The good hair years
If teenage girls and early 20-something women make up a large proportion of your store’s customers you might want to stock a fairly wide...
Yellow effort raises funds
FOLLOWING its fantastic effort that raised £640,000 for Marie Curie in 2017, Spar stores got right behind the charity again last month.
Press storm over deposit ‘plot’
PROPOSALS for a bottle deposit return scheme in Scotland have hit the headlines following the leaking of an internal document from Coca-cola.
The company report,...
Time to speed cards change
• Euro moves welcome but credit card charges can still wipe out fuel profit
• Figures errors show predatory fuel pricing threats have to be...
Cheers to beers and fine drams
Lesley Ann Gray, strategic lead for Scotland at market research company Kantar – which provides the listing of the top 50 Scottish non-alcohol brands in Scotland and the top 10 Scottish alcohol brands in Scotland, analyses the year for the leading Scottish brands in Scottish food and drink retailing.
Illicit tobacco on the rise
New figures a cause for concern
ILLICIT tobacco sales have become a real cause for concern, with the introduction of covered gantries and standardised packaging...
Birthday bonus for good causes
WORLD foods specialist Tropical Sun is celebrating its 21st anniversary this year by giving £21,000 to good causes.
Freshening up in the new year
Rob Keeling, managing director at Airpure, highlighted how familiar brands from childhood have been bumping up sales.
Flavoured cigs for Euro ban?
MORE restrictions on cigarette sales could be in the pipeline, following an agreement on the European Commission’s Tobacco Directive last month.
If the European Parliament...
An RVM built for Scotland
A new, smaller reverse vending machine has been created ahead of the introduction of DRS in Scotland
Proposing a toast
Kingsmill aims to help consumers find new possibilities for a breakfast favourite
Bread has been a staple of British households for as far back as...
A Scottish Favourite
We Hae Meat’s Chippy Style Battered Sausage has been named a Scottish Favourite in Scotmid’s competition.
Violence against staff rises in SGF report
Scottish retailers have reported an increase of violence against their staff members according to the new Crime Report 2025/26 from the SGF.
Overtime ruling could see 5m back pay claims
As many as five million employees could make backdated claims after an employment tribunal ruled that voluntary overtime should be included in holiday...
It’s time to shine
Unpredictable though it may be, Scottish summer arguably has a worse reputation than is really fair. When the clouds clear, the sun lingers in...
Bestway’s flood appeal
Bestway Wholesale has launched a fundraising campaign to support the victims of devastating floods in Pakistan.
