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Awards profile – Best Soft Drink Outlet of the Year

5 June 2019

The main bakery fixture at Spar, Hillfoot Road in Ayr takes a prime position in Aisle 1 of the store. Wrapped bread and loose rolls take up the first section of the fixture. As consumers make their way down the aisle they pass morning goods in the second fixture section. The substantial local popularity of cake means those products take a large space in the third segment. To make way for the cakes, Spar-branded part-baked bread and world breads are merchandised in a free-standing display unit at the start of the fixture, and the products do well there. The main fixture ends with bake-off products.

Award profile – Bread and Bakery of the Year Award 2014

Is sugar next in line to be given public-enemy stauts by health activists and lobbyists? The white stuff has featured in a number of statements from a variety of organisations in recent weeks. But director of the Scottish Food and Drink Federation Colette Backwell reckons the media heat and light is unhelpful while food producers and others await the release in the summer of in-depth scientific analysis of the effects on diet of sugar and other carbohydrates.

SG interview: Richard Walker, Iceland

1 September 2018

Iceland boss takes aim at plastic waste

Awards profile – Tobacco Accessories Retailer of the Year 2016

30 May 2016

Brothers find accessories add to profit and customer appeal Winner Family Shopper, Motherwell Tobacco Accessories Retailer of the Year 2016 Sponsored by Republic Technologies UK. Interview with...

Awards Profile: Licensed Retailer of the Year

31 October 2019

Winner: Doonfoot Day-Today, Ayr Supported by: Pernod Ricard UK

SG interview: Duncan Malyon, Camelot

1 February 2018

Betting big on new strategy for 2018 – Camelot’s retail director Duncan Malyon sets out vision.

Driving growth through value

1 July 2018

Kensitas Club success breeds confidence says McCaffery

Award profile – spirits retailer of the year

5 February 2019

Winner: Great Glen Trading Centre, Fort Augustus Award: Spirits retailer of the year Sponsored by: Whyte & Mackay

New directions – Faraz Iqbal, Linktown Local Kirkcaldy

1 June 2017

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...

All pumped up after a revamp

1 March 2017

FORECOURT retailer John Sommerville has joined forces with symbol group Mace to revamp his Bathgate store. Taking the reins of a site he operated for...

Wait for the facts on sugar

8 April 2014

THE launch of the new health non-governmental organisation Action on Sugar in January sparked a media furore around sugars which continues to dominate headlines...

Collaborate and we’ll innovate

1 December 2014

Food manufacturers and others need to work together to find solutions for a new era’s challenges says Colette Backwell, director of the Scottish Food...

Awards profile: Post Office Retailer of the Year

2 November 2018

Winner: Coylton Convenience Store, Ayrshire Supported by: The Post Office

Ten years in the making

1 July 2018

Setting up shop in a former pub in Bellshill, Daniall Nadeem reckons his new store is well equipped to be a hit with the community

Thinking ahead: Ferhan Ashiq

5 May 2017

East Lothian retailer Ferhan Ashiq’s new store utilises innovative thinking and new technology to make the most of a small space. Scottish Grocer paid...

Staying on top of AE pensions

1 May 2018

Compliance essential as contributions increase

Awards profile – Sustainable retailer of the year 2014

4 March 2015

Winner: Mitchells, Market Place, Inverurie Sustainable Retailer of the Year - Sponsored by Resource Efficient Scotland Interview with Keith Whyte, owner. Store details: Size: 2,500 sq ft Opening hours:...

Doing a fair trade

1 October 2014

Winner: Spar, Logans Road, Motherwell Collectables Retailer of the Year Award 2014 – in association with Topps. Interview with Kashain Arshad, manager, above left, and Asif...

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