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...
Staff need support through bills crisis
Harriet Gray, Employment Associate in the People, Reward and Mobility team at Dentons UK and Middle East LLP, discusses employee wellbeing and productivity.
Growing… and in a good way
Food scares and scandals may be big news but Dr Colette Backwell, director of the Scottish Food and Drink Federation, argues that Scotland’s food...
Heart of the village
Established in September last year, Booth’s General Store in Carmunnock is a business with one foot in the past that may point the way...
Gala’s little wonder
Open since April, Tweed Road Stores in Galashiels is a new venture for forecourt retail company Adam Purves. Its refurbishment has packed a huge...
SG Profile: C-store support
Paisley retailer Rekz Afzal made waves on social media with his community fridge. Six months later the initiative is going strong
The daily excellence – Bread and Milk Retailer of the Year
CONSUMERS visiting the Best-one store and Post Office in the Dunbartonshire village of Cardross don’t all realise they’re popping in to an award-winning shop.
It’s...
Two way radio: Keep your security staff talking
Scotland’s supermarkets are a magnet for criminals, making security a top priority across the sector
Awards profile – Community Retailer of the Year
Winner: McColl’s Cambuslang
Supported by:Â Camelot
Enveloped by success in Maryhill
WHEN ST Georges Post Office and Spar in Maryhill opened its doors four years ago, more than a few locals were taken aback, surprised...
Quite continental
With a food-to-go operation that features a pizza oven all the way from Italy, the latest venture from Giacopazzi’s aims to bring a taste...
Food to go is here to stay
In the first Convenience Conversation of 2019, Scottish Grocer invited a group of retailers, suppliers and EPOS firms to Kirkcaldy to talk food to go and impulse. Discussion centred around how c-stores can position themselves to make the most of this valuable market .
Awards profile – Sustainable Retailer of the Year
Our winners: Life and Times
Shahid (Mo) and Rukhsana(Roxy) Razzaq, owners, Mo’s Convenience Store, Blantyre, Lanarkshire – Scottish Grocer Sustainable Retailer of the Year 2013,...
New directions – Faraz Iqbal, Linktown Local Kirkcaldy
We ask some of Scotland’s young c-store retailers about their businesses and the key issues of the day.
Linktown Local in Kirkcaldy has been completely...
Getting the right deal for your store
Dentons partner Stuart Fitzsimmons on how detail can make the difference in financial negotiations
Autumn brings a fresh chance
The middle of September signals the start of freshers week: when swathes of young people head off to university and get ready for four years of (allegedly) hard work.
