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Strong start of 2025 for retailers
as food stores sales volume rises
Wholesale
Lager, Beer and Cider
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4 NEWS
Leader: Up and down like Tower Bridge
Strong start of 2025 for retailers as food stores
sales
Community group calls to boycott ‘anti-social’
self-checkouts
Specialty wholesaler spending ‘fortune’ to
combat rising crime
Council urges retailers to ‘act now’ as
disposable vape ban looms
Retail sales surge in January despite stormy
weather
M&S chief slams government for raiding
retail ‘like piggybank’
Extreme weather may lead to volatile food
prices
Over £663m paid to Post Office Horizon
victims, says government
Guest column: Trends in gin – how to build
your range
Guest column: The High Street Crisis – How
Many More Warnings Does Government
Need?
9 MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Keeping up with the latest industry moves
and promotions
10 NEWS FEATURE: The way
forward
Rapid delivery is opening new doors of growth
for convenience stores with a promise of
phenomenal success, finds Pooja Shrivastava
12 DATA CART
Your at-a-glance guide to the big issues in the
sector
13 “NOT” TWITTER
The best observations and comments from
retailers (and friends) on the ground
14 RETAIL CORNER: Like a
Tardis inside!
Fuelled by innovation and passion, this
convenience store in Glasgow proves that size
is no limit to success
15 WORLD OF WHOLESALE
A regular round-up of news and views in the
wholesale sector
16 INTERVIEW: British
Corner Shop
Former-retailer cousins who are behind
phoenix-like revival of legendary shipper,
British Corner Shop, are ready to soar higher
,
17 FEATURE: LAGER, BEER
AND CIDER
The “less but better” phenomenon continues
to gain momentum as health-conscious
consumers seek beer experiences that put
quality over quantity
24 MUST STOCK
The latest product news
27 FEATURE: WHOLESALE
Wholesale operates as a well-oiled machine,
always in motion, adapting and evolving,
moving forward. Here is our deep dive to
understand what is happening now.
33 SYMBOL, FRANCHISE
AND FASCIA SUPPLEMENT
Our survey looks at the variety and role of
symbol groups that are currently available,
performance, conditions, terms and their
offers to retailers
42 FEATURE: IN-STORE
SERVICES & DELIVERY
With the pressure firmly on across the
grocery sector, and retailers chasing ever
fussier shoppers, it’s what you can do for them
as well as sell to them that counts
49 GUJARATI
Mints & Gum
7th March to 20th March 2025
THE VOICE OF INDEPENDENT RETAILERS
VOLUME 37 NUMBER 959