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UK celebrates convenience with awards

The Convenience Retail Awards 2024 were held in Manchester on 21 March, recognising the very best people, retailers, suppliers and service providers across the UK convenience retail market. Costcutter Supermarkets Group were the...

SPAR grows convenience in Switzerland

SPAR Switzerland opened three new convenience stores in the last two months of 2023. The stores share staple features such as a coffee offer and food-to-go options. They also cater to the...

SPAR global sales reach €41.2 billion

SPAR has seen annual retail sales break the €40 billion mark for the first time, this week reporting global sales revenue of €41.2 billion for the year ending December 31st, 2021. The...

Tesco trials checkout-free store

UK retailer Tesco has opened its first checkout-free store in central London, giving customers the opportunity to shop and pay without scanning a product or using a checkout. The new store trial, GetGo at...

Sainsbury’s unveils first ‘On the Go’ store

The UK retailer has launched its new city convenience store format, said to deliver “big innovation in small spaces” for local shoppers. Sainsbury’s Mansion House store in London’s Square Mile is the retailer’s...

US convenience stores to finish the year on a high note

An overwhelming 84 per cent of US convenience store operators say they are optimistic about their business prospects for the fourth quarter, which would continue the pattern of strong sales throughout 2019. The...

Water bottle refills at Sainsbury’s

Shoppers in the UK will soon be able to fill their own reusable water bottles in 326 Sainsbury’s supermarket cafes across the country. From August, fresh water stands will be available in cafes...

Convenience worldwide: SPAR Guangdong’s flagship convenience store

A SPAR convenience store in Guangdong province in southern China is outperforming SPAR’s larger-sized supermarkets in the region. SPAR Futongzizaicheng is located in Dongguan City’s Guancheng district, where newly built compounds have been...
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