All Convenience stores articles
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AnalysisAnalysis: Three strategic headaches facing Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts
Sainsbury’s new boss Simon Roberts unveiled a healthy set of numbers this morning in his first City outing since succeeding Mike Coupe as chief executive.
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Analysis
In numbers: How coronavirus transformed grocery retail in three months
Kantar’s latest grocery figures paint a full picture of a three-month period that has rapidly changed the face of food retailing. Retail Week analyses some of the key lessons from lockdown for the grocery sector.
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Opinion
Opinion: Changes to Sunday trading won’t kickstart a retail recovery
Few issues divide the retail industry and fire up an emotional response like Sunday trading.
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Opinion
Opinion: A golden age of retail localisation beckons
Along with the weekly big shop, the coronavirus pandemic has heralded a resurgence of another once feared-to-be-endangered species – the local shop.
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News
McColl’s appoints new chief financial officer as it bolsters board
McColl’s has made new appointments to its executive and non-executive board including Giles David as chief financial officer.
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Costcutter climbs into the black as it hails ‘one of its best-ever years’
Convenience store group Costcutter has seen its profits climb into the black on the back of a surge in sales of fresh produce in what it described as “one of its best-ever years”.
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Opinion
Dispatch: How Spar International is thinking like a marketplace amid coronavirus
As coronavirus takes its toll on economies and businesses across the globe, Retail Week brings you regular dispatches from international retailers and experts, who provide their insights into how they are coping with the pandemic.
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Analysis
Data: Grocery promotional activity returns as availabilities stabilise
As the UK enters its seventh week of coronavirus lockdown, some grocers have cautiously introduced price promotions, but multibuys remain a thing of the past amid fears of stockpiling.
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Grocery sales soar in April as consumers acclimatise to lockdown
Supermarket sales grew in April as customers spent an extra £524m on groceries compared with last year as the UK settled into life in lockdown.
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Analysis
Analysis: How coronavirus forced the Co-op to fix what wasn’t broken
Buoyed by six consecutive years of like-for-like growth, the Co-op could have justly looked forward to another bumper year in 2020. But the coronavirus has forced it to fundamentally rethink a strategy that was reaping rewards.
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News
Sainsbury’s to extend trading hours at supermarkets and convenience stores
Sainsbury’s chief executive has written to customers saying the grocer will be extending trading hours at supermarkets and convenience stores to reduce queuing inside and outside stores.
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Co-op warns of £200m coronavirus costs as profits rise
The Co-op has warned that it faces additional costs of more than £200m associated with the coronavirus crisis as it ramps up efforts to “feed the nation”.
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Opinion
Opinion: Keeping calm and carrying on – the village store shows its worth
Doing volunteer work in a village shop is normally a pretty relaxed affair, consisting of amiable exchanges with those dropping by and making sure you’ve marked up the papers for those who’ve ordered them if you happen to be an ‘opener’.
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News
Greggs raises £150m through government coronavirus finance scheme
Greggs has accessed £150m in new finances to help see it through the ongoing coronavirus pandemic via the government’s corporate financing scheme.
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Opinion
Opinion: Relax Sunday trading laws during coronavirus crisis
It is an age-old debate that splits opinion like few others in the world of retail: should Sunday trading laws be relaxed?
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News
McColl’s strikes partnership with Deliveroo to support vulnerable customers
Convenience store chain McColl’s has teamed up with Deliveroo to offer home delivery of its goods to give vulnerable customers access to daily essentials.
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Coronavirus: Sainsbury’s pilots deliveries from ‘dark’ c-stores
Sainsbury’s is testing home deliveries through its rapid Chop Chop service from ‘dark’ convenience stores.
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News
Major grocers push government to relax Sunday trading laws
Major UK food retailers are keen to push the government to relax Sunday trading laws as part of their bid to continue feeding the nation during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Analysis
Coronavirus: As consumers stockpile, can grocery supply chains meet demand?
As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK rises daily and consumers begin to stockpile products, Retail Week looks at whether retail supply chains are robust enough to cope with increased demand.
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News
McColl’s to close more than 300 stores over next four years
The chief executive of McColl’s has said the convenience store group will look to shut as many as 330 stores over the next three or four years as it seeks to rationalise its store estate as part of its strategic shift.
