Read what’s happening in the convenience & independent retail space. Who are the latest innovators & winners in this marginalised retail sector?
One Stop is driving home its support of Alzheimer’s Awareness through fundraising initiatives which include the legendary ‘cake bake’, which might seem like a small money raiser but when you put together One Stop’s portfolio of 950 stores and it’s
Spar Hammersmith donated a range of BBQ and party food to AkomaAsa Performing Arts Academy in London to support their fundraiser on Saturday 14 July.
Spar brand is introducing a range of on-trend additions to its adults and kids confectionery offerings, to keep the line-up feeling fresh and relevant for shoppers.
Spar stores are getting their oven gloves on all over the country to help raise funds for Marie Curie’s summer campaign, the Blooming Great Tea Party.
Spar UK is a proud sponsor of the British Athletics (UKA) who connect local communities through sports.
One Stop Franchise has launched their new website, believing it is easier to navigate, focusing more on its franchisees and ultimately is more helpful and informative to prospective retailers.
Franchisees at One Stop are benefiting so much with the way the franchise model works for their business that it is enabling them to open multiple stores and still have more downtime for themselves.
The ‘food to go’ sector is a multi-billion-pound business and One Stop is helping its franchisees to utilize its enormous growth potential and keep ahead of the competition, by working together to create real stand out for customers.
Spar’s 60-strong own label wine range has further enhanced its reputation as a best-in-class offering after it received major endorsement at this year’s Drinks International Wine Design Challenge.
One Stop has reported that it is welcoming its highest number of millennials as franchisees to its growing estate, as young people are taking their skills of the modern age to turn traditional jobs – once in decline – into
Leading community convenience store group Spar has announced that its fundraising efforts for terminal illness charity, Marie Curie, has passed the £1 million mark.
when you could charge premium prices in convenience stores just for being convenient.” The convenience store chain, which was awarded Franchise Group of the Year 2018 earlier this year at the Retail Industry Awards, is seeing unprecedented growth - which Miller
Heavenly Tasty Organics is delighted to announce a new agreement with Nisa Retail Limited. The significant development has secured presence of fourteen of the brand’s natural snacks with the specialist distributor; the family brand can now access over 2500 independent
Food and drink wholesaler JW Filshill has attributed strong cost controls, a targeted strategy to offset the decline in tobacco sales and the impact made by its international craft beer and spirits business for an increase in both margin and
Spar UK is showing its commitment to promoting active lifestyles and healthy nutrition with its fantastic sports sponsorship in the UK and worldwide. The latest in the symbol group’s exciting run of activity is Spar International’s sponsorship of the UCI
Leading convenience retailer Conrad Davies has launched the first flagship Spar Market store in Gwynedd, Wales. Re-launched under the new Spar Market fascia on Saturday 30 September in Y Maes, Pwllheli, the site has undergone a complete floor-to-ceiling refit. Inspired by a Blakemore
Zapper, the global insights and loyalty platform enabled by mobile payment, is delighted to announce it will be partnering with Spar, the UK’s leading convenience store group with 2,700 stores, to launch its mobile payments and loyalty app into multiple Spar
Spar UK has launched a brand new range of own label wines. In this new move, Spar has developed a wine range to target specific customer missions and occasions.
Spar UK celebrated its 60th anniversary in style, with a fantastical funfair and celebratory festival at Manchester Central on the 14th October). More than 1,700 people including suppliers, retailers and their families attended this spectacular event, which recognised the incredible past,
Spar International, the world’s largest food retail voluntary chain, will partner with DHL Supply Chain and the Bangchak Retail Company (BCR) to establish up to 300 new convenience stores in Thailand by the end of 2020. The deal will see DHL
HV Kingsley has today been named the UK’s best CollectPlus store in the brand’s annual awards programme. Situated near Liverpool Street station, the convenience store fought off stiff competition to come out on top in the awards, which recognise excellent
To maximise this year’s Easter opportunity and to take advantage of trading on Easter Sunday, One Stop went all out to ensure franchisees benefited from a strong trade plan, coupled with fun in-store activities for both colleagues and customers. One Stop
Blakemore Wholesale has opened a fifth premium convenience store in Newcastle upon Tyne under the banner Bmorelocal… The 1,250sq ft store located in Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne has re-opened following more than a £25,000 investment to the Bmorelocal… standard. Bmorelocal… is Blakemore
In just 12 weeks since One Stop launched its e-learning programme to franchisees and their teams, more than 2,000 tests have been successfully completed. Franchisee Jo Measuria said that she wasn’t surprised by the impressive results, “the programme has already
Following on from the hugely successful Craft Ale & Beer event held throughout February, Spar is now turning its attention to delighting wine drinkers with two planned events in 2017. This first of these is started on 23 February and will
