Convenience stores repackage for battle as supermarket giants check out smaller sites

By Carolyn Cummins
Updated October 25 2014 - 12:08am, first published October 24 2014 - 11:45pm
A customer passes a branch of the Tesco Express convenience store in central London.  Photo: Toby Melville
A customer passes a branch of the Tesco Express convenience store in central London. Photo: Toby Melville
A customer passes a branch of the Tesco Express convenience store in central London.  Photo: Toby Melville
A customer passes a branch of the Tesco Express convenience store in central London. Photo: Toby Melville
A customer passes a branch of the Tesco Express convenience store in central London.  Photo: Toby Melville
A customer passes a branch of the Tesco Express convenience store in central London. Photo: Toby Melville
A customer passes a branch of the Tesco Express convenience store in central London.  Photo: Toby Melville
A customer passes a branch of the Tesco Express convenience store in central London. Photo: Toby Melville

Convenience store owners and operators are preparing to fight hard to stave off the advances of major supermarkets in a land grab for smaller, inner city stores.

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