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A sweet success

Awards profile - Confectionery Retailer of the Year THE first thing you see when you go through the door into Spar, Market Street, Forfar is...

Award profile – spirits retailer of the year

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

A worrying ‘wish list’

By Audrey Ferrie LAST month, Alcohol Focus Scotland, in collaboration with the BMA Scotland and two alcohol related charities  published their report ‘Changing Scotland’s relationship...
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Grab a slice of success

Awards profile - Innovation Award. Interview with Dan Brown, manager and Joanna Casonato, owner.
Tanya Wilson winning employee of the year receiving her award

Awards Profile – Employee of the Year 2021

Scottish Grocer caught up with Tanya Wilson, store manager at Spar Eastriggs and winner of Employee of the Year at the 2021 Scottish Grocer Awards.
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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
May 31 was the World Health Organisation’s 2013 No Tobacco Day. One of the world’s biggest tobacco companies wonders if anti-smoking lobbyists have properly thought through the issues

Be careful what you wish for

May 31 was the World Health Organisation’s 2013 No Tobacco Day. One of the world’s biggest tobacco companies wonders if anti-smoking lobbyists have properly...

It’s time to party!

A period of major celebration, socialising, gift giving and indulgence, the festive season is brimming with potential for the canny retailer. But how to...

Awards profile – Community Retailer of the Year

Winner: McColl’s Cambuslang Supported by: Camelot

Drink to success – Day-Today Wallyford

Awards profile - Best Soft Drinks Outlet of the Year ‘COMMUNITY’ is a word you will hear often if you spend any time with Mohammed...
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Awards Profile: Post Office Retailer of the Year

Winner: Best-one @ Brownlies, Biggar Supported by: Post Office .
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No stopping food to go

Barbara Henderson has seen the Scottish food to go market transform. Now, she reckons change is coming to c-stores .

Awards Profile – Innovation in Impulse

OPENING a new store at any time can be a challenge but this must go doubly so during a pandemic. It was no small feat then, when Barry Oujla, owner of Barry’s Convenience Stores, and his son Steven, opened a new store in 2020.
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Growing frozen

INDEPENDENT wholesaler Bestway has appointed a new category manager for its frozen business. Rachel Hartwell joins from the Musgrave group. She is now responsible...
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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...

Relationship retailing

Awards profile Post Office Retailer of the Year 2015 – sponsored by Post Office Clydebank Post Office, Clyde Shopping Centre, Clydebank Interview with Sham Marwaha, owner Winner detail: Size:...