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Promotional image of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' FareShare initiative to donate meals to the charity via orders of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar.

CCEP to donate meals to FareShare through Coke Zero

Soft drinks giant CCEP has pledged to donate the equivalent of 300,000 meals to FareShare through a new initiative running across wholesale depots.

Hipflask Spirits lines up in Morrisons

Award-winning spirits brand Hipflask Spirits has made its way to Morrisons stores across Scotland for the first time, with listings in six stores.
An elderly man sits in a chair by a window holding a large Cadbury Dairy Milk tablet bar.

Cadbury displays generous nature in new campaign

Cadbury has unveiled its latest marketing campaign with the new 'Memory' film, which highlights its onging support of Alzheimer's Research UK for 2025.
Promotional image of the partnership between Captain Morgan rum and Pepsi Max with an image of the can and text that reads "Two Greats, One Epic Taste".

Pepsi Max boards with Captain Morgan in new RTD launch

Global drinks firms Diageo and PepsiCo have teamed up to launch the new Captain Morgan Spiced Rum Pepsi Max alcoholic RTD can range.
There have been warnings over the dangers of over-exposure to glycerol found in slush-ice drinks.

Retailers ‘behave responsibly on slushie sales’

Convenience channel bosses have spoken out to allay fears of irresponsible sales of slushies to youngsters following warnings of health dangers.
United Wholesale Grocers prides itself on looking after its retail customers.

UWG offers a personal service

United Wholesale Grocers says that, as a family business, it endeavours to continue to provide a personal touch for its customers, which has been a core value from the beginning.

Minimum wage will rise in 2021

Sunak announces NLW hike and rates freeze for England THE National Living Wage will increase by 2.2% in April 2021, chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced. In...
Image of a One Stop store.

One Stop offers solutions for convenience retail

Fascia group One Stop has set out the benefits of its offer to those retailers who are considering a switch of symbol this year.
Asda has opened 21 new Express convenience stores in recent weeks.

Convenience in brief | Asda, Aldi and SGF news

Scottish Grocer highlights three news stories that tell convenience retailers about the latest developments and news from Asda, Aldi and the Scottish Grocers' Federation.

UWG snaps up depot from Blakemore

Scottish wholesaler acquires site in north of England
Maxine Fraser and Pete Cheema

Standing up to the criminals

Convenience channel chiefs and workers were given top tips on tackling crime at a major Scottish Grocers’ Federation (SGF) annual event last month.

International Women’s Day – Aldomak

Scottish Grocer is highlighting some influential and inspiring women working across convenience retail to celebrate International Women's Day.
The Fed national president Muntazir Dipoti.

The Fed welcomes Ofgem energy bills action

The Fed has welcomed a new consultation from energy watchdog Ofgem aimed at holding suppliers to account for overcharging businesses.

ScotGov confirms generational tobacco ban

The Scottish Government has agreed to impose the controversial generational tobacco ban in Scotland, falling in line with the Westminster proposals.
Scottish Grocer reported throughout the year on the many issues faced by convenience retailers.

The convenience channel year in review

Rising costs, government interference and a crime wave – it’s fair to say that retailers have had more than their fair share of difficulties to contend with during the course of 2023.
Adeel Iqbal, store owner of Day-Today Anniesland, and Nathalie Fullerton, store owner of One-Stop Dumbarton Road.

Facial recognition helps to save Scotland’s shops

Scottish retailers praise facial recognition tech as a crime deterrent and explain that, without it, they believe they would not be able to continue trading.
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