NEWS 📰 ACS has welcomed the Home Secretary’s Safer Streets Initiative on town centre crime and anti-social behaviour, calling for meaningful action to tackle retail crime, anti-social behaviour and rogue traders. The Safer Streets Summer Blitz, launched today as

Let’s make ourselves heard 📩 The Tobacco & Vapes Bill puts our livelihoods at risk, pushing customers toward illegal products and taking away sales from independent retailers, giving them straight to criminals. Worse still, the abuse of shop workers is rising. Asking adults

NEW VIDEO 🎥 We take a C-Talk Store Tour of Global Food & Wine, located at 55 Broadway, London 🛒 For more Store Tours, deep dive interviews with Retailers, Brand Ambassadors and more, head to our YouTube channel below: youtube.com/@c-talk8996 #ctalk #storetour #retail

DID YOU KNOW 💡 The crisps, nuts & bagged snacks category remains in a commanding position, reaching just over 98% of UK households! It's the fastest-growing impulse category, outperforming confectionery and soft drinks.. Find more insights around the bagged snacks category in

This Alcohol Awareness Week we wanted to remind you that if you’re finding things difficult, you are not alone. GroceryAid🌈 provides relief through tough times, offering free and confidential support 24/7, 365 days a year. Whether you’re worried about your own drinking or

Susan Nash from Mondelēz Intl talks about Cadbury Game Changers, a consumer promotion offering the opportunity to win amazing prizes, including one of four meet and greets with some of the UK and Ireland’s most well-known female footballers. Find out more about Cadbury Game Changers

NEWS 📰 Maynards Bassetts is delighted to launch Classic Fruit Mix, a new addition to its line-up of delicious sweets, bringing four of our consumers’ favourite fruity flavours to the range: Apple, Cherry, Strawberry and Blackcurrant. Jenna Lee, Brand Representative for

Retailer News 🛒 Such a lovely way to start Sunday - watching the amazing Julie Kaur from Jules Convenience on the Katy Piper Weekend Escape show! 💖 A well-deserved pamper for all the incredible work she does in her community. 🌟👏 #retailernews #ctalk #retail #katypiper

NEWS 📰 OREO, is unveiling OREO Night Twist, an on-pack competition offering consumers the chance to win up to £5000 to spend on their ultimate evening experience, plus 100s of fantastic after-hours prizes all selected to twist up evenings! Launching in July, across a range of

NEWS 📰 pladis is turning up the heat across the Jacob’s baked snack range with a limited edition sizzling collaboration with Frank’s RedHot, the world’s #1 hot sauce. Consumer favourites Jacob’s Mini Cheddars, Jacob’s Crinklys and Jacob’s Bites are being given a spicy

NEWS 📰 Rich’s, a leader in in-store bakery solutions, has unveiled a new range of thaw & serve ready-to-eat in-store bakery sweet treats. The new range, which includes cookies, muffin and buns, has been developed to bring true coffee shop quality to the convenience store

📍Barcode Festival 2025 – Kenwood House Edition! 🏛🌞 Step into the heart of the ultimate summer celebration. Our video walkround from Barcode Festival 2025 is here👀🎬 From headline acts and iconic brands, to next-level food, drink, and immersive experiences – Barcode brought

NEWS 📰 KP Snacks is expanding its popular PMP range with the return of a classic and well-loved flavour: Discos Pickled Onion. Available from the 14th of July, the returning product is available in a £1.35 PMP. After being absent from shelves since 2005, Disco’s Pickled Onion

NEWS 📰 Henderson Group, Northern Ireland’s leading food group, has posted a turnover of £1.389bn for 2024, an increase of 3.8% on 2023. The report published on Companies House says the increase in turnover is driven by solid like for like performance in both independent and

NEWS 📰 Chupa Chups is shaking up confectionery aisles yet again with the launch of Pinkis – an irresistible addition to its growing jellies range. A soft, mallowy jelly and striking in pink hue, Pinkis will bounce onto shelves this July, offering a uniquely fluffy texture,

NEWS 📰 Pharmacies, Post Offices and convenience stores are the three services that make the biggest positive difference to communities, according to new findings released today. The 2025 Community Barometer, released by the Association of Convenience Stores asks UK consumers

NEWS 📰 Employee-owned wholesaler Parfetts is awarding its workforce the maximum 4% sales bonus following a record-breaking year in which turnover soared to £733m, up from £696m in 2024. With more than 300 new stores planned to join in the new financial year, it is on track to

CALLING ALL RETAILERS 🚨 The government’s guidance on the generational tobacco ban is vague and unclear, and it’s shop workers who will pay the price. Confusion at the tills means more abuse, more stress, and will put up to 100,000 retail jobs at risk. 🗣️ Stand up for your

NEWS 📰 SPAR UK is taking its community credentials to the next level this summer with a bold consumer campaign that blends emotional connection with commercial opportunity. As part of its SPARk a Conversation initiative, SPAR has announced new partnerships with four

FEATURE STORY 🚨 At least 13 individuals are now believed to have taken their own lives after being wrongfully accused of theft, fraud and false accounting, figures that may rise even higher as untold cases come to light. Sub-postmasters spoke of bankruptcy, business closure,