Premium beers and ciders, such as Moretti and Old Mout, will be popular throughout the festive season, says Heineken UK.

Heineken plugs premium beers and ciders

Premium beers and ciders, such as Moretti and Old Mout, will be popular throughout the festive season with shoppers looking to treat themselves, says Heineken UK.
Clydebank Co-op KeyStore More won Licensed Retailer of the Year at the Scottish Grocer Awards 2022.

Awards Profile – Licensed Retailer of the Year 2022

Scottish Grocer caught up with Colette Gilliland, store manager at Clydebank Co-op KeyStore More Hardgate and winner of Licensed Retailer of the Year at the 2022 Scottish Grocer Awards.
Pack shots of Soopa Hooch Blue Raspberry and Cherry Cola.

Soopa Hooch builds a fruity range

Alcoholic RTD range Soopa Hooch has unveiled two new additions to its range, with the new Cherry Cola and Blue Raspberry variants.

A game of two halves

Scotmid year-ends show profit up SCOTTISH independent co-operative Scotmid saw turnover fall but trading profit increase in the year to the end of January. It...
Packshot of Kerrygold Spreadable butter.

Kerrygold butter grows range with Spreadable butter

Ornua Foods is set to offer a more convenient option for fans of the Kerrygold butter brand with the launch of its new Kerrygold Spreadable tub.

SBF rolls out new Ribena promotion

SBF GB&I is giving consumers the chance to win cash prizes, experience vouchers or holiday packages as part of its latest on-pack promotion for Ribena.
Theresa May and EU flags

Brexit means challenges

Scottish independent retailers say Brexit is already affecting business
Jay Javid, owner of Costcutter Paisley: “We’re not losing the core values. Being independent is still at the heart of Costcutter.”

Costcutter and P&H form £5bn Buyco

Symbol group to take on Mace stores and wholesaler to deliver to combined list as new deal signals major change in c-store industry SYMBOL convenience...
Summertime exercise routines can drive up sales of sports drinks, reckons Boost.

Boost sales with sports drinks

As people take to exercising in the sunshine, sports drinks can do well for c-store retailers – as long as they take into account the desire for value and taste, says Boost Drinks.
The rebuilt Co-operative Store in Troon, Ayrshire. The store, on the site of a Co-op store that burned down last year, was one of five Co-ops that opened in Scotland last month. The others are in Inverness and on Tayside.

Food store rises from the ashes

Things looked bleak after the Co-operative Food store in the Ayrshire seaside town of Troon burned down last year.
Eden Mill reckons its whisky range should appeal to the broad spectrum of tastes.

Matching various Burns Night whisky tastes

The experts at Eden Mill Distillery have been highlighting to convenience retailers the importance of stocking a variety of whiskies to suit different Burns Night consumer tastes.
Simon Hannah, chief executive at JW Filshill, stands inside the wholesaler's depot in Glasgow in the left image with the front cover of the Filshill 'Your Guide to the Vape Ban' in the image to the right.

All retailers to benefit from Filshill AI bot vape advice

Glasgow wholesaler JW Filshill has launched a new AI bot tool to support retailers across the UK with the upcoming disposable vape ban.
A group of school children hold up balloons that spell out 50,000 to mark 50,000 breakfasts served to kids by the Healthy Living Programme.

Healthy Living Programme serves breakfast to 50,000 pupils

The Healthy Living Programme has marked a major milestone in its Welby Breakfast initiative as it has served more than 50,000 breakfasts to pupils in Scotland.

Taylors Snacks celebrates first year

Perthshire-based premium snacks brand Taylors Snacks is celebrating its first full year of business noting a strong year of trading in 2023.
bestway bargain booze

Bestway buys Bargain Booze

BESTWAY is poised to snap up Bargain Booze in a deal brokered by administrators of the financially hamstrung wholesaler Conviviality.

Store franchise to head north?

TESCO-owned convenience store operator and franchise operation One Stop is remaining tight-lipped on rumours that it could be about to extend its franchise scheme...
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