C-Store Ready
ACS is often approached by a variety of convenience sector service providers who want to offer their services to you, our members. While ACS is not a marketing company, we feel there is a benefit to ACS members in having access to a number of trusted suppliers, and to this end we have created the ‘ACS – c-store ready’ kite mark.
C-Store Ready Companies:
The Skills Store offer a training package, Retail Plus, which consists of easy-to-use workbooks designed to help increase sales and raise productivity within convenience stores. Content is written with support from retail clients and experts in the fields of Health & Safety, environmental health and trading standards,a nd successful completion leads to nationally recognised qualifications. Click on the logo for further details.
PJS CCTV are continually at the forefront of the CCTV market, delivering old fashioned values coupled with the latest quality products, installed to the highest standards at the best prices.
Our services include: CCTV; Covert CCTV; DPA Compliance Advice; Investigations; Cash Handling Procedures; Conflict Management; Asset Management; Loss Prevention. Click on the logo for further details.
Action Against Business Crime is a not-for-profit organisation with a remit to reduce business crime in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
We are pleased to be able to offer members of the Association of Convenience Stores free installation of an SSAIB certified security system with keyholder response, monitored by an NSI Gold certified alarm receiving station. The system is owned by your business from the outset and the only cost is a 36 month monitoring and aftercare contract competitively priced at £35+VAT pm. The total outlay for three years is £1260+VAT - a fraction of the cost for police monitored systems. To find out more, visit the website and click on the monitored bell box
Commercial PLUS is a highly reputable commercial finance and commercial property advice company withover 20 years experience in the commercial property sector. Commercial PLUS provide solutions for a wide range of commercial property problems to businesses in the retail sector and have access to a wide range of secured and unsecured financial products. This means that no matter what type of financial challenges you are facing, Commercial PLUS can work with you to find a solution. Ring them on 0800 234 6345 and quote your ACS membership number.
Serve Legal provides an independent test purchase service for retailers of age restricted products across the UK to check your staff are checking young people for ID. We check your performance against age-related legislation and deliver workable solutions to protect your business.
Visit our website for more information and contact details.
The Kelsius wireless monitoring system is a fully automated, paperless, HACCP solution that ensures full compliance with food safety requirements and recording processes.
Kelsius wireless temperature sensors monitor and record air and product temperatures in all refrigerated areas. The system also provides time and task management by recording key activities such as goods received, cleaning tasks and hot food probing plus random food temperature checks using an Infrared gun. All records are securely stored on the Kelsius website from where staff can access records via any web-enabled PC. Daily reports can also be received via email or fax.
The FOG BANDIT leads the field by taking security fogging systems to a totally new level of effectiveness and reliability. Utilising the latest patented technologies, the FOG BANDIT delivers harmless, ultra dense fog at unprecedented speed to provide the very highest levels of protection against the losses and property damage associated with burglaries.
About C-Store Ready
The c-store ready kite mark will be awarded to service providers who successfully meet specific criteria, set out by ACS as detailed below;
• The service provider must be recommended by an ACS member, or alternatively a recommendation must come from within the convenience sector.
• The service provider must demonstrate that their service is geared towards providing first class service within the convenience sector.
• The service provider must give a presentation to ACS members who will decide whether the provider is approved.
• The service provider must be financially secure and have the infrastructure in place to deliver a quality offering to a high standard.
Once a service provider has been awarded the c-store ready kite mark they will be permitted to use the logo on any marketing material they produce.
The Kite mark is awarded for a one year period, as long as the standard of service is maintained.
If, at the end of that year, the service provider has continually met the criteria, the c-store ready accreditation will remain in place for the following year.
With this accreditation, ACS aims to provide its members with a list of service providers they can trust. ACS will market the concept of “C-Store Ready” through the ACS website, www.acs.org.uk, ACS newsletters and other materials.