Omar Nasir, Spar and Day-Today
Omar Nasir has been running his family’s retail business for the last eight years. His growing portfolio includes two Spars and a Day-Today, all...
Asif Ashraf, Smartways and MHouse Solutions
Asif Ashraf founded the symbol store chain Smartways in 2013. It has since grown to include 11 stores. He also owns and runs EPoS...
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...
Spirits move bears fruit for Kopparberg
Neil Robinson offers his views on how the Swedish cider brand has fared since expanding into spirits
Awards profile: Health Promoting Retailer of the Year
Doonfoot Day-Today has an incredibly active social media presence with a huge reach. One post from the store has even gone viral and received five and a half million views.
SG opinion: Minimising MUP’s impact on stores
Tennent’s brand owner Norman Loughery offers insight on policy
SG Profile: Costcutter New Deer
In 2015, the Scottish Government announced the Convenience Store Resource Efficiency Grant. Sandy Matthew, of Costcutter New Deer, was one of those who applied.
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...
The tobacco of tomorrow
In the second Convenience Conversation of 2019, Scottish Grocer invited a group of retailers and brand representatives to Glasgow to discuss the opportunities and challenges posed by the tobacco category. How can stores stay on top of a constantly evolving market?
Driving growth through value
Kensitas Club success breeds confidence says McCaffery
Kingsmill says ditch the desk
RETAILERS near picnic sites who provide a food-to-go service could see more sales if giant bread brand Kingsmill has its way.
As part of its...
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....
New directions: Harry Singh, Londis of Carstairs Junction
After finishing school aged 18, Harry Singh stepped into the back of his family’s Carstairs Junction store to pore over sales data. Now he’s...
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.
SG Convenience Conversations: Keeping up with change
For the latest in our Convenience Conversation series, Scottish Grocer invited a select group of retailers, suppliers, wholesalers and EPOS firms to Dundee
‘Focus on the day job’
Bestway’s managing director on wholesale, alcohol, tobacco, Tesco, Booker and Brexit.
MARTIN Race was named as Bestway’s new managing director in August last year. With...
