Macphie predicts food craze for the UK

Aberdeenshire food firm Macphie has predicted a new social media food craze could be coming this way with the introduction of 'hybrid foods'.
Scottish musician Callum Beattie.

Callum Beattie is checking in with Checkout

Suppliers and industry firms have all put their weight behind GroceryAid Scotland's Checkout festival event with headliner Callum Beattie.
Pack shots of multipacks of Shreddies The Frosted One against a dark blue background.

Shreddies The Frosted One packs recalled

Breakfast cereal firm Cereal Partners UK & Ireland has issued a product recall across 14 specific batches of the Nestlé Shreddies The Frosted One packs.
Pack shots of Hovis Tasty Wholemeal Thick and Medium Loaves with an on-pack design for Magic Breakfast.

Hovis partners with Magic Breakfast children’s charity

Bakery brand Hovis has partnered up with children's charity Magic Breakfast as part of its plans to donate 1.5million meals to kids across 2026.
Cocktails serves stand next to bottles of Disaronno Originale and Disaronno Velvet with the Originale variant in a bar and Velvet cocktail against a summer holiday backdrop.

Disaronno builds the cocktail opportunity in summer

Cocktails have been in high demand ever since lockdown and Disaronno reckons this can offer retailers a chance for link-up sales and increase basket spend.
Pack shots of Baileys Mint Chocolate Easter Egg.

Baileys offers a Mint of a new Easter egg

Irish chocolatier Lir Chocolates has expanded on its Baileys Chocolate range for Easter with the launch of the Baileys Mint Chocolate Easter Egg.
Elaine C Smith

Elaine’s back to relaunch Motherwell

STAGE and screen star Elaine C Smith returned home to launch the new look of the shopping centre she used as a teenager. Elaine who...
Family Shopper

Mo adds new store to the family

THE first Scottish store running under Booker’s new discount fascia Family Shopper has opened on Main Street in High Blantyre.

Symbol store numbers drop

THE number of symbol stores in Britain dropped last year and the number of non-affiliated c-stores increased in what appears to have been a...
A pack of Nescafé KitKat Latte sits on a table with a cup of the coffee standing next to it.

KitKat joins the Nescafé coffee range

Nescafé has worked with chocolate brand KitKat on the launch of Nescafé Latte KitKat, marking the latest Nestlé confectionery coffee collaboration.
King Charles III outlined Labour's legislative plans in Parliament. Picture: flickr.com/House of Lords 2024/Roger Harris.

Concern over vapes debate

Vaping industry and convenience channel bosses are calling for a measured approach over planned legislation outlined in the King’s Speech and by politicians at Holyrood.

Drinks register ticks the boxes

Scottish Wholesale welcomes new regulation PRESIDENT of the Scottish Wholesale Association Eddie Lynagh has told the organisation’s members that the new Alcohol Wholesale Registration Scheme...
Pack shots of Dr. Oetker American Style Pancake Mix Chocolate.

Dr. Oetker offers extra indulgence for this Pancake Day

Home-baking brand Dr. Oetker has rolled out an extra indulgent option for Pancake Day this year with its new American Style Chocolate Pancake Mix.
Tom Fender, development director at TWC.

Scots c-store retailers lead the way

Scottish convenience store retailers are outperforming their counterparts south of the border, with stronger sales growth, according to TWC Group.
SGF chief executive Pete Cheema

Protect store workers

SGF looks to rekindle attempts to get emergency service link. THE Scottish Grocers Federation has called for shop workers to be given the same legal...
Poster for the VK Chocolate Orange flavour with a bottle of the drink in the middle with text around it reading "Who the VK is Terry?".

VK unveils the return of its Chocolate Orange flavour

Pre-mixed cocktails brand VK has unveiled the return of its divisive Chocolate Orange flavour for the festive season, to drive up extra sales in the off-trade.