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my shop is your shop

The FWD's My Shop is Your Shop campaign promotes the value of the wholesale distribution chain and in particular the community role played by independent shops. It publicises the unique contribution local stores make to their neighbourhood, both economic and social, and encourages retailers to make the most of this strength to boost sales and attract new customers.

Through its parliamentary contacts, FWD invites MPs to visit wholesale depots and stores to see for themselves the often overlooked work that owners and staff do to bring convenient shopping, diverse product ranges and excellent, friendly service to the consumer. With an appreciation of the value of this supply chain, MPs are then encouraged to ensure its interests are represented in the formation of policy and legislation.

MSYS 2012 has a new look to reflect a fresh focus on highlighting the very best examples of community retailing and bringing public and parliamentary attention to these great local heroes. It is supported by leading suppliers to the convenience retailing sector and FWD member companies.

See below for latest news on the campaign.

15/05/2012LOCALS GATHER TO SUPPORT THEIR FAVOURITE STORE

A shop in Sunbury was presented with a national community award by Spelthorne MP Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday.

The team at Best-one were nominated for the My Shop is Your Shop (MSYS) Gold Award for Community ...

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04/05/2012TOWN CRIER HAS SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT

A Darlington retailer who is also the town crier has received a national award from MP Jenny Chapman for his store’s excellent service to the local community.

The team at Mowden Park Post Office were ...

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04/05/2012MP’S PRAISE FOR BLACKPOOL MSYS WINNER

Blackpool MP Gordon Marsden has praised local store chain Smiley’s for their success in taking one of this years My Shop is Your Shop Awards with the Federation of Wholesale Distributors.

The award was presented to owner Michael ...

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20/04/2012RECOGNITION FOR TRURO STORE’S COMMUNITY ETHOS

A Truro shop has received a national award  as part of a campaign to promote community stores.

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16/04/2012ALL SMILES FOR BLACKPOOL STORE

Service with a smile has helped a Blackpool store win recognition for its contribution to the community.

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11/04/2012ONE MAN BAND KNOWS 800 CUSTOMERS BY NAME

A Worthing store with a staff of one has received the My Shop is Your Shop Community Retailing Award, presented by West Worthing MP Sir Peter Bottomley.

Alan Seyfi, who has owned Elm Grove Newsagents for ...

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05/04/2012BIG DAY FOR LITTLEDALE

The Johal family of Littledale Convenience Store have been recognised for the outstanding contribution to the local community.

They were presented with the Gold award for community service by local MP ...

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02/04/2012MP BACKS MSYS WINNER’S SUNDAY TRADING CALL

South Dorset MP Richard Drax is supporting independent retailers’ opposition to the Sunday trading extension after learning about the issue during a visit to his local store.

Mr Drax visited Spar ...

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24/03/2012REWARD FOR SPAR’S STARS

A village shop was presented with a national community award by Somerton and Frome MP David Heath on Friday.

Spar Long Sutton was nominated for the My Shop is Your Shop Gold Award for Community Retailing ...

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24/03/2012CHARITY FUN DAY WINS GOLD FOR TUFFINS

A store chain's efforts to raise money for local charities has won the store owners a national award and given a further boost to good causes in the area.

Ruby and Roy Delves ...

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22/03/2012MY SHOP IS YOUR SHOP BACKS BRITVIC’S TRANSFORM YOUR PATCH

My Shop is Your Shop is urging retailers to support Transform Your Patch, Britvic’s community-led regeneration campaign which will breathe new life into parks and sports facilities around the country.

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21/03/2012“NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN LOCAL STORES“

John Cruddas, MP for Dagenham and Rainham, in east London, popped into his local convenience store recently to present the owner, Raj Patel, with his My Shop is Your Shop Gold Award for Community Retailing.

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21/03/2012STARS OF BROADWAY TAKE A BOW

Broadway Convenience Store in Edinburgh has won a Gold Award for Community Retailing for its longstanding commitment to serving its neighbourhood, engaging with local people, and supporting local charities, community organisations and sports ...

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20/03/2012MY SHOP IS YOUR SHOP NAMES FIRST 15 WINNERS

Fifteen excellent local shops are to be presented with the My Shop is Your Shop Gold Award for Community Retailing by their MPs in the next few weeks, in recognition of the outstanding service they provide for their customers and neighbours.
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05/03/2012 INDEPENDENTS’ DAY TO UNITE THE HIGH STREET

My Shop is Your Shop is backing a national campaign which encourages the public to buy at least one thing from their local independent shop on 4th July, Independents’ Day.

Retailers are ...

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27/02/2012PETROL PRICES DRIVE SHOPPERS CLOSER TO HOME

Shoppers who choose grocery stores closer to home to save on petrol costs will find there are several other advantages to using local retailers, says the My Shop is Your Shop ...

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22/02/2012RETAILER THANKS MP FOR SUPPORT SINCE MSYS VISIT

An East London retailer has praised the fantastic support his MP has given to local businesses since visiting his shop to present a My Shop is Your Shop Community Award.

Ushi Vithani, who owns The Front ...

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30/01/2012MSYS SEEKS GREAT COMMUNITY STORES FOR MP VISITS

The My Shop is Your Shop campaign is looking for local shops with a track record in community engagement to put themselves forward for the MSYS Community Retailing Award. Following last year’s successful campaign, which saw 50 stores presented ...

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18/01/2012MSYS REVEALS PLANS FOR 2012

My Shop is Your Shop is back on the hunt for great community retailers to recieve the MSYS Community Retailing Award. Last year saw 50 MPs present the awards to great stores in their communities - now we want to expand that contact with even more vists ...

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11/01/2012MSYS BACKS TRANSFORM YOUR PATCH

My Shop is Your Shop is encouraging independent retailers to take part in Britivc Soft Drinks' Transform Your Patch project, an initiative that sets out to benefit local communities through the regeneration of outdoor spaces.

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28/11/2011THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT - SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

The My Shop is Your Shop MP engagement programme for 2011 has ended with us achieving our target of 50 MP visits to great local stores. Since the first visit in April we've been around the country introducing retailers to their local MP and impressing them with the fantastic ...

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17/11/2011WIN FOR CHARITY WITH MSYS AND CADBURY

My Shop is Your Shop and Cadbury have teamed up to provide local retailers a chance to win big for their business and their community. Launched this week, independent retailers can enter their store to be in with a chance to win a Community Retailing Award, including £1000 for ...

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11/10/2011“NUMBER ONE FAN“ DELIVERS THE GOLD

A RETAILING couple have scooped a Gold Award in the My Shop is Your Shop campaign for work within their village community in Dorset.

Sue and Bob Young were commended by Bob Walter MP for the way their shop Robin Hill Stores and Post Office has bedded in and supported ...

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05/10/2011A HEALTHY START TO WALK AND SHOP DAY

Thousands of early morning customers got a healthy start to their day by walking to their local shop on national Walk and Shop Day, October 5.

The day, which is part of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors’ ‘My Shop is Your Shop’ campaign, promotes ...

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27/09/2011MP URGES LOCALS TO BACK “INSPIRATIONAL” SHOP

A Dorset MP has called on residents of a village in his constituency to support their award-winning local shop to preserve its vital role in the community

Richard Drax presented Juliet and ...

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27/09/2011MINISTER BACKS ROWLEDGE’S BEST ONE

A Surrey retailer has dedicated her store’s My Shop is Your Shop award to “Our lovely staff and our great customers."

Pat Puttnam and her husband Cliff, who run the ...

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13/09/2011PRAISE FOR BETTY'S - THE "EYES AND EARS" OF MAWGAN PORTH

 

A shopkeeper was celebrating this week after receiving an award for their dedicated service to their local community. Hard-working Judith Kirk runs Betty's News in Mawgan Porth, near Newquay, Cornwall, with her son Stuart. The ...

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12/09/2011WALK AND SHOP DAY GETS CUSTOMERS ON THEIR FEET

 Shoppers will be reminded of the benefits of walking to their local store on Walk and Shop Day, October 5th.

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24/08/2011 MP’S PAT ON THE BACK FOR MO’S TEAM

Mo’s Premier Convenience Store in Glasgow has been praised as “a great example of a shop which helps to bind communities together” by Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP Tom Greatrex.

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15/08/2011MSYS HANDOVER IN ANDOVER

A Mace store in Hampshire has been given a national award for its contribution to the local community Hexagon Stores owner Vip Panchmatia and his team were presented with the My Shop is ...

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10/08/2011NATIONAL AWARD FOR HAMPDEN PARK’S PAPERLANE

The staff of a shop in Hampden Park, East Sussex has been awarded a national award for their contribution to the local community.... read more


03/08/2011THE FRONT PAGE LEADS THE WAY IN THAMESMEAD

The Front Page in Thamesmead has won an award for its long-serving service to the local community.

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01/08/2011NATIONAL AWARD FOR CHARING SHOP

 A village shop in Kent has received a national award for its contribution to the local community.... read more


26/07/2011RECOGNITION FOR GREAT SERVICE IN SUNDERLAND

Washington and Sunderland West MP Sharon Hodgson praised the “fantastic sense of community” created by staff at the Costcutter store in Sunderland as she presented them with the My Shop is Your Shop Gold Award ...

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26/07/2011MP REPORTS ON "GREAT COMMUNITY SHOP"

Luciana Berger, MP for Liverpool Wavertree, writes about her visit to present an MSYS award to McNaughton's Newsagents.

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25/07/2011PRAISE FOR WORK OF VILLAGE POST OFFICE

From Northampton Chronicle and Echo

 

A village post office has won an award ...

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22/07/2011 “UNSUNG HEROES” SHARE MSYS WIN WITH CUSTOMERS

A convenience store in High Wycombe invited its customers to join in the celebration as it received a national award for its community ties.... read more


19/07/2011COMMUNITY STORE SETS AN EXAMPLE

An MP has praised the “strong sense of community” in a local independent shop which he says is an example to other retailers. 

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19/07/2011FANTASTIC FORECOURT JOINS THE MSYS WINNERS

 Ashdene Service Station in East Sussex has become the first forecourt in the UK to win the My Shop is Your Shop Gold Award for Community Retailing.   The award, which recognizes the ...

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11/07/2011BIG SOCIETY IN ACTION

 A Warwickshire newsagent has been awarded a Gold award for Community  Retailing by the My Shop is Your Shop team.

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11/07/2011 RECOGNITION FOR THE EXTRA MILE

Local councilors joined Cheadle MP Mark Hunter to thank Cheadle Hulme Costcutter for its contribution to its local community.

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11/07/2011 LOCAL MP AWARDS GOLD TO STROUD GREEN SHOP

To celebrate the special role that the Londis shop in Stroud Green plays in the local community, Lynne Featherstone MP, on Friday, presented the owner, Bimal Patel, with a Gold Award for Community ...

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06/07/2011LOCAL SHOPS “SHOULD BE TREASURED“ - MP

MP for Rochester and Strood Mark Reckless called on the public to make more use of local shops which "really do care for their customers" during a visit to S&J News in Rochester.

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04/07/2011MINISTER BACKS MSYS ON INDEPENDENTS’ DAY

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has praised a Budgens store in his South Cambridgeshire constituency for its excellent community work during a visit to the store.

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29/06/2011COMMONS VISIT REWARD FOR MY SHOP IS YOUR SHOP WINNERS

Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning was so impressed with the team at the town's Nisa Local store in Crabtree Lane that he invited them all to visit him in London for a tour of the Houses of Parliament.

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27/06/2011SMILING FACES BEHIND MSYS SUCCESS

Jacob Rees-Mogg MP for North Somerset, presented the My Shop Your Shop Gold Award to Julie Hartnell and Chris Bennett at Best One, the local shop in Clandown, near Bath.

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22/06/2011 BURTON RETAILER WINS AWARD FOR COMMUNITY YOUTH WORK

Burton-on-Trent retailer Shaid Hussain has won the My Shop is Your Shop Gold Award for outstanding service to the community through his newsagent, Good News. ...

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12/06/2011MSYS AWARD FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD HUB

 The team at Londis Howell Road in Exeter have been rewarded for their excellent relationship with their customers with a My Shop is Your Shop Community Award, presented by local MP Ben Bradshaw. ...

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02/06/2011SURPRISE! YOU’RE A MSYS WINNER

National Independents Week, the annual celebration of the contribution to communities made by local shops, has seen stores across the country receive the My Shop is Your Shop Gold Award for community retailing, with MPs ...

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25/05/2011DOWNLOAD YOUR NIW POS

 My Shop is Your Shop has created a template poster which can be personalised with your message to customers during National Independents' Week, May 29 - June 4. You can download the POS ... read more


19/05/2011MY SHOP IS YOUR SHOP OFFERS PRODUCT PROMOS TO RETAILERS

 Independent retailers have a chance to reward their customers for their loyalty with My Shop is Your Shop promotions during National Independents’ Week, which runs from May 29 – June 4. MSYS supplier ...

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