Convenience Store

Asda 'On Track' To Hit 1,000 UK Stores By March 2024

UK retailer Asda is 'on track' to hit a store count of 1,000 in the UK and Northern Ireland by March 2024, the retailer said in a statement.

Asda Sees Decline In Sales Growth, Underperforms UK Rivals

Asda said its underlying sales rose 2.8% year-on-year in its third quarter – a sharp slowdown from growth of 9.6% in the previous quarter and an...

J.M. Smucker Completes Acquisition Of Twinkies Owner Hostess Brands

J.M. Smucker has completed the transaction to acquire Hostess Brands, the owner of Twinkies snack cakes.

Asda Completes £2.07bn Purchase Of EG's UK Business

Asda, Britain's third biggest supermarket group, said it has completed the acquisition of the majority of EG Group’s UK & Ireland business for an...

Japan's Seven & i Aims To Keep Sogo & Seibu Workers After Buyout: Report

Japan-based retailer Seven & i Holdings intends to keep the roughly 5,000 workers at its loss-making department store Sogo & Seibu employed even af...

Seven & i Department Store Unit Union Threatens To Strike Over Fortress Deal

A labour union at Seven & i Holdings' department store unit Sogo & Seibu has threatened to go on strike at a flagship store on 31 August depending...

Ice Cream Prices Double In A Month As Argentina Battles Inflation

When Ernesto Acuna, a convenience store owner in Buenos Aires, received the new price list this week from his supplier of the snacks, condiments, sodas and...