Growing frozen
INDEPENDENT wholesaler Bestway has appointed a new category manager for its frozen business. Rachel Hartwell joins from the Musgrave group. She is now responsible...
Suspect pictures – Police launch identification appeal
POLICE have released new images of three men detectives want to trace in connection with an assault in Tesco, Kilwinning last March.
At around 6am...
Scottish Wholesale Association unveils new logo following annual conference
The Scottish Wholesale Association has unveiled its new logo design as the firm paid tribute to the hard work of food and drink wholesalers across the country.
Food and drink leaders launch net zero strategy
THE Scotland Food & Drink Partnership (SFDP) has launched a new roadmap that sets out a path to net zero emissions for Scotland’s food...
Champion of Dundee
THE Scottish Grocer team was saddened to learn that Dundee retailer Mohammed Issa has died.
Stores shift in a positive direction
THIS year may have been a bit tumultuous on an industry-wide level, but on a store-by-store basis, many retailers have made great strides in 2017.
Eight in a row as food drops
Christmas fare helps slow the sales decline but totals still below the year before
DESPITE an apparent willingness by consumers to push the Christmas boat...
Awards Profile – Licensed Retailer of the Year 2022
Scottish Grocer caught up with Colette Gilliland, store manager at Clydebank Co-op KeyStore More Hardgate and winner of Licensed Retailer of the Year at the 2022 Scottish Grocer Awards.
Scotland’s champions for 2013 revealed
The winners of the Scottish Grocer Awards – the Scottish food and drink retail industry’s own version of the ‘Oscars’ – were announced at...
Dodgy cigarettes cost stores £40k
Probe finds shops hit for £10,000 more each year as black market cigs take more than 20% of UK consumption
TOBACCO crime is costing the...
Europe passes small packs ban
THE European Parliament has approved the revised EU Tobacco Products Directive (EUTPD).
The development confirms an EU-wide ban on packs of less than 20 cigarettes...
Time to get healthy
Many shoppers don’t see c-stores as credible source of fresh products.
FOLLOWING years of concern over obesity the consumer trend towards healthy eating has “exploded”...
Profit edges up at Scotmid
SCOTMID, Scotland’s largest independent retail co-operative has posted a small increase in profit and an increase in turnover in its first-half figures, despite what...
Drinks makers get DRS alert
Drinks producers are being urged to get properly prepared for the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) now.
Entries open for Scottish Grocer Awards 2024
Entries are now open for the Scottish Grocer Awards 2024 and you can find out all about the different categories and how to enter here.
UK budget hikes ‘will cost jobs’
Scottish retail chiefs are among 80-plus industry leaders warning Chancellor Rachel Reeves that her budget will have dire consequences.
