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    • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
      Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
      Morrisons to close more than 10% of McColl’s stores

      Supermarket says up to 1,300 staff affected will be offered jobs elsewhere after it bought the convenience chain in May

      A Morrisons Daily store
    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
      Morrisons third-quarter profits fall by half as inflation hits

      Grocer says it suffers effect of rising prices earlier than rivals due to in-house food-making operation

      Rochdale’s Morrisons supermarket
    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
      UK retail industry
      UK regulator orders Morrisons to keep McColl’s operations separate

      CMA issues ruling while it investigates supermarket chain’s takeover of convenience store operator

      A man walks past a McColl’s sign
    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
      Morrisons paid £182mn and waived debt to bag McColl’s

      EG Group offered ‘materially’ more cash but position on creditors aided bid, say PwC documents

      A McColl’s store in Walsall
    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
      Cat Rutter Pooley
      Why convenience stores are still worth sparring over

      Morrisons and EG Group’s tussle over McColl’s shows an industry surviving if not thriving

      A McColl’s grocery store
    • Monday, 9 May, 2022
      Morrisons wins battle for UK convenience group McColl’s

      Grocer prevails over petrol station operator EG Group and promises to take on all 16,000 staff 

      A McColl’s shop in Paddock Wood, Kent
    • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
      Morrisons and EG make last-ditch bids for McColl’s

      Battle for struggling UK convenience chain prompts Asda owner to pledge pension funding

      A McColl’s store in London
    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      Petrol station group EG attempts to buy McColl’s out of administration

      Convenience store chain with 16,000 staff collapsed after rejecting proposal from Morrisons

      A McColl’s store in Walsall, England
    • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
      McColl’s convenience stores on brink of collapse

      Up to 16,000 jobs at risk as operator struggled to compete with larger players

      McColl’s convenience shop in Diss, Norfolk, UK
    • Sunday, 17 February, 2019
      British corner shops squeezed by price and brand changes

      The days when customers were happy to pay a hefty premium for convenience are over

      MMA9D3 High Street convenience shop McColl's Swanage, Dorset, England, UK
    • Monday, 3 December, 2018
      McColl’s convenience chain falls 23% on second profit warning

      Retailer cites disruption from supplier collapse and subdued retail spending

      MMA9D3 High Street convenience shop McColl's Swanage, Dorset, England, UK
    • Monday, 23 July, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Shares in retail group McColl’s fall 16% on supply chain disruption

      Grocery chain said the failure of a key supplier had hurt profits

    • Monday, 23 July, 2018
      UK companies
      Newspaper group Reach appoints new CFO

      Simon Fuller will join from retail group McColl’s

    • Friday, 4 May, 2018
      Investments
      Investors Chronicle: McColl’s Retail, Interserve, WPP

      Companies analysis from our sister publication

      A company plaque is cleaned outside the offices of British advertising giant WPP in London on August 23, 2017.
									The British advertising giant WPP has downgraded its growth forecast for 2017 because of a slowdown in the market, causing a fall of over 10 per cent in the company's stock price. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS        (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Monday, 19 February, 2018
      UK retail results
      McColl’s shares hit as P&H collapse knocks sales

      Supply problems cast cloud over convenience store chain

      The supply problems cast a cloud over an otherwise reasonable set of full-year results from the retailer
    • Monday, 24 July, 2017
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Good weather boosts booze sales at McColl’s
    • Monday, 27 February, 2017
      UK retail results
      McColl’s suffers 16% drop in profits
    • Tuesday, 20 December, 2016
      Retail & Consumer industry
      CMA clears Co-op store sale to McColl’s
    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2016
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Co-op Group to sell 298 small stores to McColl’s

      Portfolio whittled down in order to focus on larger outlets

      Bargain Booze and a Co-op in Archway, North London.
    • Sunday, 13 September, 2015
      Food Prices
      Corner shops face transformation amid changing consumer tastes

      Industry set for long-term overhaul as customers demand fresher food from local convenience stores

      Shoppers at a supermarket in Hove, Brighton
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