A sandwich evolution
With school summer holidays coming to an end parents will be thinking about what to give the kids for school lunch. But lunchboxes also...
Nisa and Costcutter retailers get profits boost
Both Nisa and Costcutter retailers stand to benefit from profit-boosting decisions taken by their respective wholesalers.
Guides to help sales
Wholesaler buying group Unitas has released two new instalments in its series of category guides, focusing on summer drinks and sports energy drinks
Getting on to a winner
Mondelez International has launched a campaign giving consumers and their local independent retailers the chance to win matching cash prizes.
Breaking ground
Work gets underway at Lidl’s new RDC in North Lanarkshire
GROUND has been broken at discounter Lidl’s new Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) at Eurocentral in...
Standards agency adds three
FOOD Standards Scotland has made three new appointments to its board.
Work out the critical lines
HOW do you define a c-store and which products and services should be considered essential to a typical convenience store’s existence?
Well, the grocery industry...
It’s a dog’s life and a good life
Petcare becomes key area as dog food sales top £1bn and treats sales soar
RECESSION? What recession ask the nation’s dogs, who are enjoying luxury...
Aldi launches first DRS trial
Discounter oÂffering 10p per container
ALDI has launched its first Scottish DRS trial in its Bathgate store in West Lothian.
Under the trial, Aldi customers will...
Mini market forces
No two c-stores are absolutely alike and the term ‘convenience store essential’ can mean different things to different people. Scottish Grocer visited two very...
City shop hit by year’s tobacco ban
AN Aberdeen shopkeeper has been banned from selling tobacco for a year after repeatedly selling cigarettes to children under 18. Shriraj Gindha, who runs...
Leach has left Nisa
NISA sales director Steve Leach has left his position, in pursuit of new opportunities.
Capitalise on Minions craze with Yazoo and Premier Foods
Milk drinks brand Yazoo and ambient products firm Premier Foods are both bringing fun to kids' mealtimes thanks to the hugely popular Minions cartoon characters from the Despicable Me movies.
Facing a squeeze?
AT least one brand is called Innocent and, until recently, there were few bad things said about fruit juice.
But things have changed and some...
Moving on up in Ireland
Amanda Coverdale has been promoted to the new post of country lead for Ireland at Budweiser Brewing Group
Breaking the sounds of silence – Glen Keith distillery re-opening
THE boom in Scotch whisky manufacturing is continuing, One of the latest signs came last month when Scottish Government cabinet secretary for rural affairs...
