All Alcohol articles – Page 6
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Liquor law
If you want to offer your customers a proper convenience range, that range will include alcohol. However gaining an off licence for a forecourt store is not always easy and rules seem to be changing all the time. For many people, the sale of alcohol on a forecourt is still ...
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Top tipple
A growing number of retailers are selling alcohol on their sites - and reaping the rewards.Latest figures from Experian Catalist show that about 2,450 forecourts had an alcohol licence in December 2008, out of a total of 9,264 sites operating in the UK market. This compares to 2,235 out of ...
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Booze news
Rarely a day goes by without alcohol being the subject of a news story in the national newspapers. It could be about the middle classes indulging in too much wine, or the grocery multiples being slammed for selling alcohol at too low a price. But whatever the story nothing seems ...
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Bottoms up
we Brits love our beer - but it seems an increasing number of us are swapping the grape for the grain.The alcohol section in forecourt shops has traditionally been seen as a male-dominated area, where the top brands of lager take up most of the space. But it’s been undergoing ...
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NewsSparkling opportunity
It’s been almost a year since the mad rush to convert to the new licensing system. But while all the fuss may have made some retailers wonder if the category was worth the hassle, alcohol remains a big opportunity for forecourts.
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High spirits
Off licences have been a hot topic lately with the widely publicised changes in licensing laws. But while forecourts are yet to see the full implications of the new regulations, it’s clear that alcohol is an increasingly important part of the shop offer.Those retailers that managed to take advantage of ...
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Full of fizz
Amid changing licensing laws (see news extra p14) off licences are fast becoming an integral part of the forecourt shop’s offer, helping to boost total shop turnover through increased footfall. And according to Insight Research there are now about 2,150 forecourts – about 20% of the network across all types ...
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Bottle bank
Mounting competition in convenience retailing means that forecourts are under increased pressure to rival the range available in traditional c-stores and multiples – and this includes offering alcohol.But it has been notoriously difficult for petrol stations to secure an off licence, although an increasing number have succeeded in the past ...