Free Skwishee Day returns

Free Skwishee Day is set to return for this year once again as the frozen fizzy drink firm has announced its new date of Saturday 25 May.
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.
Alex Equi and David Equi stand outside a Tesco Extra store with trolley full of Equis ice cream variants.

Equi’s Ice Cream secures Tesco listing

Scottish ice cream brand Equi's has announced a major new listing across Tesco stores in Scotland as the firm builds on its target turnover goal.
Exterior shot of Premier Your Store in Greenock.

Booker supports retailers with new Autumn Guide

Wholesaler Booker has unveiled its new Autumn 2026 New Product Development Guide, offering its retailers key sales tips for the rest of the year.
Packs of Wotsits Mac N Cheese variants including Mac N Cheese Really Cheesy flavour, Mac N Cheese Flamin' Hot and Mac N Cheese Sweet & Spicy. The three variants are against a blue background with text at the top reading 'Wot?! The Mac'.

Wotsits expands beyond crisps with new Mac N Cheese meals

Global snacking firm PepsiCo has announced its Wotsits brand has entered into the ready meals category for the first time with its new Mac 'N' Cheese range.
Clare Redfern and John Upton run the Poolewe Village Store and say the PGMA is vital to their business.

Retailers buy into PGMA plus points

A couple of Highland retailers have highlighted the benefits of working with Scottish convenience buying group PGMA.
Promotional image of Nescafé brand partnership with Nestlé chocolate brands Quality Street and Aero.

Nescafé teams up with Nestlé chocolate brands

Nestlé has brought its Nescafé coffee brand together with two of its popular chocolate brands to produce new chocolate mocha coffee variants.
Promotion for Cadbury Dairy Milk's new £500 retailer social media competition offering store owners the chance to win £500 each through social media posts. The Cadbury Dairy Milk logo is at the top of the image and the body of text reads "A Chance for Retailers to WIN £500 for creative social media posts with Cadbury'.

Retailers can win £500 in new Cadbury social media competition

Convenience store owners are in with the chance to bag £500 cash as part of a new social media competition from Cadbury Dairy Milk.
Head shots of Lynda Heywood (L) and Juliet Sotnick (R), non-executive directors at UK DMO.

UK DMO appoints new directors to bring more business experience to DRS roll out

The UK DMO has strengthened its management team further with the appointment of two new, non-executive directors to its board.
Promotional image of the partnership between Galaxy chocolate and the Young Women's Trust with a pack shot of a Galaxy chocolate bar, a QR code and symbol highlighting Galaxy's support of Young Women's Trust and an orange bubble that shows the brand's £150,000 donation. The text reads "Pick up a bar & join us in empowering women to thrive.

Galaxy commits to support of the Young Women’s Trust

Galaxy chocolate has kicked off a new partnership with the Young Women's Partnership charity with an initial donation of £150,000.
DJ Naeem has joined the line-up for Checkout Scotland.

DJ Naeem to play Checkout Scotland for GroceryAid

DJ Naeem has joined the stellar line-up for Checkout Scotland with the message that the GroceryAid music event is one the Asian retailing community shouldn’t miss.
Lidl store, Scotland

Lidl plans new distribution site in major Scottish drive

LIDL plans to more than double the size of its distribution facilities in Scotland by 2016 and to open at least three new stores...
Food and Drink Federation Scotland chief executive David Thomson.

Support for the sector is demanded of the new FM

Food and Drink Federation Scotland has demanded more support for producers in Scotland as food inflation breaks a new record high.
(L to R) head shot of Geoff Byrne, chief executive at Booker and Andrew Yaxley, chief executive at Tesco Ireland & Northern Ireland.

Leadership changes at Tesco and Booker

Tesco and Booker have announced changes to its senior leadership positions as the firms affirm their commitment to developing talent across the group.

Bargain Booze owner collapses

Conviviality, the firm behind Bargain Booze, Central Convenience and Matthew Clark, is entering administration
Been there, ate it, got the T-shirt! Three gentlemen in Scotmid show they’re hot stuff after each devouring a Stuart’s Fiery Pie.

Scotmid’s life of pie

IS independent co-operative Scotmid going pie-eyed? The retailer invited brave consumers in some of its stores to ‘try a Fiery Pie’. The pies, made by baker...