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LAWYERS and feminists have warned stores that that they risk legal action if they don’t stop displaying lads’ mags.

Lads mags face new attacks

John Brodie, chief executive of Scotmid Co-operative

One size of Scotmid doesn’t fit 190 stores

Strongbow Dark Fruit, an ‘everyday’ cider to appeal to modern flavoured cider drinkers. Wim Wenders directs for Stella Artois Cidre.

Apples are not the only fruit

NATIONAL Lottery sales grew 6.9% last year, to reach an all-time high of £6,977.9m according to operator Camelot. Independent stores account for 83% of all lottery sales and last year saw the company added a further 8,000 stores to its UK network, bringing the total up to 36,700.

Lottery sales push £7bn

FRESH fruit giant Dole has launched its first range of snacks, called Live Right. Based on dried fruit, nuts, seeds and rice, it comes in on-the-go and store cupboard pack sizes.

Dole’s first snack

DRINKS giant Diageo says it will invest £1bn in its whisky operation over the next five years.

£1bn worth of coppers

TO get shoppers in the mood for Wimbledon and strawberries and cream, Mr Kipling has a new summery, limited-edition cake. Strawberry Fancies are light sponges with a vanilla topping, beneath soft strawberry-flavoured icing. The new line’s pink packaging features a picnic basket on lush grass.

Mr K brings out the shades

SPIRITS giant First Drinks has a new initiative, How Convenient, to help c-stores maximise their sales of spirits. The company, which owns William Grant & Sons, Glenfiddich, Hendricks gin, Rémy Martin, Disaronno and Tia Maria, sees corner shops as a key area of growth.

Tapping the spirit of the top-up

The summer months present major opportunities to boost soft drinks sales. But for c-stores, many of whom excel in providing drinks for immediate consumption, having chilled, merchandised and back-up stock will be vital.

Cool liquid assets – Planning for heat

RIBENA, a blackcurrant drink for 70 years, has gone tropical. With the exotic flavour sector growing at 20%, maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)introduced Mango and Lime and Pineapple and Passion Fruit in a 500ml ready-to-drink bottle earlier this year.

Move over blackcurrants

Blair Jenkins, chief executive of Yes Scotland, above left. Eddie Barnes, political editor of Scotland on Sunday, above centre. And Jackson Carlaw MSP, Better Together. The three panellists gave their views on the independence campaigns so far at the Scottish Grocers’ Federation’s special independence debate in Edinburgh last month.

A retail take on Scotland’s future

BRITAIN’S convenience stores are still showing growth that is outstripping the general grocery scene. And the country’s symbol stores are still storming ahead, according to industry research and education group IGD.

C-store boom set to run and run

ROBINSONS, the UK’s favourite squash brand, according to Nielson Scantrack, has a new TV advert for 2013

Boys’ own story for squash ad

Energy and functional drinks, such as market leader Red Bull, continue to boldly grow where others don’t. But summer is likely to be big this year for premixes and a hot summer will almost certainly mean significant increases in sales of bottled water and adult soft drinks.

Who will be in the mix? Summer drinks preview

CONVENIENCE stores and other impulse outlets are set to play a major role in brand giant Pepsico’s marketing plans in the coming year.

Pepsico plans impulse drive

Swedish cider brand Rekorderlig

Flavours bring cider new summer fans

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