The Healthy Living Programme team visited 19 stores and six schools when they toured the Hebrides last year.

Convenience in brief | HLP, SAIP, Filshill

Scottish Grocer highlights three stories that tell convenience retailers about the latest developments and news from the Healthy Living Programme, Scottish Alcohol Industry Partnership and JW Filshill.

Swizzels launches new Squashies Strawberry & Cream

Swizzels has launched the latest variant in its Drumstick Squashies range with the new Strawberry & Cream flavour, available in UK stores now.
An image of a poster for International Women's Day is to the left with Karen Mulesh, catering sales controller at Booker, to the right of the image.

International Women’s Day – Booker Group

Scottish Grocer is highlighting some influential and inspiring women working across convenience retail to celebrate International Women's Day.

Tesco goes electric in Glasgow

TESCO has rolled out an all-electric home delivery fleet across Glasgow, as COP26 draws to a close in the city. From this week, Tesco customers...
Lifestyle image of packs of Fairfields Farm crisps lying on top of checked blanket.

Fairfields Farm grows into a new look

Fairfields Farm has unveiled the new look for across its crisps packs, highlighting a stark move towards a sustainable pack with a fresh new design.
Pack shots of Hovis Cheese & Herbs Sub Rolls and Hovis Buttermilk Sub Rolls.

Hovis rises to the lunch demand with new Sub Rolls

Baked goods firm Hovis has unveiled a string of new innovations for the category with a new range of Sub Rolls and three new loaf variants.
Pack shots of Kerrygold Sweet Spreadables including Spreadable with Salted Caramel, Spreadable with Maple Syrup & Cinnamon and Spreadable with Maple Syrup.

Kerrygold sweetens breakfast with new Sweet Spreadables range

Butter brand Kerrygold is set to elevate the morning meal with a sweet new addition for the breakfast table with the new Sweet Spreadable range.
Pack shot of Fizzy Soda Can sweets.

World of Sweets adds in fizzy solutions for novelty confections

Confectionery distribution firm World of Sweets has added two new lines from the Sweet Bandit range to its depots, offering more novelty sweets.
A bottle of Jameson Triple Triple Chestnut Edition is on a table as a person pours out a measure of the whiskey from a jigger into a glass with ice with a vase filled with flowers on the table and a bowl of strawberries.

Jameson whiskey unveils new tipple in time for St Patrick’s Day

Irish whiskey brand Jameson has unveiled a new whiskey in time for St. Patrick's Day with the launch of its Triple Triple Chestnut Edition.
Fitting doors to store chillers can help cut electricity costs.

DoubleCool offers energy costs solution

Chiller door fitting firm DoubleCool has been spelling out the benefits to forecourt retailers of installing doors on their open chillers as they can reduce costs and improve the shopping environment.
Packs of Mars Wrigley Crispy Rolls with Milky Way Crispy Rolls, Bounty Crispy Rolls and Twix Crispy Rolls.

Mars brings a hit of nostalgia with Crispy Rolls comeback

Mars Wrigley is set to deliver a hit of nostalgia for consumers with the return of Milky Way Crispy Rolls, along with Bounty and Twix variants.
Pack shots of Blu Bar Pods Sour Berry and Blu Bar Kit Sour Berry.

Blu Bar vapes add new Sour Berry flavour

Nicotine products firm Imperial Brands has announced the addition of a new flavour to the range with its new Sour Berry variant, bringing to a total of 17 flavours.
Pack shot of the BrewDog Punk IPA summer 2026 campaign offering consumers the chance to win a year of beer.

BrewDog capitalises on a summer of football with new campaign

Scottish craft beer brand BrewDog has kicked off a massive new on-pack promotion in a bid to drive up sales throughout the summer months.
Scottish firm Golden Casket is introducing new variants of its Millions sweets to Aldi consumers.

Golden Casket expands Aldi offering

Scottish confectionery firm Golden Casket is expanding its range of popular Millions sweets products for customers at Aldi.

It’s decision time for Nisa

IT’S make your mind up time for Nisa retailers who will this month be asked to vote on The Co-op Group’s offer to purchase the buying group.

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...