One Stop decided to sponsor a Bear as the Children’s Hospital is very close to the hearts of many of their colleagues and the communities they serve. Over 40 stores have been involved in fundraising for their Bear, from Sheffield, Lincoln, Newark, Boston, Peterborough, Kings Lynn, Rotherham, Barnsley, Doncaster Leicester, Derby and Nottingham. This passion is greatly lead by Gemma Milnes the Store Manager of their Southwell Store who engaged her whole area in fundraising. Here’s what she said;
“I really wanted to get involved in this fundraising project as a thank you for all the support the amazing teams and the Children’s Hospital have given to my son, we cannot thank them enough for everything they do and I’m proud to be able to support in this was with the support of One Stop. My Son has even been inspired to do the same with his school and they are hard at work on their Little Bear too.”
One Stop Stores Limited is a retail convenience business with over 900 company and franchise neighbourhood stores across Great Britain. It employs more than 10,500 colleagues.
The majority of its stores open seven days a week from 7am to 10pm and offer local communities a range of convenience food and household goods. For added convenience many stores offer additional services including free cash machines, Post Office, PayPoint (for paying utility bills), lottery and mobile electronic top-up.
One Stop is a subsidiary of Tesco which acquired the stores in 2003. It operates as a separate business from its Store Support Centre in Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands and services its stores from 3 distribution centres in Brownhills, Nursling (Hampshire) and Wakefield (West Yorkshire).