News

Book your place at ACS’ Responsible Retailing Seminar, taking place at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on 1st March.

ACS has updated its industry leading guide on selling vaping products responsibly with new information on retailers' responsibilities when it comes to recycling. 

All retailers selling vapes must provide an option for customers who buy the product to dispose of their old vapes. Retailers have two options for offering recycling services to customers for vapes, which depends on the total value of the sales you make of electrical and electronic equipment in your business. 

ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is reminding retailers about its industry leading Assured Advice guides on a number of key areas of regulatory compliance affecting local shops, including: selling vapes, HFSS regulations and preventing underage sales.

Book your place at ACS’ biggest ever annual event, Conference23, taking place on 25th April at the Vox in Birmingham alongside the National Convenience Show.

ACS Conference23 is a must-attend event for anyone in the convenience sector looking to grow their business, build valuable relationships, and get exclusive insights on how to prepare for the future.

Book your place at ACS’ Responsible Retailing Seminar, taking place at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on 1st March.

In a letter issued to the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Lynne Neagle MS, industry bodies are calling for the Welsh Government to heed their concerns on proposed regulations which will have negative consequences for Welsh producers, whilst limiting choice for consumers and increasing prices when inflation is at an eighteen year high.

Book your place at ACS’ biggest ever annual event, Conference23, taking place on 25th April at the Vox in Birmingham alongside the National Convenience Show.

ACS Conference23 is a must-attend event for anyone in the convenience sector looking to grow their business, build valuable relationships, and get exclusive insights on how to prepare for the future.

ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is calling on people working in local shops to take part in its annual Colleague Survey.

The survey asks colleagues about their experience of working in the convenience sector, looking at a number of key areas including: job satisfaction, the most valuable benefits, work/life balance, and more.

ACS’ Colleague Survey is designed to:

Book your place at ACS’ Responsible Retailing Seminar, taking place at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on 1st March.

ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is delighted to announce that Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society has joined ACS as retail members.

Chelmsford Star is a co-op society operating across mid-Essex and was first established in 1867 and currently consists of 39 food stores (Co-op Food), two department stores (Quadrant), two travel agents (Co-op Travel) and nine funeral homes (Co-op Funeral Directors).