Awards Profile – Community Retailer of the Year
Putting customers first is second nature to the team at Day-Today Stenhousemuir – and it’s an attitude that’s won them international plaudits.
Getting the right deal for your store
Dentons partner Stuart Fitzsimmons on how detail can make the difference in financial negotiations
Spirits move bears fruit for Kopparberg
Neil Robinson offers his views on how the Swedish cider brand has fared since expanding into spirits
Awards profile – Chilled retailer of the year 2016
Winner McLeish, Inverurie
Chilled Retailer of the Year 2016
Sponsored by: Kerryfresh, Scotty Brand and McIntosh of Strathmore
Winner details
Size: 1500 sq ft - Symbol: KeyStore Staff:...
Family store gives heaps of support
Community Champion – supported by Mars Chocolate
Winner: Premier Smeaton Stores, Kirkcaldy, Fife
Winner details
Staff: 4
Symbol: Premier
Smeaton Stores has been a family business for three...
Pain but no gain from plain packs
Westminster surprised many when it said it would look again at plain packaging on tobacco. In Scotland the powers that be are ready to...
Awards profile – Symbol Store of the Year (single-store) 2015
Winner:
Pinkie Farm convenience store, Musselburgh
Symbol Store of the year (single-store business) – in association with Scottish Grocer magazine
Interview with Colin Smith, owner (pictured...
Leading the way in quaff sales – Maxwell’s Clarkston
THE doors may only have opened in August of last year, but Maxwell’s Clarkston has already established itself as a veritable Aladdin’s cave of...
Doing a fair trade
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...
Awards profile – Collectables Retailer of the Year 2015
Fleming Gifts, Whitecrook, Clydebank
Collectables Retailer of the Year – sponsored by Topps
Interview with Gulzar ‘Iky’ Ahmed, owner.
Winner details:
Size: 450 sq ft Staff: 3 Period...
SG Interview : Steve Appolinari, Fife Creamery
While retailers continue to invest in food to go, Fife Creamery has expanded its own offer by opening a new training centre
Joining the Club
Retailer Iqbal Sadiq discusses the impact of the revamped Kensitas Club at St George’s Post Office and Spar Maryhill
‘Move with times or get left behind’
Knightswood Newsagent in Glasgow is ready to face the future following a refit so complete it has left regular customers wondering if they have...
New chief moves in at Mars Petcare
DAMIAN Guha has returned to Mars as managing director for Mars Petcare UK.
He had a three-year break at Marks & Spencer, where...
Awards profile: Tobacco Retailer of the Year
Winner: Mace, Edinburgh
Supported by: Imperial Tobacco
Awards profile – Symbol Store of the Year 2014
Winner: Spar, High Street, Carnoustie
Symbol Store of the Year (for businesses with more than one store under a symbol fascia)
- Sponsored by Britvic
Store details
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