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The days of ‘insult pricing’ – independent retailers charging what they want as the price of convenience to consumers benefiting from long opening hours

C-stores visited more in April, research shows Print 19th May 2021 The UK convenience retail channel has seen growth in average shopper visit frequency and average weekly shopper value in the four weeks ended 2 May. The latest insight from Lumina Intelligence’s Convenience Tracking Programme shows visit frequency to a convenience store was 2.6 times per week (+8%), the average weekly shopper value was £29.09 (+4%), and the average basket size was 3.3 items (-3%). In contrast, the average ba...

C-stores still growing in lockdown, research shows Print 5th March 2021 The UK convenience retail channel has seen growth in average shopper visit frequency, average basket spend, and average basket size, new research reveals. The latest insight from Lumina Intelligence’s Convenience Tracking Programme, for the four-weeks ending 7 February, shows the average basket size in convenience was 5.3 items – up 6%, the average visit frequency was 2.8 times – up 4%, and the average value of a con...