Britain’s corner shops survived a pandemic and competition from supermarkets – now they are expanding

It seems like they have always been there, on the street corner, open long hours and available whenever we need a pint of milk.

Corner shops and convenience stores have been serving our communities for decades, and now they are going from strength to strength.

Morrisons has just announced it wants to open 400 more of its Daily convenience stores. Earlier this year, Asda opened 110 smaller Express stores, and Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer, whilst not at that pace...