Costcutter Extends Supply Contract With SimplyFresh
After its acquisition by Bestway was completed last month, Costcutter has confirmed that its supply contract with independent convenience store operator SimplyFresh will continue...
Major Opportunity For Convenience Stores In Delivery Market
Despite the impact of the pandemic and the rapid acceleration in online shopping, less than one in ten convenience stores in the UK currently...
Iceland To Trial New Convenience Format
Iceland is launching its new ‘Swift’ convenience store format on Thursday to tap into growth in the sector.
The trial store is located in Benton,...
Jobs Under Threat As Bestway Begins Restructuring Of Costcutter
Having completed the acquisition of Costcutter last month, Bestway Wholesale has embarked on a restructuring of the convenience symbol group as part of the...
Visit Frequency And Spending In Convenience Increases; PMPs More Popular
Latest data from Lumina Intelligence’s Convenience Tracking Programme shows the UK convenience retail channel saw growth in average shopper visit frequency, average basket spend,...
Bestway Rolls Out Shopping App
Bestway has announced the roll-out of the shopping and payment app Jisp to all its retail partners and corporate stores following the success of...
Strong Month For Tesco As Lockdown Continues To Boost Grocery Sales
The latest figures from Kantar show take-home grocery sales rose by 12.5% during the 12 weeks to 21 February, with the Big Four supermarket...
Morrisons And McColl’s Extend Supply And Stores Partnership
McColl’s has extended its supply agreement with Morrisons and announced plans to convert hundreds of its stores to the supermarket’s convenience format.
Morrisons’ wholesale operation...
Amazon Close To Unveiling First Physical Grocery Store In The UK
Following years of rumours, Amazon could be just days away from launching its hi-tech checkout-free grocery store format in the UK.
A report by the...
Profits Soar At EG Group; Raising More Debt To Pay For...
EG Group, the highly leveraged forecourt giant whose owners now control Asda, has posted a 48% jump in annual profits despite lower revenues, and...