Image featuring the line up for Nestlé's 2026 Easter selection including Rowntree's Randoms Egg-Venture sharing bag, KitKat Crispy Egg, Aero Egg, Milkybar Egg, Milkybar Easter Friends, KitKat Incredible Marbled Egg Hazelnut, KitKat Chunky Funky Incredible Egg and KitKat Incredible Marbled Egg Salted Caramel.

Nestlé cracks open its Easter range for 2026

Confectionery giant Nestlé has cracked open its line-up for the Easter 2026 season with a wide array of new launches and returning favourites.
Andrew Helm, key account manager for British American Tobacco, left, and sports TV personality Georgie Thompson, right, present the Scottish Grocer 2014 Employee of the Year Award to Marc McCabe.

Award profile – Employee of the Year 2014

Winner : Marc McCabe Manager, Nisa Extra, Perth Road, Dundee. Employee of the Year Award winner 2014 – in association with British American Tobacco UK. Winner details Age:...
Promotional image for the Deal or No Deal National Lottery Scratchcard.

Allwyn launches Deal or No Deal Scratchcard

Allwyn UK has launched its first licensed Scratchcard game for The National Lottery in five years with its new Deal or No Deal Scratchcard game.
Asiyah and Jawad Javed, store owners of Spar Alloa Road, stand outside their store with the Snappy Shopper logo in the bottom right corner.

Retail Game Changers: Snappy Shopper

Scottish Grocer shines a spotlight on the Retail Game Changers and highlights those women making a real difference to the convenience channel.
Bottles of Nescafé Espresso Concentrated Mocha and Decaf variants are stacked up on pastel coloured boxes with an iced coffee serve next to them.

Nescafé expands Espresso Concentrated range with Mocha and Decaf

Nescafé has expanded further on its Espresso Concentrated range with the addition of two new variants in the range with Decaf and Mocha flavours.

Counting the cost of Brexit

Remaining competitive a top priority for retailers A month on from the UK’s vote to leave the EU industry voices have lined up to express...
Image of the Union Street fire in Glasgow city centre.

Industry seeks support for Trading Standards after Glasgow fire

Industry bosses have called for more support for Trading Standards Scotland teams following on from the Glasgow city centre fire that started inside an unregistered vape shop.

Healthy living in Markinch

Markinch store hosts Healthy Living Day for local school pupils HEALTHY eating was the talk of Fife recently when Nisa Local store Greens of Markinch...
Promotional image of the UK launch for Modelo Especial with people gathered round a campfire with a bottle of the beer rising out of the flames.

Modelo Especial launches across the UK

Mexican lager brand Modelo Especial has hit shelves across the UK as Budweier Brewing Group brings the beer to the off-trade for the first time.

Scottish Government confirms pursuit of DRS

Government will seek to introduce scheme but questions remain over small retailers FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon today (5 September) announced the Scottish Government is committed...
A person attends a Haribo stand to scan a QR code with the slogan 'Get involved this GroceryAid Day'.

Rallying support for GroceryAid Day 2026

Industry charity GroceryAid has urged businesses to get involved with its upcoming fundraising GroceryAid Day on 30 April this year.

90 years in the bag

Scottish Grocer is 90 – and what a difference nine decades make
Colin Smith, chief executive at the Scottish Wholesale Association, stands at a lectern on a stage at the SWA 2025 Annual Conference.

Scottish Wholesale Association puts sector resilience centre stage

With one month to go, the SWA has announced further details about its upcoming Connex annual conference set to take place in Glasgow in May.

Scotmid launches deposit return

SCOTMID has become the latest retailer to pilot DRS with the introduction of a reverse vending machine (RVM) for drinks containers at its South...
A KeyStore lorry is parked outside the JW Filshill depot in Renfrew.

Filshill scoops top awards from The Advantage Group

JW Filshill has scooped up two top awards from The Advantage Group in recognition of its route to market service and KeyStore fascia group.

UK DRS plans revealed

DEFRA unveils plans for potential UK-wide scheme WITH Scotland’s deposit return scheme still under consultation, the UK Government has published its own DRS plans. The UK...