Bold palates fuel ethnic growth
Adventurous consumers turn to Japanese, African and Indonesian dishes, recipe kits and ingredients.
FOREIGN travel, increased willingness to cook from scratch at home and suspicions...
One in ten puddin’ chieftains are meat free
Veggie haggis up by almost a third since Burns Night 2016
Despite being no stranger to the interest of timorous beasties himself, a traditional celebration...
Abdul tops the retail development charts
A Scottish shopkeeper is £10,000 richer this month after being named overall winner of Bestway and Batley’s Retail Development Awards 2014.
Abdul Rashid of Salina...
UWS on its symbol benefits
United Wholesale Scotland lays out the benefits it can offer retailers who join the Day-Today fascia group including money savings on energy.
Breggsit concerns
BRITISH Lion egg processors are predicting supply problems regardless of whether or not a deal is struck with the EU
Iceland in reality TV push
FROZEN food retailer Iceland has its own mini reality TV series running as part of a major ads push.
The group delivered shopping to three...
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...
CMA Investigation into Asda stores begins
The Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has begun its initial investigations into Asda’s purchase of 132 retail sites from the Co-op.
Co-op launches £1million Peckish delivery service
The Co-op has launched a rapid delivery grocery app, called Peckish, that’s available to any independent retailers. It will enable more consumers to shop locally online, says the society.
Crackdown
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) says it’s about to crack down on “some of the UK’s most notorious hotspots for the sale and supply...
Multiples make solid headway
“Volume sales have increased by less than 1%, meaning it’s price rises keeping supermarket performance buoyant"
Devon dairy gets results
DEVON-based cheese producer Quicke’s is reporting a 20% uplift in sales which it attributes to greater consumer interest in provenance.
The firm recently renamed two...
First in its class
Jet Maybole is the first Jet and Spar dual-branded site to open in the UK. John McNee heard how the business has been doing...
Top 10 Scottish take-home alcoholic drink brands 2024
Take a look at the top 10 alcoholic drink brands in Scotland for 2024, according to Kantar
Initiative is one healthy message
The Healthy Living Programme’s Cook at Home initiative has launched exclusively in a selection of One O One stores and online for home delivery.
Scoot delivery service hits first anniversary milestone
Wholesaler Booker's Scoot delivery platform is celebrating its first anniversary with a milestone 300 symbol group retailers now live on the service across the UK.
