Awards profile: Tobacco Retailer of the Year
Winner: Mace, Edinburgh
Supported by: Imperial Tobacco
Awards profile – Best New Store Award
Winner:Â Bourtreehill Supermarket, Irvine Ayrshire
Sponsored by: Barr Soft Drinks
New to the village
Spar Woodilee is the first convenience store to open its doors in the development of Woodilee Village in Lenzie. For owner Zahid Farooq, it...
Drink to success – Day-Today Wallyford
Awards profile - Best Soft Drinks Outlet of the Year
‘COMMUNITY’ is a word you will hear often if you spend any time with Mohammed...
Relationship retailing
Awards profile
Post Office Retailer of the Year 2015 – sponsored by Post Office
Clydebank Post Office, Clyde Shopping Centre, Clydebank
Interview with Sham Marwaha, owner
Winner detail:
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Awards profile – Merchandising award 2013
Our winner: life and times
Wendy Morrell – Scottish Grocer Merchandising Award winner 2013 – in association with P&G
Store details:
Symbol: Best-one Size: 800 sq ft
Opening...
Awards Profile – Tobacco Retailer of the Year
At Mace, Edinburgh, retailer Mumtaz Ali was faced with turbulent trading conditions, but he’s more than managed to weather the storm and things have picked up again.
Heeding the call
Sometimes the best way to find out what’s happening in the world of Scottish convenience retailing is to get out there and see it...
New directions
Kilwinning retailer Sandeep Dhaliwal has been running the family business for three years. His fresh ideas and a major refurbishment have yielded great results.
We...
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,...
Pain but no gain from plain packs
Westminster surprised many when it said it would look again at plain packaging on tobacco. In Scotland the powers that be are ready to...
Fire and rehire is risky business
Controversial practice should be a tactic of last resort
Whole new world
It’s a new year and for many retailers their resolution for 2017 will be to open a new shop or revitalise an existing one....
Meet the Maker: Hovis
Tom Pook, national account manager for wholesale & impulse accounts at Hovis, talks driving bakery sales in convenience retail.
Act on energy or shops will shut
As soaring energy costs threaten viable businesses, Scottish business owners have been sounding the alarm over electricity price hikes.
A worrying ‘wish list’
By Audrey Ferrie
LAST month, Alcohol Focus Scotland, in collaboration with the BMA Scotland and two alcohol related charities published their report ‘Changing Scotland’s relationship...
