All articles by David Rees – Page 18
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News30% of retailers to cut staff hours when pay rates go up
As many as 30% of c-store retailers will have to make significant changes to their businesses as a result of April’s increase in statutory wage rates, according to a new survey commissioned by C-Store.
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Features and analysisTime for a different tune?
Wage increases and other employment costs look certain to have the effect of reducing staff levels in the c-store industry. So will independent retailers have to revert to doing every job themselves, or are there alternatives to explore?
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BlogIn praise of food to go
It requires skill and care, and a commitment to quality and service to do well, but food to go remains part of the future for the industry, writes C-Store editor David Rees.
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NewsJohn Irish CBE, architect of convenience, dies
One of the architects of modern convenience trading in the UK, John Irish CBE, has died at the age of 84
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NewsToday’s Group md Bill Laird passes away
Bill Laird, managing director of wholesale buying and marketing organisation the Today’s Group, passed away on Saturday after a long illness.
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NewsEvent to examine growing mealtime opportunities
Some of the country’s leading independent retailers and convenience experts will be sharing their insight into the growing mealtime opportunity at Convenience Store’s annual conference in London next month
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BlogA Mexican wave
Advocates point to the “success” of a sugar tax in Mexico, but that is from a starting position where sugary drink consumption is an astronomical 43 gallons per person per year, writes David.
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Features and analysisPost Offices: Delivering the benefits
The convenience store industry is in many ways the saviour of the Post Office network, but the benefits run both ways for local retailers.
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NewsOne Stop reports growing sales but reduced profits
One Stop has declared significantly reduced annual profits for the financial year in the wake of the Tesco accounting scandal and set-up costs for the franchising scheme.
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NewsNisa governance changes fail to win enough support
A bid by the Nisa management team to change the organisation’s articles of association failed to attract sufficient support at the group’s AGM last month.
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NewsNisa returns to profit on the back of improved trading
Nisa Retail has reported positive half-year trading figures as it attempts to rebuild from the trading loss of its previous financial year.
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NewsJames Hall to take over Alfred Jones Spar shops
Alfred Jones (Warrington) Ltd’s last remaining Spar stores are set to be absorbed into Spar distributor James Hall’s G&E Murgatroyd estate following the retirement of chairman Jonathan Jones.
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NewsSimply Fresh opens first London tube store
Simply Fresh has opened a store in St James’s Park tube station in central London, the first of a series of outlets planned by the symbol group for transport hubs in the capital.
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NewsNew Nisa bank facility to give suppliers "confidence"
Nisa Retail has secured an increased and extended banking facility with Barclays on the back of improved trading during the current financial year.
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BlogThe big event
What is coming through particularly strongly this year is the sense of fun that Halloween brings, to individual stores and to communities as a whole, writes editor David Rees.
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NewsMy Local working to overcome opening stock crisis
The My Local team have performed a “minor miracle” to get stores open in the light of a last-minute disagreement with Morrisons that saw the shops almost completely stripped of stock on the eve of re-opening.
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NewsMorrisons to supply food to five MFG forecourt sites
Morrisons has announced a pilot deal to supply food to five petrol forecourt sites owned by Motor Fuel Group (MFG)
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NewsSimply Fresh launches new consumer website
Simply Fresh has launched a new consumer-facing website, designed to encourage consumers to engage with wholesome food and healthy eating.
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NewsNeil Turton becomes Trading Director at My Local
Former Nisa chief executive Neil Turton has taken up the position of trading director at new convenience chain My Local
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NewsMcColl's Retail Group to sell off 100 newsagent sites
McColl’s Retail Group is to sell off 100 newsagent shops as part of its ongoing strategy to evolve into a convenience-led business