Low energy, high impact
Scotmid Moredun, Moredun Park Road, Edinburgh
Scottish Grocer’s Sustainable Retailer of the Year award is about retailers who take practical steps to minimise the effect...
Down on the farm
In almost two decades of working in wholesale and symbol sectors Colin Smith saw many retail businesses come and go. As regional manager for...
It’s softly the best
Musselburgh's Day-Today Wallyford Supermarket had been open for a little more than 18 months when it was visited by the judges in the Scottish...
Time to get them in
The 2015 Scottish Grocer Awards was one of the best ever with an impressive list of established entrants and many great new contestants, and...
Awards profile – The dairy award (milk) 2015
Winner: Spar Dalrymple
The Dairy Award (Milk) - Sponsored by Müller Wiseman Dairies
Interview with Angela Pattie, manager (right).
Store details
Size: 2,800 sq ft
Opening hours:
7am – 10pm...
Awards profile – Symbol Store of the Year (single-store) 2015
Winner:
Pinkie Farm convenience store, Musselburgh
Symbol Store of the year (single-store business) – in association with Scottish Grocer magazine
Interview with Colin Smith, owner (pictured...
Making real connections
When it comes to the Scottish Grocer Community Champion Award, the bar is set quite high. Previous winners include such well-regarded names as Premier...
Awards profile – Sustainable retailer of the year 2014
Winner:
Mitchells, Market Place, Inverurie
Sustainable Retailer of the Year - Sponsored by Resource Efficient Scotland
Interview with Keith Whyte, owner.
Store details: Size: 2,500 sq ft
Opening hours:...
Awards profile – Symbol Store of the Year 2014
Winner: Spar, High Street, Carnoustie
Symbol Store of the Year (for businesses with more than one store under a symbol fascia)
- Sponsored by Britvic
Store details
Size:...
Award profile – Social Responsibility Award 2014
Winner: Spar, Orleans Place, Dundee
Clare Narey, Manager, Spar, Social Responsibility Award, Scottish Grocer Awards, (for businesses with more than one store)
- Sponsored by Diageo
Store...
The chill to succeed
INVERURIE isn’t exactly short of places to buy lunch.
The affluent Aberdeenshire community has a thriving town centre blessed with a remarkable number of independent...
A social benefit
SCOTLAND’S convenience stores are becoming more and more defined by the term ‘community’. They’re service hubs as well as shops, some include post offices,...
Abdul tops the retail development charts
A Scottish shopkeeper is £10,000 richer this month after being named overall winner of Bestway and Batley’s Retail Development Awards 2014.
Abdul Rashid of Salina...
Doing a fair trade
Winner: Spar, Logans Road, Motherwell
Collectables Retailer of the Year Award 2014 – in association with Topps.
Interview with Kashain Arshad, manager, above left, and Asif...
Searching for the very best
IT will soon be one of the most important times of the Scottish Grocer year.
In next month’s issue of the magazine you’ll find the...
Sustaining the business
OPPORTUNITIES and risks will be on agenda at the Food and Drink Federation’s first Sustainability Convention, which takes place at the British Museum in...
