A taste of the tropics

MAYNARDS Bassetts has brought some tropical flavour to its Jelly Babies range. Maynards Bassetts Jelly Babies feature Jelly Babies characters in flavours including mango, banana...

Get ready for the top shop honours

Entries for the Scottish Grocer Awards 2023 are now open and we want to see what the very best the Scottish convenience channel has to offer!

Battle of the Borders

IT was 46 years ago that Glasgow-born retailer George McCusker moved to Hawick, then the centre of Scotland’s knitwear industry. Looking back, he remembers the...

More people turning to GroceryAid

GroceryAid has revealed it spent £4.7m over the last year, supporting 14,583 grocery colleagues who had fallen on hard time
A person holds up a Morrisons More card against a Morrisons sign which is on a building with black panelling.

Morrisons launches new promotion for Daily stores

Morrisons has marked the rollout of its More Card to Morrisons Daily franchise stores with the launch of an exclusive new points promotion.

Tesco creates 16,000 jobs

Tesco has created 16,000 new permanent roles in the UK to support growth in its online business
Eddie Lynagh

Eddie sets out to ‘grasp the thistle’

Eddie Lynagh became president of Scottish Wholesale for the second time in June. Last month he spoke to Scottish Grocer about returning to the...
Pack shots of Easter products including Cadbury Mini Eggs 1kg, Maltesers Bunny, Maltesers Bunny Popcorn flavour, Cadbury Creme Egg and Cadbury White Creme Egg.

Top Easter chocolate in the UK for 2025

Data insights firm Talysis has highlighted the top 10 Easter products in convenience stores over the season and how this impacted retailer sales.
Snappy Shopper delivery man walking out of a convenience store

Delivering solutions that help everyone

Retailers, their customers, and the communities they serve can all benefit from the technology offered by Snappy Shopper.
Müller

Müller confirms Aberdeen and East Kilbride closures

DAIRY giant Müller Milk & Ingredients has confirmed that it is to close its dairy plants in Aberdeen and East Kilbride in moves that...

Women quitting as smoking slips

Official figures show just over one in five of Scottish adults smoke and figures continue to move downwards as more women move away from...
Cold pressed rapeseed oil is a home-grown alternative to olive oil. Producers argue that with half the saturated fatty acids of olive oil, there are environmental and health reasons for customers to switch.

Will home oil cash in on olive industry woes?

Not for the first time in recent years there are fears of an olive oil shortage. Should food-led stores be stocking up on extra-virgin...
Potatoes

Unwashed spuds back on shelf

TESCO is trialling the sale of unwashed potatoes in a bid to reduce waste and increase shelf life.

The Glenrothes comes home

EDRINGTON will take charge of distribution of The Glenrothes single malt from next month. The Speyside whisky brand, which is part of Edrington’s portfolio of...
It’s the grey-haired section of the UK population that will be responsible for sweet spreads sales growth, say researchers Canadean and Key Note.

Sales grow as Brits grow old

Kids like sweet spreads, right? Well families might be important to spread sales but you also might think about beefing up your jam shelves...
Alice Wookey

Delivery app expands team

SNAPPY Shopper has appointed a new key account controller