Convenience Retailers Facing Increasing Challenge From Discounters

Unitas Wholesale has highlighted that independent convenience retailers now see discount stores as their greatest threat. John Kinney, Managing Director of the buying group, told...

Bestway Extends Retail Agreement With Major Independent Forecourt Operator

Bestway Retail has entered into a new long-term deal with Penny Petroleum, the fifth largest independent petrol forecourt operator in the UK, with the...

Bestway To Launch Another New Hybrid C-Store Format

Bestway is preparing to launch its first Best-one and Bargain Booze hybrid store format next month. The move follows the group’s introduction of the ‘Costcutter...

BWG Foods Outlines Plans To Grow MACE Convenience Chain

BWG Foods, the group behind the SPAR and Londis chains in Ireland, has announced a new €35m investment programme to grow its MACE convenience...

EG Group In Talks To Sell Remaining UK Assets To Co-Founder

Forecourt giant EG Group is reportedly in talks about offloading some of its remaining UK assets to its co-founder Zuber Issa as part of...

Brands Chase Growth With Promotions; M&S And Ocado Top Performers As...

Data from NIQ shows Total Till sales growth at supermarkets in the UK slowed to 5.3% (from 6.6%) in the four weeks to 24...

ACS Highlights Surge In Retail Crime

Convenience stores in the UK recorded 5.6 million incidents of shop theft over the last year, smashing the previous record of 1.1m incidents recorded...

Scottish Government Outlines Plans For More Restrictive HFSS Rules

The government in Scotland has published its plans to restrict the sale of products high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) through additional rules...

Coca-Cola HBC Ireland Announces Acquisition Of Vending Business

Coca-Cola HBC Ireland and Northern Ireland, the authorised bottler of the Coca-Cola Company for the island, has reached an agreement to acquire BDS Vending...

Grocery Price Inflation Hits Two-Year Low; Tesco And Sainsbury’s Make Share...

Latest data from Kantar shows that grocery price inflation fell to 5.3% this month, marking the lowest rate since March 2022 and a decrease...

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