Rolling with regulations
Awards profile - Tobacco Retailer of the Year Award. Interview with Akhtar Muhammed.
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?
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,...
Grab a slice of success
Awards profile - Innovation Award. Interview with Dan Brown, manager and Joanna Casonato, owner.
Experts discuss how to make c-stores more profitable and sustainable
In the third Convenience Conversation of 2019, the panel discuss the need for innovation to survive
Awards profile – Champion of beer 2013
Our winner: life and times
Terry Feeney, owner, Nisa Extra, 57 Clippens Road, Linwood, Renfrewshire
Scottish Grocer Champion of Beer 2013 – in association with Molson...
SG interview: Duncan Malyon, Camelot
Betting big on new strategy for 2018 – Camelot’s retail director Duncan Malyon sets out vision.
Awards profile – dairy award (managed) 2016
Winner: Spar Boswell Park, Ayr
The Dairy Award (for managed stores) 2016 – sponsored by Müller Milk & Ingredients
Interview with Debbie Nicholson, manager.
Winner details
Size: 1,000...
SGF: “Prepare for the worst”
C-STORE owners who have faced the challenge of a supermarket or discounter moving into their area told other retailers what to look out for...
New directions
Bedford-born retailer Natalie Lightfoot converted her Glasgow store to a Londis earlier this year. It has been one of the most exciting and challenging...
Staying on top of AE pensions
Compliance essential as contributions increase
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: Post Office Retailer of the Year
Winner: Best-one @ Brownlies, Biggar
Supported by: Post Office .
Focus on the future
Interview with Saleem Sadiq, owner of Spar, Paisley Road, Renfrew
The winner of the Retail Technology Award 2015 – sponsored by
the Retail Data Partnership
Winner details
Size:...
40 years of United Wholesale Grocers
Founded by Mohammad Ramzan in 1977, United Wholesale Grocers Ltd began from a grocery store in Maryhill. Over the past four decades, the organisation...
Jagtar Lalli, Premier and Day-Today
Jagtar Lalli is the owner of two convenience stores – the Premier in Kilmaurs and the Scottish Grocer award-winning Day-Today in Hamilton Street, Saltcoats.
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