bp is pleased to announce the appointment of Hannah Munns as UK convenience trading director. With over two decades of experience with retailers such as M&S, Sainsburys, Morrisons and ASDA, Hannah brings extensive knowledge and a passion for food to bp’s UK retail business.
Reporting to David Phillpot, bp’s convenience trading director in Europe, Hannah will lead the growth of bp’s convenience business in the UK through bp’s long-standing partnership with M&S, enhancing the branded grocery business and evolving the Wild Bean Cafe offer to meet changing customers habits.
Phillpot said: “We are thrilled to welcome Hannah to our UK convenience team. Her extensive experience in the retail and hospitality sector, and proven track record of driving growth and transformation, makes her a valuable addition to the convenience team. We are serious about food at bp and I’m excited about the new products Hannah’s team is introducing to our stores, including the M&S Gastropub x Tom Kerridge range, that will help us achieve our aim of being first choice for customers on the roadside.”
Munns commented: “I am excited to join the bp team at this exciting time for the convenience business. We are introducing some fantastic new ranges to bp stores between now and the end of the year including new seasonal favourites like the Wild Bean Cafe cinnamon swirl latte. All of which contribute to bp’s convenience growth strategy and help shape the future of convenience retail in the UK.”
Other developments in bp’s UK convenience offer include brand new autumnal additions to the Wild Bean Cafe menu, such as a cinnamon crunch cookie, omelette breakfast bap and beef and onion gravy ciabatta.
Another first is the rollout of the new M&S Gastropub x Tom Kerridge range, his first-ever retail food product collaboration, which is a collection of elevated takes on classic British dishes, created based on recipes from Tom’s restaurant kitchens. Now live in selected stores, customers can choose from an exclusive main, side and starter or dessert for two from award winning chef Tom Kerridge for just £15. And with Halloween right around the corner, a new range of scary sweets are in store and seeing strong sales, including Percy Pig Petrifying Party sweets and M&S Hoacus Croakus chocolate toads.
bp has a network of over 1,150 branded retail sites in the UK, over 300 of which are company owned and operated stores with the bp Wild Bean Cafe, M&S Food and branded grocery convenience offer. Convenience is one of bp’s five strategic transition growth engines, along with EV charging, hydrogen, bioenergy, and renewables and power. bp is investing $15bn in convenience and EV charging out to 2030 and aims to double its convenience gross margin with 10% year-on-year growth.
