Heron Foods launches new website and plots further expansion
Heron Foods, the Hull-based discount supermarket chain, has launched a new website as it takes its first steps into cyberspace. Described by Retail Week in...
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Twenty-one North East stores close immediately as Game collapses
Twenty-one Game and Gamestation shops in the North East are among the 277 stores that have closed immediately following Game Group’s collapse into administration this...
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Poundstretcher reveals new visual identity as it reopens ex-UGO stores
Poundstretcher, the discount variety store chain, has reopened the UGO stores that it acquired last month – and has seemingly unveiled a new logo at...
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How Poundstretcher can learn a thing or two from its acquired UGO stores
After I first revealed that UGO, the fledgling supermarket chain, was set to be sold, there was understandably plenty of speculation about who the buyer was....
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Breaking news: Well-known chain set to snap up UGO stores and staff
The 20-strong chain of UGO supermarkets is to be snapped up by “a well-known and established brand name”, I understand. Subject to legals being completed...
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Hexham Poundland opens; Ashington to follow
Poundland opened the doors of its new Hexham store last Thursday (17 November) – and I understand that another Northumberland Poundland will be opening in Ashington...
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Asda’s sale of surplus Netto stores: who gets what in the North East
As I blogged earlier, Asda’s acquisition of Netto’s UK business moved a step closer yesterday, with the news that it has reached agreement to sell...
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One day – ten former Woolies – one tired blogger
Back in September, you might recall me trumpeting the fact that I’d visited six old Woolworths in a day. Today, however, I must confess to visiting...
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