He has set up a website for retailers to lend their support by signing a petition that will be sent to Vodafone.
Other independent retailers supporting the campaign include Botterills Convenience Stores in Scotland, Gillett’s Callington in the South-west of England and Henderson Retail in Northern Ireland.
Chris Lewis, trading director of Spar UK, backed Hunt’s campaign.
He said: “There has been an overwhelming response from retailers around the country in response to Kevin’s website. In the first few hours of its launch over 500 retailers had joined the petition. We are offering our support to Kevin in protecting the profitability of all retailers.
“Vodafone is making record profits whilst retailers face lower margins and are bearing the brunt of corporate cost cutting, over which they have no control. The situation is unacceptable.”
