All articles by Gaelle Walker – Page 90
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Stores' waste is put to good use
Two Budgens stores in North London are taking part in a pioneering recycling scheme which produces electricity and organic fertilizer from recycled food waste
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Product News
Softly, softly: As winter kicks in, soft drinks sales are hotting up
Independent retailers currently have a huge opportunity to increase their soft drinks sales as the credit crunch, poor weather and smoking ban incite consumers to ditch the pub and entertain at home.
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MPs call for end to low-cost booze and promotions
A ban on drinks promotions and a minimum price for alcohol is needed to tackle the growing problem of drink-fuelled antisocial behaviour, a group of MPs has said
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Features and analysis
Community effort is the best security
Engaging with the local community and adopting a non-confrontational approach can help retailers reduce crime and antisocial behaviour in stores, retailers were told last week
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Urge councils to adopt new Act
Retailers and local residents will have to form a united front and persuade their local councils to ‘opt in’ to the new Sustainable Communities Act, launched by communities secretary Hazel Blears earlier this month.
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Pressure grows for POCA deal
The government should be "ashamed" of its delay in making a decision on the Post Office Card Account (POCA), ministers were told last week.
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Blears calls for community ideas
Local councils have been urged to gather the opinions of residents and businesses as part of the consultation process for the Sustainable Communities Act.
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Age-limit scheme divides retailers
A controversial scheme intended to prevent young adults from buying alcohol for children has sparked a row between retailers.
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Features and analysis
Card fraud rise will hit c-stores
Card fraud is expected to rocket in the next 12 months as the world economic situation tempts people into criminal activity. Cases of ‘facility takeover fraud’, where a criminal gains access to someone’s account via the interception of credit cards...
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Product News
Icelandic display ban has no effect
Evidence from Iceland suggests that a ban on the display of tobacco products would have little or no effect on the incidence of underage smoking.
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Product News
Under 21 booze ban takes a battering
The Scottish government’s plan to raise the minimum age limit for off-sales to 21 is in disarray after the police joined the chorus of objections.
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Safety crackdown on ready-to-eat food
Convenience store retailers will be included after all in the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) controversial Scores On The Doors (SOTDs) programme to improve food hygiene standards...
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Minimum wage increase bites
Hard-hit retailers face further pressure as the latest rise in the National Minimum Wage has added to their financial burden.
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Features and analysis
Stores face rash of bacon thefts
Retailers are being advised to keep a much closer watch on their chilled fixtures due to a dramatic increase in bacon thefts. The breakfast staple is being targeted by shoplifters because of its rapidly escalating price and the ease with which it...
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Store destroyed after four raids
A Lancashire retailer is distraught after his store was ransacked by thieves a staggering four times in one night.
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The end game
David Warren, marketing controller at Mattessons, worked up a sweat when he switched the board room for the stock room
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Retailers take fight to the DoH
Members of the Tobacco Retailers Alliance (TRA), the coalition of independent retailers who campaign on tobacco issues, descended on the Department of Health’s (DoH) offices in Waterloo to deliver a weighty 7,500 postcards.