Court gives minimum pricing go-ahead
PLANS to implement Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol in Scotland have been given the green light by the Scottish courts.
The Court of Session in...
“Historic” c-store group established
HOLYROOD has given its backing to a proposal from the Scottish Grocers’ Federation and MSP Gordon MacDonald to establish the first-ever Scottish Parliament Cross...
Quite continental
With a food-to-go operation that features a pizza oven all the way from Italy, the latest venture from Giacopazzi’s aims to bring a taste...
Impulse up tobacco down at Filshill
GROWTH of its KeyStore convenience store brand, tight cost controls across the business and a good performance by its international division saw independent Glasgow-based...
Jobs fall as wages rise
ACS report says 17,000 fewer are employed in c-stores
HE number of people employed by the convenience retailing trade in the UK has fallen by...
Barr jobs could go
SOFT Drinks firm AG Barr is consulting employees and could shed 90 jobs by the end of next January as a result of a...
Tobacco firm launches consumer pack info
AS plain packs which comply with rules governing cigarette and tobacco products in the UK after 20 May next year begin to appear in...
First class package
Winner: Â Whitburn Post Office and Costcutter
Post Office Retailer of the Year - sponsored by The Post Office
Interview with Teresa Hill, owner.
Winner details
Store trading area: 1,700...
New directions
Bedford-born retailer Natalie Lightfoot converted her Glasgow store to a Londis earlier this year. It has been one of the most exciting and challenging...
Mitchells goes its own way
Awards profile – licensed retailer of the year
Winner:  Mitchells Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
Licensed Retailer of the Year 2016Â - sponsored by Whyte & Mackay
Interview with Keith Whyte, partner,...
A lot of bottle
Awards profile – beer retailer of the year
Winner:  Best-one @ Brownlie’s, Biggar
Beer Retailer of the Year 2016 - sponsored by Tennent’s
Interview with Bruce and Donna Morgan,...
It’s show business
Independent delivered wholesaler Iain Hill Ltd has opened a showroom designed to offer new services to customers. John McNee paid a visit to find...
UWS records £5m sales increase
UNITED Wholesale (Scotland) has reported a £5m rise in turnover last year.
Turnover was up to £227m for the year ending December 31, 2015. Pre-tax...
Plain packs hit c-store shelves
PLAIN packs, the new style of cigarettes boxes that follow standardised packaging rules set by UK authorities, and other regulations required by the European...
Long drinks in Olympics sales surge
HOT weather and the Olympics in Rio combined to boost demand for alcohol, according to researcher Nielsen.
Beer and cider were the big winners, with...
71% buy non-shop tobacco
MORE than seven in 10 UK smokers are buying tobacco from non-shop sources according to the most recent research published by industry body the...
