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...
New directions – Sharif Touchshop Dunfermline
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...
SG Profile: Broadway Premier
In the face of declining footfall, the award-winning Broadway Premier convenience store in Oxgangs has undergone a tactical mini-makeover.
Tesco boss goes after profit warning
PHILIP Clarke, Tesco’s chief executive, has expressed “enormous relief” to be leaving the supermarket chain. He announced his departure as it became clear that...
Rising to the occasion
Scotmid Stockbridge sits in the heart of an affluent part of the north of Edinburgh and boasts a steady stream of loyal customers
Banking on category data
SCOTTISH food and drink brands are performing well, but they could be doing even better according to Amanda Brown, project director at The Knowledge Bank.
Awards profile – Best New Store Award
Winner: Bourtreehill Supermarket, Irvine Ayrshire
Sponsored by: Barr Soft Drinks
Tailoring a service for convenience
There is no shortage of delivery options for retailers at the moment, with tech firms and entrepreneurs responding to the surge in demand for home delivery last year
SG opinion: Will obesity plans affect business?
FDF’s David Thomson offers his assessment.
Leading the way over 10 years
Scottish Grocer looks back at the journey Asim and his business has taken, and examines where they – and Scotland’s wholesale industry – are heading next
SG Convenience Conversations: Innovate and thrive
In its first Convenience Conversation of 2018, Scottish Grocer invited a select group of leading retailers and representatives to a discussion on innovation.
Award profile – spirits retailer of the year
Winner: Great Glen Trading Centre, Fort Augustus
Award: Spirits retailer of the year
Sponsored by: Whyte & Mackay
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.
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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Maddock in at Caledonian
CALEDONIAN Brewing Company has appointed Andy Maddock as its managing director.
Maddock, who begins his new role this month, takes over from Stephen Crawley who...
Awards profile – The Dairy Award (Independent Store) 2016
Winner: Spar, Renfrew
The Dairy Award (Independent Store)
Sponsored by: Müller
