All Costcutter articles – Page 7

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    Costcutter celebrates its 25th year

    2011-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter retailers can now take advantage of a new celebratory identity created to help mark the company's 25th year of trading. Costcutter hopes that the new identity and logo, which features a large silver 25, will help stores...

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    Loyal customers help Costcutter grow

    2011-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter has reported a 4% growth in sales for the year to April 2011. Sales across the group’s 1,550 stores grew to £640m in the past 12 months.

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    Costcutter retailers go back to school

    2011-04-15T00:00:00Z

    The Costcutter group has launched a pilot of its Diploma in C-store Retailing. The diploma is currently being trialled with company-owned stores before being rolled out to the entire group later this year.

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    Costcutter mulls over extending fascia options

    2011-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter is considering adding a second fascia as part of a thorough review of its market positioning and service. An independent survey of Costcutter retailers is under way to seek views on a number of key issues, and the group's new...

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    PGMA switches supply route to Costcutter

    2011-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Scottish buying group PGMA is to end its 14-year relationship with Nisa-Today’s on March 31.

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    Nisa admits targeting Costcutter members

    2010-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Nisa actively stepped up its targeting of Costcutter members in the wake of RedOrange’s change of groups in June, Nisa-Today’s chief executive Neil Turton has admitted. Speaking exclusively to C-Store, Turton also revealed that this…

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    New Nisa/Costcutter deal is on the table

    2010-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Nisa-Today's chief executive Neil Turton has urged Costcutter to sign an extension to the company's partnership contract, but insisted that the distributor can comfortably survive were Costcutter to leave the organisation when the current deal ends in 2014

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    Costcutter ramps up its consumer appeal

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter's TV advertising campaign will be on air for more than half of next year, with 10 three-week bursts of activity scheduled for 2011.

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    Costcutter’s Graves slams Nisa tactics

    2010-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter's executive chairman Colin Graves has resigned from the board of Nisa-Today's and slammed the organisation for actively trying to recruit Costcutter members to the Nisa symbol group.

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    Nisa-Today’s snaps back at Costcutter

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Nisa-Today's has struck back at Costcutter's recent supply deal with the RedOrange group's 36 stores  with the announcement that a former Costcutter retailer is to join the Nisa fascia.

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    Costcutter winning the price war

    2010-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Shoppers are heading back to local stores as they realise that they are competitive on price, Costcutter managing director Nick Ivel has told Convenience Store.

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    Costcutter on the front foot

    2010-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter executive chairman Colin Graves explains to David Rees why the group is so buoyant

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    Costcutter and Nisa help heroes

    2010-01-18T00:00:00Z

    Retailer charity Making A Difference – Locally (MADL) has donated £25,000 to Help for Heroes.

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    Nisa issues ‘will not deflect’ Costcutter

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Bibby will continue to invest in Costcutter despite failing in its takeover bid for Nisa-Today's and losing the ambient distribution contract for the organisation, Costcutter executive chairman Colin Graves has told C-Store.

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    Costcutter’s bowled move puts Gough on screen

    2009-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter is hoping to bowl retailers over with the launch of its biggest ever advertising campaign fronted by cricketing legend Darren Gough, and a raft of technological improvements.

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    TV campaign adds to Costcutter growth

    2009-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter has announced a 10% year on year growth in sales for the first 20 weeks of the financial year

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    Costcutter launches pound trial

    2009-08-21T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter stores across the UK could soon be fitted with new '£1 or less' zones, if a trial proves successful.

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    Costcutter recruiting as sales surge

    2009-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter has added nine stores to its membership by acquiring a group of former Co-op stores in the South East of England.

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    Costcutter gives indies tools to grow

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    The tough trading environment is producing a new generation of elite independent retailers, says Costcutter managing director Nick Ivel.

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    Costcutter link with Murco is extended

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Forecourt group Murco has extended its supply contract with Costcutter until June 2012.