McColl’s like-for-like sales rise

CONVENIENCE store operator McColl’s Retail Group reported a 2.1 per cent rise in first-half like-for-like sales, which was helped by improved product ranges at convenience stores format.

By The Newsroom

Published 22nd Jul 2014, 10:02 BST

McColl’s also said its chief operating officer Martyn Aguss had resigned and that the group had appointed Dave Thomas, currently operations director, as COO with immediate effect.

The company said John Coleman, currently its deputy chairman, will become non-executive chairman.

The company, which listed earlier this year, said total sales rose 3.6 per cent to £444.2m in the 26 weeks ended May 25. McColl’s had 747 convenience stores in the UK and 544 newsagents by the end of the period.

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