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Select & Save announces ‘strategic changes’

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Independent convenience symbol group Select & Save is investing in a rebrand and its own label offering. In a LinkedIn post, managing director Kam Sanghera revealed some “exciting upcoming strategic changes to the business.” “Firstly, we’re investment in our new visual identity and that will…

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