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Businesses to raise prices
as confidence dips
Breakfast & Bakery
Vape & Next Gen Products
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4 NEWS
Leader: Leaning hard into crime
Businesses to raise prices as confidence dips
‘Grocery tax’ to add £56 to food bills
Tesco reports ‘biggest ever Christmas’
Government unveils £15m grant to tackle food
waste
New age of sale regulations could present
major challenges
Co-op to open 75 new stores in 2025
Madders promises ‘pragmatic approach’ on
Employment Rights
Calls raised to remove honours of 14 Horizon
grandees
Guest column: Are you catering to the sober-
curious this year?
Guest column: Looking ahead to retail’s next
chapter in 2025
9 WORLD OF WHOLESALE
A regular round-up of news and views in the
wholesale sector
10 NEWS FEATURE: From
hurdles to hustle
Despite market changes, legislative
obstructions and economic headwinds, the
c-channel is ready to face 2025, says Pooja
Shrivastava
12 RETAIL CORNER:
Punching above its weight
It’s not just its offerings that make Atul
Sodha’s store special. It’s the story of the man
behind it that sets it apart
14 STORY FEATURE: Karnail
Singh Sandhar: wholesale
pioneer
An exclusive look at the life of a visionary
entrepreneur who played a key role in
wholesale, bringing Asian food to the UK and
Canada
16 BIG INTERVIEW:
ROSS RIPAMONTI
Wrigley gum’s Brand Director is certain that
chewing is the way forward for the UK, as
the company aims to get the other half of the
country chewing
17 “NOT” TWITTER
The best observations and comments from
retailers (and friends) on the ground
21 FEATURE: CHINESE NEW
YEAR
Welcome to the Year of the Snake – which in
the Chinese zodiac is not as threatening as it
sounds
25 MUST STOCK
The latest product news
28 FEATURE: BREAKFAST
AND BAKERY
Breakfast is no longer just the first meal of the
day – it’s a goldmine for convenience stores, so
be sure to make the most of it
35 MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Keeping up with the latest industry moves
and promotions
36 FEATURE: VAPE AND
NEXT GEN
Off with the disposable and on with the
sustainable – all you need to know about 2025’s
vape trends and legislation, in preparation for
the upcoming ban
41 CLASSIFIED
42 GUJARATI
In-store Sevices
24th January to 6th February 2025
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