Marking September’s Craft Beer Rising, left to right: Matt Johnson, Pilot Brewery, Leith; Pat Jones, also Pilot; Alessandra Confessore, Drygate Brewing Co, Glasgow; Graeme Martin, Tempest Brew Co, Kelso; Peter Stuart, Thistly Cross Cider, Dunbar.

City to host the craft

GLASGOW’S new Drygate brewery is hosting the Craft Beer Rising festival at its city headquarters next month, the first time the event has been...

Sweet dreams – awards profile

Our winners: Life and times Linda and Dennis Williams, owners, Broadway Convenience Store, Oxgangs, Edinburgh – Scottish Grocer Tobacco Retailer of the Year 2013 –...

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...
Numbers were up at the Londis and Budgens shows ‘Retailing 2013 – The Main Event’ held in Manchester and Surrey last month.

Londis show attendance soars

ALMOST 1,200 Londis and Budgens stores were represented at the Musgrave trade shows, ‘Retailing 2013, The Main Event’, held in Manchester and Surrey last...

Awards Profile – Symbol Store of the Year (Single)

Scottish Grocer caught up with Spar Renfrew owner Saleem Sadiq and Angie Gibson store manager after they won the Symbol Store of the Year (Single) last year.

Awards profile – The Dairy Award (Independent Store) 2016

Winner: Spar, Renfrew The Dairy Award (Independent Store) Sponsored by: Müller
40 North on Lewis, last year’s winner of the Highlands and Islands Food and Drink Awards Independent Retailer of the Year title.

Looking for the northern stars

THE hunt is on for the businesses that will be winners of the Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards in the established programme’s...
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Awards Profile: Independent Retailer of the Year

Winner: Premier Linktown Local, Kirkcaldy Supported by: Booker .
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Scottish Grocer Awards 2020: Industry Achievement Award

Winner: Franco Margiotta Supported by Swan, Republic Technologies
Graham Watson accepts the top Industry Achievement accolade at the Scottish Grocer Awards in 2023.

Call to enter Scottish Grocer Awards 2024

There is still time to enter your store or nominate a retailer, employee or outlet that you think deserves to be honoured at the Scottish Grocer Awards 2024. You can find out more here.

Awards profile – Technology & Digital Engagement Award

Winner: Family Shopper, Blantyre Sponsored by: The Retail Data Partnership and Zapper

Setting the night alight

SCOTLAND was well-represented on a fiery night of prizes and entertainment as Imperial Tobacco hosted its annual Ignite Expo and Awards event in London...
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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,...

Awards Profile – Home Delivery Store of the Year 2022

Scottish Grocer caught up with Martin and Natalie Lightfoot, store owners at Londis Solo Convenience Baillieston and winner of Home Delivery Store of the Year at the 2022 Scottish Grocer Awards.

Awards profile: Dairy Award

Winner: Day-Today Bourtreehill Supermarket, Irvine Supported by: Lancashire Farm Dairies
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A new life bears fruit for Cider Retailer of the Year

Our winner: Muirside Stores Elaine McIntyre and her husband Derek own Muirside Stores Ltd, trading as Spar, Tullibody – the Scottish Grocer Cider Retailer of...