F’real admits to hardware errors Uber Eats vape issue

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UBER Eats is giving supermarkets a competitive advantage over independent retailers in vaping, as it is preventing small shops from listing the category following last month’s Elfbar recall.

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For the full story, go to betterRetailing.com and search ‘F’real’ HERE FOR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TAKE POSITIVE PRACTICAL STEPS the delivery firm, seen by Retail Express, confirmed it was not allowing independent stores with decentralised listings to sell vapes.

The communication warned there was a risk to stores being allowed to list vapes.

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VIOLENT incidents in retail have reached “appalling levels” at nearly double the rate of pre-pandemic figures, the British Retail Consortium has revealed.

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Fast Trak expansion

A HIGH-MARGIN general merchandise distributor is targeting more convenience stores as customers.

Fast Trak has worked with petrol-station retailers since 2004, counting Bestway, Booker, Nisa, Costcutter and Tesco among its customers.

Managing director Asif Ayub told Retail Express:

“We haven’t made the leap to convenience yet, but it’s something we will do in time. We want to ensure we get the product range right first for any prospective customers. That’s important for us.” it is still nearly double the prepandemic figure of 455 incidents a day in 2019-20. 21 MARCH-3 APRIL 2023 betterRetailing.com For the full story, go to betterRetailing.com and search ‘Fast Trak’