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...

International Women’s Day – Aldomak

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

Retailers work hard to provide vital services
Spar stores in Scotland will focus on Scotland's unreliable weather

Spar Scotland launches ‘Big Deals of Summer’ campaign focusing on Scottish humour about weather

Spar stores in Scotland will focus on Scotland's unreliable weather A multi-faceted marketing campaign will run using POS, digital, radio, social and PR to promote...

President Dan Brown

Musselburgh retailer Dan Brown has been inaugurated as the new president of the Scottish Grocers Federation
Members of Lanark Business Group launch Totally Locally Lanark.

Lanark totals up the local touch

Businesses say spend a fiver and build your town’s economy CONSUMERS in a Scottish market town are being urged to think local, buy local and...

Tips on next year’s tobacco trends

Tobacco giant JTI has outlined what it reckons will be key areas of growth for 2019, with the capsule and value segments tipped for success
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Brexit saga continues

Lack of clarity over future relationship with the EU damaging for retail and agriculture

New package for Premier

SYMBOL group Premier is boosting its promotional package, increasing its number of ‘Mega Deals’ and guaranteeing an alcohol and paper promotion every four weeks,...
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Aldi’s back on top with chilled

ALDI has reclaimed the throne of fastest-growing retailer in the UK
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A strong format is key to success

Nisa brings food to go and chilled to the fore .
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New tool to tackle crime

Retailers Against Crime has launched a new app allowing members to submit incident reports and contact RAC instantly while on the move .
Daniel Johnson MSP promoting retail crime bill

New legal protection from assault for retail staff

Scottish retailers will have additional legal protection from assault and abuse, following a landmark vote at the Scottish Parliament.
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Tesco charging ahead in Inverness

Tesco Extra in Inverness was the site of a major milestone in the supermarket’s electric vehicle charging network expansion.

Chilling savings

TECHNOLOGICAL advances can be exciting and fascinating but it can also take a fair bit of work to keep on top of all a...

Bunker joins Spar

NICK Bunker has been appointed as the new non-executive chair of the Spar Food Distributors (SFD) board.