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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Monday, 3 December, 2018
    McColl’s convenience chain falls 23% on second profit warning

    Retailer cites disruption from supplier collapse and subdued retail spending

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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