has created the new role of managing director of its convenience arm, signalling that the grocer is “ready to expand at pace” its M Local business, according to chief executive Dalton Philips.

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    Migros tests convenience store concept, Migros-Express

    2012-08-16T07:00:00Z

    Swiss retailer Migros is testing a convenience store concept called Migros-Express. The stores are located near railway stations and will be open all week, including Sundays.The product range is targeted at the commuter market. After the first openings in Rapperswil and Luzern, Migros opened a third store in Zürich-Altstetten with ...

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    Japanese convenience store Lawson to expand in China

    2012-04-11T10:00:00Z

    Convenience store operator Lawson has unveiled plans to step up its expansion in China. At present the retailer has 335 shops in the country and the intention is to have 10,000 by 2020. Lawson may consider an acquisition to rapidly increase its store network.Like other Japanese convenience store players, Lawson ...

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    X5 Retail to launch first Kopeyka convenience store

    2012-02-22T07:00:00Z

    Grocer X5 Retail is to launch its first Kopeyka convenience store and will increase its focus on private-label at its Pyaterochka supermarkets. The group plans to develop the convenience store network through its Express Retail subsidiary in the Moscow region. Express Retail has been developing Perkrestok Express convenience stores in ...

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    Morrisons lays out plans to open 300 convenience stores

    2012-02-10T10:02:00Z

    Morrisons is understood to be targeting 300 M Local convenience store openings by 2014.

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    Convenience store operator Lawson plans store increase

    2012-01-06T07:00:00Z

    Japan-based convenience store operator Lawson plans to acquire Chinese retail chains to increase its stores in China to about 5,000 by 2015, president Takeshi Niinami said in an interview with Kyodo News. Lawson has so far opened about 340 convenience stores in Shanghai, Chongqing and Dalian.Niinami also said that although ...

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    Intermarché to grow convenience format

    2011-10-10T07:00:00Z

    Intermarché is to increase its presence in big French urban centres by growing its Intermarché Express convenience format. The retailer has 22 convenience stores and expects to operate 50 by the end of 2012. Eight Express stores will open in the next four months, said Philippe Manzoni, president of ITM ...

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    Waitrose to trial convenience shops at Shell petrol stations

    2011-09-12T10:15:00Z

    Waitrose is to trial opening its Little Waitrose convenience shops at Shell petrol stations.

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    Dutch convenience stores to test the German waters

    2011-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Dutch retailer Ahold has announced that it is planning to expand in Germany and open its first store there in the second half of 2012.

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    X5 Retail Group introduces new convenience store format.

    2011-08-10T12:50:00Z

    X5 Retail Group has introduced a new concept of its Perekrestok Express convenience store format.The new stores have a smaller sales area, ranging from between 755 sq ft and 2,155 sq ft, and the product range includes ready meals, convenience food and fresh bakery products. X5 plans to introduce a ...

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    Grocery retailer Spar launches pilot convenience store

    2011-08-04T07:00:00Z

    Grocery retailer Spar has launched a convenience store pilot intended for busy inner city locations in Vienna. The 2,690 sq ft store is located right in Babenbergerstraße 9, and employs a staff of 22.The new concept is called Food in the City and offers takeaway food as well as fresh ...

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    Waitrose launches new convenience range

    2011-05-06T15:58:00Z

    Waitrose has launched a new range to support its ambitious growth in the convenience market.

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    M&S appoints Morrisons man to head convenience and catering

    2011-04-08T08:20:00Z

    Marks & Spencer has poached the executive who designed Morrisons’ convenience stores to run its Simply Food and catering operations.

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    'Little Waitrose' convenience fascia trialled

    2011-01-28T08:54:00Z

    Waitrose is trialling a new fascia for its convenience stores, Little Waitrose.