SWA boss in position

Colin Smith assumed full responsibility at the top of the trade body on 31 December
Scotlands speciality food show

Posh nosh coming to Glasgow

Fine food will be on display at the SEC Glasgow in January, with the return of Scotland’s Speciality Food Show.
Ali's Convenience Store in Tranent, East Lothian, was the 500th Scottish Premier shop.

Booker says forward-thinking drives success

Booker says its industry-leading package and service sets it apart from rivals in Scotland, with the Premier fascia offering the latest thinking in convenience retail.
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Flavours of the season

LAGER is following the trend set by cider and introducing a range of fruity varieties aimed at summer drinkers. However, the new fruity beers have...

GroceryAid aims to inspire

GROCERYAID’s Scottish committee is inviting retailers, store colleagues, friends and family to join the industry charity for a digital event on Tuesday (2 March). The...
Kathryn Neil, programme director of the Healthy Living Programme, stands next to a child outside Spar Mastrick. Neil holds a bottle of water in each hand and the child holds a banana up to his mouth to look like a smile.

Seven Spar stores hit Premium status with Healthy Living Programme

Seven Spar Scotland stores have been awarded Premium Status from the Healthy Living Programme for their support in driving health across local areas.

United looks to the north

• Wholesaler reports a £10m rise in turnover in last financial year. • Reaches 275 Day-Today stores and 150 U-Save stores. THE managing director of Glasgow-based...
Bottles on a production line

Changes are afoot at Britvic

Soft drinks firm Britvic has committed to halving emissions from its own operations by 2025
Starting early: the summer sales boost starts in May and can last until October.

Setting up for the summer

Firms make their thoughts known

International Women’s Day – JW Filshill

Scottish Grocer is highlighting some influential and inspiring women working across convenience retail to celebrate International Women's Day.
President of The Fed, Hetal Patel

The Fed enters talks with News UK following protests

Following a protest at News UK's offices in London and Glasgow and at its print site in Merseyside, Fed national president Hetal Patel was invited to talks.
Muller Corner, said to be number one brand, ahead of its competitors by £12m and to have achieved value sales of more than £230m in the 12 months to early December 2013.

Room for chilled improvement

ARE yogurts and dessert pots losing ground in the convenience channel? Two of the biggest players in the sector – Müller Dairy and Yoplait...

PayPoint soars to 12,000 tills in Co-op branches

THE Co-operative Food has quadrupled the number of stores with PayPoint facilities and now offers the service in almost 12,000 branches across the UK....

Food still top of retail

Food sales remained high in March but total Scottish sales were down by 11.5%, figures from KPMG have revealed
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Co-op adds Uber

THE Co-op is expanding its home delivery service through a partnership with Uber Eats.
Charities across Scotland saw an uplift in stock over Christmas thanks to FareShare.

Scottish Grocer and FareShare support communities

Charities and community groups across Scotland saw an uplift in produce donations thanks to the Scottish Grocer Christmas Food Collection held in association with FareShare.