All Costcutter articles – Page 2

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    Costcutter ahead of schedule on supply change

    2014-01-24T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter has announced that it is ahead of schedule in the transition of its supplies from Nisa to Palmer & Harvey. The original plan, announced in March 2013, had been for the new supply arrangements to come into effect in July 2014, but they will now begin four months earlier ...

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    Murco extends its deal with Costcutter

    2013-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Murco Petroleum and Costcutter Supermarkets Group are to continue their partnership with a new three-year contract to supply Murco’s 230 company-owned forecourts across the UK. This further extends the relationship between the two companies that began in 1996 and covers both the Murco full supermarket and smaller ’Express’ store formats.Costcutter’s ...

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    Murco and Costcutter extend partnership with new three-year deal

    2013-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Murco Petroleum Ltd and Costcutter Supermarkets Group are to continue their partnership with a new three year contract to supply Murco’s 230 company-owned forecourts across the UK. This further extends the relationship between the two companies that began in 1996 and covers both the Murco full supermarket and smaller ‘Express’ ...

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    OFT approves P&H/Costcutter deal

    2013-08-22T00:00:00Z

    Palmer and Harvey and Costcutter have expressed their delight at today’s approval by the Office of Fair Trading of the transfer of the 800 Mace, Supershop and Your Store brands to Costcutter Supermarkets Group, announced on March 13. The development means the two companies, by means of a 50/50 jointly ...

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    Former Costcutter boss advises KPMG

    2013-08-07T00:00:00Z

    KPMG has hired Nick Ivel, the former group chief executive of Costcutter Supermarkets, as a consultant to advise the firm’s clients on their convenience store strategy. During Ivel’s 14-year tenure at Costcutter the annual turnover of the group increased from £198m to £650m. David McCorquodale, head of retail at KPMG ...

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    Costcutter signs £35m refinancing deal

    2013-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter Supermarkets Group has signed a £35m refinancing deal with Barclays. The group says the three-year term of the refinancing will support both business growth and the current transition period following the announcement in March that Costcutter Supermarkets Group has entered a strategic partnership with Palmer and Harvey for buy ...

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    Costcutter introduces contactless payment

    2013-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter Supermarkets Group has become one of the first symbol operators to introduce new contactless payment technology across more than 500 of its stores. Kevin Widdrington, IT director for Costcutter Supermarkets Group, said: “This is a major achievement for Costcutter Supermarkets Group, the symbol group sector and independent retailers. Costcutter ...

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    OFT seeks comment on Costcutter’s Mace acquisition

    2013-04-23T00:00:00Z

    The Office of Fair Trading has today issued an invitation to comment on the completed acquisition by Costcutter Supermarkets Group Limited of the symbol group business of Palmer & Harvey McLane Limited operating ’Mace’, ’Your Store’ and ’Supershop’ brands and associated assets. It is considering whether this agreement has resulted ...

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    P&H and Costcutter combine buying

    2013-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Palmer and Harvey (P&H) has announced it will be moving away from direct management of symbol group convenience retailing with the 800 Mace, Your Store and Supershop stores joining the 1,600 Costcutter and Kwiksave stores in the Costcutter Supermarket Group on April 7.At the same time, P&H and Costcutter have ...

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    P&H and Costcutter confirm partnership

    2013-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Palmer and Harvey has announced it will be moving away from direct management of symbol group convenience retailing with the 800 Mace, Your Store and Supershop stores joining the 1,600 Costcutter and Kwiksave stores in the Costcutter Supermarket Group on 7th April. At the same time P&H and Costcutter have ...

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    P&H and Costcutter announcement expected

    2013-03-13T00:00:00Z

    A partnership deal between Costcutter and Palmer and Harvey, which was first reported last week, is expected to be confirmed later today. The two companies have refused to comment on reports of the deal in The Grocer last week, but they have both invited media to an announcement in Birmingham ...

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    P&H and Costcutter tight lipped over reports of deal

    2013-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter and Palmer & Harvey have both declined to comment on reports in The Grocer that they have agreed a new partnership deal. Costcutter stores are currently supplied by Nisa, but according to the report P&H will take over the distribution contract when it expires in July next year, and ...

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    Motor Fuel Group signs deal with Costcutter

    2012-10-30T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed a new shop supply agreement with Costcutter Supermarkets Group. The deal will replace its existing shop agreement with Palmer and Harvey, and between now and the end of March next year, MFG will introduce the latest Costcutter imagery across its 48-forecourt ...

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    MFG signs shop deal with Costcutter

    2012-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed a new shop supply agreement with Costcutter Supermarkets Group. The deal will replace its existing shop agreement with Palmer and Harvey, and between now and the end of March next year, MFG will introduce the latest Costcutter imagery across its 48-forecourt ...

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    Costcutter launches new direct supplier website

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Following the successful launch of its direct supplier directory, Costcutter Supermarkets Group has unveiled a new dedicated website giving retailers instant access to regional suppliers from across the United Kingdom. The direct supplier directory was launched in August and is available to all Costcutter Supermarkets Group members. The quarterly publication, ...

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    Costcutter plans to roll out digital display units

    2012-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter Supermarkets Group is to roll out digital window display units across all four of its fascias. Following a successful trial at the Costcutter store in Driffield, Yorkshire, the digital point of sale display units are now available to kwiksave, Costcutter and myCostcutter retailers. The screens will also be available ...

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    Former Starbucks boss joins Costcutter as chief executive

    2012-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter Supermarkets Group has appointed Darcy Willson-Rymer, the former managing director of Starbucks UK & Ireland, as its new chief executive, replacing Nick Ivel who leaves after 14 years with the business. Having spent 19 years with Yum Brands in various positions including operations director for KFC Great Britain, Mr ...

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    Costcutter storms ahead with growth

    2012-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter Supermarkets Group has posted a 4% year-on-year increase in sales in the first six months of 2012 and added another 112 new accounts including 14 forecourts.In addition, the symbol group has a further 41 pending accounts, which will begin trading imminently. Supply deals with several large groups are ...

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    Costcutter posts strong growth and retailer recruitment

    2012-08-22T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter Supermarkets Group has posted a 4% year-on-year increase in sales in the first six months of 2012 and added another 112 new accounts from January to July.In addition, the symbol group has a further 41 pending accounts, which will begin trading imminently. Supply deals with several large groups are ...

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    Costcutter sets sights on more forecourt c-stores

    2012-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter is placing a greater focus on the forecourt sector as the symbol group wholesaler seeks to reassure members amid the ongoing negotiations over its future distribution arrangements.In the wake of chairman Colin Graves departure last month, Costcutter chief executive Nick Ivel said an announcement on Costcutter’s supply chain post ...