Extracts from FOI letters to Scottish Grocer

Industry rails against ScotGov’s DRS plan

Implementation group members highly critical of proposals

Focus turns to bootleg booze

Film reveals dangers of counterfeit

Lucozade and Ribena on the market

PHARMACEUTICALS giant GlaxoSmithKline has put its drinks brands Ribena and Lucozade up for sale to concentrate on its core business. Global sales of Ribena grew...

GroceryAid gets a boost

The GroceryAid Awards announced last month reveal a spike in supporter activity during the last year.
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A mental health lifeline

Carling has joined forces with suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) in a bid to increase access to mental health services

Awards Profile – Bread & Bakery Retailer of the Year

The first profile for the Scottish Grocer Awards 2023 saw us catching up with Bread & Bakery Retailer of the Year Spar Market Crosshouse, highlighting the strength of the store's range.

Baskets fall as visits rise

MORE people are going to the shops than at this time last year, but footfall is still below pre-Covid levels, according to Kantar.
Asim Sarwar of United Wholesale (Scotland) will become the youngest-ever president of the Scottish Wholesale Association at its conference this month.

Sarwar in hot seat at wholesale group

THERE’S a new man at the top of Scotland’s wholesale industry representative organisation. Asim Sarwar is the youngest-ever president of the Scottish Wholesale Association. The...

A big push for vodka

LOCH Lomond Group is spending big on its premium vodka brand Glen’s Platinum Vodka through a seven figure investment.

Eating into budgets

Scottish Retail Consortium claims fall in Sterling is driving up the price of food The impact of the fall in Sterling on commodity prices is...

Saddling up the big bucks

WORLD record-breaking long-distance cyclist Mark Beaumont has presented Dundee charity Eighteen and Under with a cheque for £15,000 as part of Scotmid’s new Community Connect initiative.

Forecourt operator is at it again

Fresh from opening the UK’s first ever Jet and Spar dual-branded site in 2015, forecourt retailer Brian Connolly is set to team up with Jet on a new site.
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.

EV hub in Glasgow

A NEW Electric Vehicle Hub is set to open at Great Western Retail Park in Glasgow.

Store trips on the rise

In-store shopping is on the rise and the number of online orders is declining according to new figures from NeilsenIQ and Kantar
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Brexit saga continues

Lack of clarity over future relationship with the EU damaging for retail and agriculture