please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs to be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . january 2013 this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message rs mccoll type retail founded 1973 website martinmccoll.co.uk rs mccoll or mccoll s is a scottish newsagent company named after robert smyth mccoll who was a professional footballer . it was founded in 1973 by mccoll and his brother tom . 1 rs mccoll is a trading name of mccolls retail group it has been a prominent scottish confectioner and newsagent and has been owned in the past by cadburys and the southland corporation of america 7 eleven . business background and history edit mccolls shop in york mccolls shop in larkhall bath in 1998 rs mccoll became part of tm retail when forbuoys a subsidiary of tm retail acquired martin retail group creating great britain s largest chain of newsagents . in addition to rs mccoll tm retail s other trading names include ; forbuoys martin s dillons purchased from one stop stores ltd following the takeover by tesco of parent company t & s stores 2 mccolls and more . in 2006 tm retail was renamed martin mccoll limited 3 after a management buyout . the various stores were then rebranded variously as martin s news and variety stores or mccoll s convenience stores . the only exceptions were the scottish stores where the rs mccoll name was retained . with this re branding all other names the company operates under were removed these included martins the newsagents more forbuoys and dillons . in 2009 2010 martin mccoll limited underwent a multi million pound epos refit within their stores replacing their existing epos system with a new multi screen touch screen system . it was hoped this would speed up the transaction process by incorporating credit debit card systems within the epos . the multi screen system allows advertising pos to be electronically displayed to customers during the time that they are at the till . by 2011 expansion for the new system had been developed with the addition of built in paypoint terminals known as ppod during 2012 and 2013 a barcode system was implemented to scan lottery tickets through the till making transactions more accurate and reducing the chances of human error . martin mccoll began another rebrand making the stores more appealing to customers and changed their pos format to go with the new brand . martin mccoll worked hard to give better deals to the customer and ensure the customer had a good experience through better deals and better communication with staff and customers . 4 in march 2013 martin mccoll s implemented a company wide change in the colouring of sel s and pos opting for ivory sel strips and a mixture of block coloured red and white pos material . in august 2013 the group changed its name from martin mccoll retail group to mccolls retail group . references edit robert s. mccoll an unofficial queen s park fc website . accessed may 2011 . dillons stores ltd sold to tm retail archived 30 october 2007 at the wayback machine . tm retail rebranded dead link martin mccoll in paypoint roll out external links edit official website v t e major convenience stores in europe northern 7 eleven bargain booze best one bp connect budgens centra the co operative food costcutter david sands deli de luca happy shopper jones convenience stores kwik save little waitrose londis ireland londis united kingdom mace narvesen nisa on the run one stop pressbyr n r kioski mccoll s sainsbury s local scotmid spar tesco express southern couche tard mac s on the run opencor provi soir spar eastern billa cba groszek ma pka express spar abka western albert heijn carrefour city delhaize franprix march plus monoprix on the run petit casino spar former jacksons stores local plus mills morrisons m local somerfield ugo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rs mccoll & oldid 715236585 categories supermarkets of the united kingdomretail companies of the united kingdomconvenience stores1901 establishments in scotlandcompanies established in 1901hidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from april 2010use dmy dates from march 2015wikipedia articles in need of updating from january 2013all wikipedia articles in need of updatingarticles needing additional references from july 2010all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 april 2016 at 14 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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