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• VALID Systems Announces a Revolution in Check Cashing for C-Stores

  - 2009-07-28

  â??Plug â??N Playâ?? AIO350 Delivers Full-Strength Flexibility in a Compact, Affordable Package FORT WORTH, Texas -- VALID Systems announced this morning that it has begun...

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• C-stores debut new dishes amid pressure to play discount game

  - 2009-07-27

  Convenience store operators expanding prepared-foods programs to net higher margins are finding themselves being pushed into price wars as some competing restaurant chains ratchet up discounting. Sheetz Inc., the Altoona, Pa.-based parent of a namesake C-store chain with about 350 units, now is promoting 12-inch sub sandwiches...

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• Mills broadens offer with new food ranges

  - 2009-07-04

  CTN and c-store chain Mills Group is further expanding its grocery offer with new meat, poultry and bakery ranges in a bid to reinvent itself as a one-stop shop. The 78-outlet chain, which operates c-stores and CTNs in the north of England, the Midlands and South Wales,...

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• Full sale or return on all Best Sellers

  - 2009-07-04

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] C&C giant Booker, which this week moved from the AIM to the main market, is offering sale or return on all full cases from its Retail Best Sellers range. The range comprises the top 500 products identified by Booker as the bestselling through c-stores,...

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• Display ban could wipe out 75% of UK c-stores, claims poll

  - 2009-06-20

  Three-quarters of all the UK's convenience stores could close because of the cost of implementing the tobacco display ban and the resulting loss of sales, a new poll claims. The Tobacco Retailers Alliance said 77% of more than 1,000 c-store managers questioned thought the ban would affect...

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• C-stores to focus on community status in Independents' Week

  - 2009-05-30

  Convenience stores are being urged to use National Independents' Week, which starts on Monday, to reinforce their status as a vital part of their communities. This year's campaign is the best supported to date, with thousands of retailers having applied for special promotional materials to adorn their...

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• 'Affordable' Coffee Nation sales up 17%

  - 2009-05-16

  Coffee Nation, which operates self-service coffee machines in c-stores and forecourts, has shrugged off the recession by reporting a 17% increase in full-year sales to 21.5m [pounds sterling]. The company sold 12.6 million cups of coffee in the year to 31 March and installed machines in 233...

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• Mills buys five stores from Sainsbury's

  - 2009-04-25

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mills Group has hit its acquisition target of six new sites this year by snapping up five stores from Sainsbury's. The 75-strong chain, which operates c-stores and CTNs in the north of England, the Midlands and South Wales, has bought four Sainsbury's Local branded...

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• Shoppers increase c-store visits and push sales 2.2%

  - 2009-04-18

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Embattled c-store owners were offered a welcome glimmer of hope this week as Nielsen data seen by The Grocer revealed value sales for the convenience sector were on the up. According to figures for the four weeks to 21 March, value sales rose 2.2%...

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• Canadian Convenience Stores Association.(NEWS IN A MINUTE)(Financial report)(Brief article)

  - 2009-04-13

  --Canada's 23,500 convenience stores generate C$32.1 billion in annual sales, according to the Convenience Stores of Canada Industry Report by the CANADIAN CONVENIENCE STORES ASSOCIATION. Canadian c-stores make C$26.8 billion in purchases from Canadian suppliers.

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