It's the same here, plus newspapers and minus the gasoline. They can't compete on the "healthier" products and the margins on fuel are so tight due to taxation etc, that it can be difficult to find a fuel station. Cigarettes are being regulated almost out of existence, which is a good thing, and alcohol is also so highly regulated that most off-licenses have closed down, pubs are either closing or selling up to the big chains and the only outlets making money from alcohol are supermarkets and multinational brewing groups like Whitbread, which also owns Costa Coffee chain.
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Here there are gasoline station / convenience stores everywhere it seems, but most of those are chain type stores, the Mom & Pop ones are fast dying off.