Retail venue: BAad at the Barras.

Retailers bring the noise

MOVE over TRNSMT, GroceryAid is bringing headline acts and food and drink brands to Glasgow’s East End for the charity’s inaugural Checkout Scotland festival on 1 September.
The Angelic Safetylicious Banana & Chocolate Oat Squares.

Lunchbox treats from Angelic and Maryland for school kids

Scottish Grocer highlights two brands - Angelic and Maryland - whose sweet treats will be ideal for children's lunchboxes as they return to school.
CCEP has highlighted its important Coca-Cola and Dr Pepper zero-sugar variants.

CCEP highlights healthy way to drive sales

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has been stressing to convenience retailers the importance of stocking low and no-sugar soft drinks, as well as a good energy drinks range.
A person is lifting out a pack of cigarettes from a drawer at the back of a shop.

Tobacco & Vapes Bill passes through Parliament

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill has made its way through Parliament is now awaiting to receive Royal Assent meaning the generational tobacco ban will go ahead.
Grahams family with award-winning products

Graham’s milking the profits and scooping prizes

Graham’s milking the profits and scooping prizes
Special Olympics GB athletes Taylor MacKenzie and Alex Rae really enjoyed visiting the CCEP factory in East Kilbride.

Special Olympics aces tour Scottish CCEP factory

Drinks giant Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has shown its continuing support for the Special Olympics by holding an event for athletes in Scotland.
A bottle of Drambuie with two Drambuie Iced Espresso serves stand next to the bottle on a countertop.

Drambuie brings an ‘OOOO’ with its new campaign

Whisky liqueur brand Drambuie has kicked off a new brand platform around its Drambuie Iced Espresso cocktail serve, aiming to draw in contemporary audiences.
Pack shots of Primula Protein tubes.

Primula taps into health with new Protein cheese

Squeezy cheese brand Primula is set to tap into the rising demand for functional food options across retail with its new Primula Protein tubes.
Snappy Shopper has continued to help retailers boost profits through home delivery.

Convenience in Brief | Snappy Group, Scotmid and Loch Lomond Distillery news

Scottish Grocer highlights three news stories that provide insights to convenience retailers about Snappy Group, Scotmid and Loch Lomond Distillery.
Interior of Spar Crosshouse

Wholesalers explain symbol benefits for retailers

New year, new fascia: Symbol groups are ready to support retailers through cost-of-living crisis.
TV host Claudia Winkleman stands with a group of young people holding a microphone in a recording studio.

Celebrity Traitors host Claudia Winkleman fronts National Lottery campaign

TV host Claudia Winkleman has been chosen as the first 'ambassador-in-chief' of The National Lottery to showcase the positive impact its Good Causes charity has.

Tobacco giant warns of JPS voucher scam

Tobacco manufacturer Imperial Tobacco is warning retailers of a JPS voucher scam, currently running in parts of the UK. Blue circular vouchers, which have no...
A can of Vault City Dubai Style Chocolate Pistachio Imperial Pastry Stout stands on a table with a chocolate bar balanced on top of the can, a glass with the stout inside it to the left of the image and bars of Dubai-Style Chocolate piled up to the right of the can.

Vault City brews into Dubai chocolate trend with new stout beer

Edinburgh sour beer brewer Vault City has unveiled its latest dessert stout brew with a new beer inspired by the viral Dubai-Chocolate trend.

Nine in a row for Margiotta

Edinburgh multiple retailer and Scottish Grocer Awards 2020 Industry Achievement winner Franco Margiotta has expanded his business with the opening of a new store in Gullane, East Lothian

Celebrating 60 years of Coca-Cola

The Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in East Kilbride has marked 60 years of production, standing strong as a stalwart part of Scotland's industrial history.
Food and Drink Federation Scotland chief executive David Thomson.

Food prices spark alarm

Industry experts have voiced concerns after food inflation hit its highest rate in over 45 years, according to official data.