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Can delivery deliver? | The Big Story

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Home deliveries are a surprisingly divisive issue for convenience stores, but there are certainly some enthusiastic fans. Girish Jeeva, who owns the Premier Barmulloch and the Premier London Road in Glasgow, started a 24-hour delivery service with Snappy Shopper last month and could hardly have…

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