date:Mar 06, 2014
om about 2,800 stores in the UK, 2,000 of which are convenience stores. The convenience store sector is the country's fastest growing retail channel, worth 36 billion pounds ($60 billion) and forecast to grow by 10 billion pounds over the next five years, according to industry body IGD.
We've got aspirations to double the number of (convenience) stores, Steve Murrells, the Co-op's retail CEO told reporters at a strategy update on Wednesday.
Existing convenience stores will be refitted, while s