Work out the critical lines
HOW do you define a c-store and which products and services should be considered essential to a typical convenience store’s existence?
Well, the grocery industry...
On-the-go giant is heating things up
HOT food to go is one of the items listed by IGD as a defining product category of a c-store.
Effectively, the organisation said convenience...
The rise of convenience fresh foods
FRESH produce isn’t the easiest category to manage. It is possible to make decent margin on fruit and vegetables but that can be eaten...
Acting on impulse
CONFECTIONERY has been recognised as a key product category in c-stores for a very long time. And confectionery companies have spent decades honing their...
Drink to the future
AS the store manager of Day-Today in Wallyford near Edinburgh, Christina Petrogianni, pointed out in our opening article on C-store essentials, beers, wines and...
Rustlers adds chip shop curry noodles to menu
Kepak Convenience Foods, the UK’s number one micro-snacking company, is introducing a new ‘Chip Shop Curry’ variant to its popular range of Rustlers Noodle...
Jam tomorrow?
THE 1960s Glasgow folk classic the Jeely Piece Song described the difficulties of throwing a jam sandwich from the window of one of the...
Fifty not out
NUTELLA is 50 years old this year and the brand, owned by Ferrero, promises a raft of promotional activity through its spread’s landmark year.
The...
Bakers love the spread
THE home-baking revolution has been a boon for sweet spread sales, according to English jam manufacturer Duerr’s boss, Richard Duerr. Late last year he...
Jimjams in much less sugar
THE high levels of sugar in conventional jams inspired Kevin Bath to launch a healthier spread range, Jimjams.
“Having researched the spread sector, we realised...
Whisky liqueur gets a new look
MALT whisky brand, Old Pulteney, has revamped its liqueur with a new name and higher ABV. Stroma is a blend of malts from the...
Brewery welcomes a wolf at the door
STIRLING-based brewery Traditional Scottish Ales has a new name: Black Wolf Brewery. For the relaunch there is a new range of craft beers in...
Tennent’s festival nostalgia
IMAGES of festival-goers’ favourite bits of T in the Park are appearing on Tennent’s lager multipacks in the run-up to this year’s event.
Each pack...
Blanc? Check
MARTELL is offering brandy drinkers the chance to win a night at Raymond Blanc’s restaurant, Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, complete with a concert by...
Cider campaign bursts into colour
CIDER brand Bulmers has recruited six artists to bring its spring advertising push, called Bulmers Live Colourful, to life. The press and poster...
Bavaria adds fruit
ALCOHOL-free beer brand, Bavaria, has added two new flavours to its range of low- and no-alcohol beers.
Its 0.0% Fruit Rosé is a summery...
