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...
Always look for positives
SG INTERVIEW
GLASGOW- based wholesaler JW Filshill triumphed in the Scottish Wholesale Achievers awards programme in February, winning every category that it entered and taking...
SG interview: Boyd Tunnock, Tunnock’s
Expanding teacakes – it’s all go at Tunnock’s
Meet the Maker: AG Barr
Vicky Lawless-Mitchell customer marketing lead at AG Barr, tells of life working at the Scottish soft drinks manufacturer.
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.
New directions
We ask some of Scotland’s young c-store retailers about their businesses and the key issues of the day.
Since taking on his father-in-law’s store last...
Saving town centres – it’s not all about retail
Out-of-town shopping centres have played a part in the sorry state of many Scottish town centres. But so has out-of-town everything else. Town centres...
New face for chocolate giant
MARS has a new UK chocolate chief: Blas Maquivar will take up the role of president Mars Chocolate UK & Global Retail next month.
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SG interview: Elaine Bone, Border Biscuits
With 31 years and counting, there are few who know Border Biscuits like Elaine Bone. From school leaver to production manager, Elaine tracks the journey of a brand success story
New directions
We ask some of Scotland’s young c-store retailers about their businesses and the key issues of the day.
We’re looking for new generation retailers and...
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....
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.
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.
How...
Ten years in the making
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
The chill to succeed
INVERURIE isn’t exactly short of places to buy lunch.
The affluent Aberdeenshire community has a thriving town centre blessed with a remarkable number of independent...
Innovation for Rollover in convenience food to go
Tony Owen, sales and marketing director at Rollover, explained how the firm has shaken up its food to go offering to meet the demands of today’s forecourt consumers.
