Colin Smith, centre, managing director of Lothian Stores, with fellow directors Graham Benson, left, and David Sands, right, on site at the Pinkie project near Musselburgh.

A shop of all the talents

TAKE a portion of long wholesaling experience, add more than a dash of award-winning retailing nous and mix it with a significant quantity...
A packet of Swizzels Squashies Drumchick sits on a blue table with baskets filled with the sweets around the packet with small toy eggs around the packet.

Swizzels refreshes Squashies Easter sweets

British confectionery firm Swizzels has rolled out a new design for its Squashies Drumchick sweets, featuring bright packaging and novelty shapes.

McColl’s signs up to Healthy Living

HEALTHY produce will step into the spotlight in over 100 McColl’s stores in Scotland as the group signs on to the Scottish Grocers Federation’s Healthy Living Programme.
Pack shots of KLAR nicotine pouches including Mint Regular and Citrus Regular.

Klar pouches head to UK stores

Swedish nicotine pouch brand Klar has made its debut in the UK, offering consumers more variety in the ever-expanding nicotine subcategory.
Sophie Ellis Bextor sits at a table holding an Espresso Martini cocktail in a Tia Maria branded glass. There is also a bottle of Tia Maria on the table.

Sophie Ellis Bextor teams up with Tia Maria for new on-pack promo

Coffee liqueur brand Tia Maria has launched a new on-pack promotion with pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor with the chance to win an exclusive cocktail shaker.
A police officer stands between two women with signage behind them for Retailers Against Crime and Go Forth Stirling.

Retailers Against Crime urges Stirling retailers to sign up to crime-fighting tool

Business owners in Stirling have been urged to sign up to an innovative crime-fighting tool by Retailers Against Crime and Go Forth Stirling BID.
Cans of Hive Mind Honeyade, The Scottish Bee Company Chocolate Spread with Honey jar and bars of GNAW Chocolate with Honeycomb and Caramel are all grouped together to mark World Bee Day.

Trio of bee-corp brands unite for World Bee Day

B-Corp firms Hive Mind Mead, The Scottish Bee Company and GNAW Chocolate have teamed up to support World Bee Day this year.
Scottish Government Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary Shona Robison.

Call for Scottish business rates freeze

Some 35 leading industry bodies have jointly written to Scottish Government Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary Shona Robison asking her to freeze business rates in 2024-25.

Glenmorangie offers eastern flavours

Capturing the sensory wonders of Tokyo in a bottle ROSSSHIRE-based distillery Glenmorangie has delivered a unique taste of Japan with the launch of its latest...

Food and drink leaders launch net zero strategy

THE Scotland Food & Drink Partnership (SFDP) has launched a new roadmap that sets out a path to net zero emissions for Scotland’s food...

New York Bakery brings Blueberry bagel

New York Bakery Co. has brought a quintessential taste of the Big Apple to UK stores with the launch of a limited-edition Blueberry flavour.
Both David Lonsdale and Mo Razzaq voiced concerns over the impact abuse and violence has on store workers.

Plea for kindness in festive season

Retail chiefs have called on the public to remain kind and patient with all shop workers during the Christmas season as abuse of staff has reached eye-watering levels.
Pack shots of Glebe Farm Pure Oaty Tea-riffic Oat milk.

Glebe Farm has a tea-rrific oat milk launch

Plant-based produce firm Glebe Farm Foods has launched its new oat milk drink Tea-rrific Oat, which has been made specifically for drinking tea.

Fingers crossed for Cadbury

Mondelēz International has kicked off a new consumer-facing promotion across Cadbury Fingers with a whopping £200,000 prize pot up for grabs.
Five people stand in front of a store holding a cheque, the man on the far left is wearing a white shirt with four women all dressed in dark colours to the right of him. They hold a cheque with the Fife Creamery logo on the top right hand corner with the cheque stating: ARDROSSAN WHITELEES COMMUNITY CENTRE, ONE THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS

Fife Creamery sticks to wholehearted approach

Family run wholesaler Fife Creamery has kicked off its pledge to support local communities across Scotland with the first of its £1500 monthly donations.
People pick from an open pack of Mr Porky pork scratchings with darts on the table and drinks around their hands, text reads "Mr. Porky sponsors Darts on Sky Sports".

Tayto Group hits a bullseye in darts sponsorship on Sky Sports

Tayto Group has hit a bullseye in its latest marketing campaign as its pork snacks brands are set to sponsor darts coverage on Sky Sports until January.