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'''Alldays''' was a chain of [[Convenience store|convenience stores]] in the UK, with particular strength in Scotland and the south-east of England, and expanded rapidly in the late 1990s.▼
 
== Early History ==▼
▲'''Alldays''' was a chain of [[Convenience store|convenience stores]] in the UK, with particular strength in Scotland and the south-east of England, and expanded rapidly in the late 1990s.
 
▲== Early History ==
 
It was founded when Watson & Philip, The Dundee-based convenience store and food distribution company bought the 200-strong [[Circle_K]] chain from its American owner in February 1993 for £21m.
and rebranded under the Alldays' brand in September 2015 at the time its's Chief executive was David Bremner.
Watson & Philip had already cut its long-standing links with Spar and VG in order to put greater effort into building up its own stores, which were proving more profitable than the independents it had previously supplied and there were only a handful of Watson outlets under franchise at the time of the purchase.<ref>https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12690251.alldays-comes-in-for-circle-k/</ref>
 
1996 began with the announcement of opening an additional 100 stores--a figure reached by the end of the year. Yet in October of that year the company was forced to post a quarterly profit warning--largely due to expansion efforts in its foodservice division. While the company quickly recovered, the profit warning suggested growing trouble for the company. Aggressive growth had begun to drain its resources; meanwhile, despite the aggressive expansion of the convenience store network, like-for-like sales were growing more slowly, by just 1 percent.<ref>http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/alldays-plc-history/</ref>
 
In 1998 they acquired rival convenience store chain, Walter Willson's, based in Gateshead and operating in the English northeast and Scottish border region. That acquisition brought the company 48 new stores, boosting Alldays' total to some 200 new stores for the year. By the end of 1998, the company had reached 959 stores.▼
New CEO Colin Glass, who took over after Bremner joined supermarket group Sainsburys, managed to revive the company's like-for-like sales growth, which climbed to a respectable 6 percent by 1997. The company was also boosted by a deal made with Total Oil placing Alldays convenience shops in up to 250 Total gasoline stations across the United Kingdom. Under Glass, the company stepped up its franchise campaign. By the end of 1997, the company's franchise network featured 31 RDCs, which operated 300 stores, out of a company total of 759 stores. The company itself owned only 252 stores, with the rest operated by non-RDC franchises. Yet by then, stock market analysts were already beginning to raise questions over the plan, which took operational control of a large part of the company's store network away from Watson & Philip, while burdening the company with a great deal of financial responsibility.
 
== Restructuring == ▼
▲In 1998 they acquired rival convenience store chain, Walter Willson's, based in Gateshead and operating in the English northeast and Scottish border region. That acquisition brought the company 48 new stores, boosting Alldays' total to some 200 new stores for the year. By the end of 1998, the company had reached 959 stores.
[[File:AllDays, High Street, Lee-on-Solent - geograph.org.uk - 445330.jpg|thumb|AllDays, High Street, Lee-on-Solent - geograph.org.uk - 445330]]▼
In October 1998 Watson & Philip sold its Foodservice catering supply business to [[Brake_Bros]], to focus almost exclusively on its Alldays convenience stores and they sought shareholder consent to change its name to Alldays at an extraordinary meeting on October 30. After its £38m disposal of W&P Foodservice, it was left with only the convenience stores chain and its relatively insignificant Trademarket cash-and-carry business.<ref>https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12336778.shares-hit-as-food-supplier-is-sold-off-new-name-for-ailing-watson-and-philip/</ref>▼
 
== Franchising ==
Alldays' had a regional development company network, which involved head franchisees being given the right to operate up to 40 stores in a given region, with financial backing from the group, in exchange for putting up £100,000 of their own capital.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/watson-philip-puts-problems-behind-it-1256628.html</ref>
 
▲== Restructuring ==
▲In October 1998 Watson & Philip sold its Foodservice catering supply business to [[Brake_Bros]], to focus almost exclusively on its Alldays convenience stores and they sought shareholder consent to change its name to Alldays at an extraordinary meeting on October 30. After its £38m disposal of W&P Foodservice, it was left with only the convenience stores chain and its relatively insignificant Trademarket cash-and-carry business.<ref>https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12336778.shares-hit-as-food-supplier-is-sold-off-new-name-for-ailing-watson-and-philip/</ref>
 
== The Last Days ==
The chain effectively put itself up for sale in June 2002, when it reported an interim pre-tax loss of £4.6m, weighed down by its rising interest bill.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2831748/Co-op-steps-in-as-Alldays-calls-for-receivers.html</ref>▼
[[The_Co-operative_Group]] acquired Alldays' core business in October 2002 for £131m.
 
 
▲[[File:AllDays, High Street, Lee-on-Solent - geograph.org.uk - 445330.jpg|thumb|AllDays, High Street, Lee-on-Solent - geograph.org.uk - 445330]]
== Overview ==▼
 
▲== Overview ==
▲The chain effectively put itself up for sale in June 2002, when it reported an interim pre-tax loss of £4.6m, weighed down by its rising interest bill.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2831748/Co-op-steps-in-as-Alldays-calls-for-receivers.html</ref>
 
== References ==
 
{{Reflist}}
 
== External links ==
[[http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/alldays-plc-history/]]
 
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