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Bestway gives back

Wholesaler Bestway has donated £100,000 to the Save the Children charity
Costcutter and Best-one stores

Bestway buys Costcutter

Costcutter retailers are set to join the Bestway Wholesale family following the announcement that the firm will acquire Costcutter Supermarkets Holdings Limited.
Eat Natural bars

Ferrero snaps up Eat Natural

Acquisition expands group’s health offer
Children from Killearn Nursery School were on hand to help relaunch the village Co-op store.

Co-op reopens ‘transformed’ Scottish village store

Retail chain Co-op has relaunched its store in the village of Killearn, Stirlingshire, following an eight-week investment programme to "transform" the shop.
Valentines Day

Loved up … but counting the cash

LOVE does not appear to be recession-proof. In figures released last month on Valentines Day, research firm Kantar Worldpanel revealed that the previous year’s...
A woman accesses lockets at an InPost Locker site.

Turn footfall into sales with InPost lockers

Parcel services firm InPost has encouraged retailers to invest in its lockers to help drive up additional sales for convenience stores.

Chance to win a Scotmid listing

SCOTMID has joined forces with Scotland Food & Drink to launch a new competition promoting local produce. Food and drink suppliers across Scotland are being...
Store owner Asiyah Javed stands at a podium at the Scottish Grocer Awards 2025 in the image on the right with the post for International Women's Day 2025 in the image to the left.

International Women’s Day – A&J Alloa Road Spar

Scottish Grocer is highlighting some influential and inspiring women working across convenience retail to celebrate International Women's Day.
Laura McDiarmid, Vikas Sud, Shamly Sud, Guna Sud and Elaine C Smith all stand on the Scottish Grocer Awards 2024 stage whilst Shamly holds a trophy for The Innovation Award 2024.

Awards Profile – The Innovation Award

Scottish Grocer has caught up with the team at Premier RaceTrack Pitstop Wishaw after their award win at the Scottish Grocer Awards 2024.
A shopper looks at receipts in a supermarket

Inflation sustains for January

Consumer inflation has sustained for January 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics, despite drops in food and alcohol prices.

BuzzBallz Cocktails is going big

American cocktail brand BuzzBallz Cocktails has launched a new large format range in BuzzBallz Biggies in time for festive season parties.

Missions of the next generation

What is considered a ‘must stock’ in one c-store might be a luxury in another, but is the crucial essential ‘knowing your customers’? THE nature...

Wintertime woes

Winter can be a difficult time for retailers, with bad weather impacting on the roads and the forecourts. But recent months have seen yet...
Faisal Sattar, chief executive at MHouse, sits behind a desk with an Apple Mac laptop on it.

MHouse takes a deeper focus on retailer experience

Faisal Sattar lays out the new products on offer from MHouse, highlighting the flexibility of choice on offer for his customers.

Grey vote for olive oil?

BRITAIN, like much of Europe, has an ageing population and that should make the grey pound a major marketing and retailing battle ground in...
The Scotmid Scottish Favourites winners for 2024.

Scotmid unveils winning six in Scottish Favourites contest

Scottish retail chain Scotmid has unveiled the six winners for its Scottish Favourites competition for 2024, with each going on to receive listings across stores' shelves.