Two children play infront of a McColls store front

Morrisons snaps up McColl’s

Supermarket committed to retaining all existing staff MORRISONS has acquired McColl’s Retail Group, saving around 16,000 jobs in the process. Following a bidding war between Morrisons...

Excelling in rural retail

Running a store in a small village isn’t easy, but Spar Tarves shines

Budget cheers on drinks duty

Osborne reduces tax on cider, beer and spirits but tobacco is hammered again in last changes before election DRINKS industry leaders were cheered by a...
Cocktails serves stand next to bottles of Disaronno Originale and Disaronno Velvet with the Originale variant in a bar and Velvet cocktail against a summer holiday backdrop.

Disaronno builds the cocktail opportunity in summer

Cocktails have been in high demand ever since lockdown and Disaronno reckons this can offer retailers a chance for link-up sales and increase basket spend.

Seven more for Certas

Certas Energy has expanded its forecourt estate with the acquisition of seven new sites

New dawn for Ardeer

Following a massive investment by owner Mahmood Saleem, Ardeer Services in Stevenston has quadrupled in size, adding a second floor, Subway, ice-cream counter and...
Nisa Aberaeron

Nisa delivers £100,000

NISA retailers using the Deliveroo app smashed through the £100,000 sales barrier in one week when good weather and the final stages of the European football championship aligned.

Convenience in brief | The latest news in the sector

Scottish Grocer takes a look at the Scottish convenience sector and brings together three news stories covering recent events.
New Nisa store in Renfrew

New Nisa is number eight

Scottish Nisa retailer Jay Javid has opened his eighth store
Grocer Aid Covid-19 Fund

Don’t suffer in silence

THE ACS has been reminding retailers that they can seek mental health support from industry charity GroceryAid

Vacancies soar on the high street

Scottish footfall figures fall behind UK

Trends for the times ahead

Data giant Mintel looks to 2018 and beyond

Massive food to go opportunity

£1.6bn market north of the border but Scotland lags behind rest of GB market, researcher finds FOOD-to-go sales are growing and the market...

Edinburgh bans on-street advertising

EDINBURGH retailers with on-street advertising have until Monday (5 November) to remove them under new rules put forth by the local authority. City of Edinburgh...

Convenience channel shows resilience

Convenience retailers have faced some gruelling trading conditions and an array of challenges in 2024. Here's a look back at some of the biggest isssues of the last 12 months.
CELEBRITY chef Hasan DeFour, Gary Rhodes’ companion on his recent TV series, is the frontman for this year’s Caribbean Week.

Caribbean week shows it’s hot stuff

CELEBRITY chef Hasan DeFour, Gary Rhodes’ companion on his recent TV series, is the frontman for this year’s Caribbean Week. The event – which runs...