CCEP energises the chiller

CCEP aims to help retailers to drive up energy sales across the chiller with new innovations across the energy drinks category.

Diamond buy for Brookfield

DRINKS marketing firm Brookfield Drinks has acquired Diamond cider from C&C group. The company plans to reposition Diamond as part of a portfolio of...
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Concern over cash refusals

Consumer rights group Which? has raised alarm bells over businesses blocking shoppers from paying with cash.
(Left to right) Mike Igoe and Jonathan Rons, co-founders of C-Store Collective, Anna Malley, director of partnerships and acquisitions at Royal Mail, Sarah Mohammad, senior partnerships manager at Royal Mail, and John Heagney, co-founder of C-Store Collective, all stand in front of red Royal Mail lockers.

C-Store Collective and Royal Mail partnership gets stamp of approval

Industry expertise firm C-Store Collective has announced its new partnership with Royal Mail to bring its parcel locker service to convenience stores.

Demanding conference

THE Scottish Grocers Federation welcomed hundreds of guests to the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow for its first annual conference event since the onset of the Covid crisis.

Campaign backs local businesses

A NEW national campaign has been launched urging shoppers to support local businesses. The Scotland Loves Local campaign kicks off today (20 July), encouraging consumers...

Scottish food and drink breaks £14bn

Scotland's food and drink industry generated a record turnover of £14.3bn in 2013, the Scottish Government’s food secretary Richard Lochhead announced. The figure was up...

Jail fraudsters says report

Horsemeat scandal study calls for much tougher penalties for firms caught contaminating the food chain • Scottish response to scandal good • Horizon scanning...

Awards Profile: Best Soft Drinks Retailer of The Year

YOU can’t sell an empty shelf, that’s a given, but it also happens to be the winning motto for Tracy McNeil, store manager at Clydebank Co-op Keystore More Kilbowie.

Trade groups calls for post-Brexit alignment

Devolution debate has big implications for retail
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Rapid delivery is on the rise

Grocery delivery has been growing at breakneck speed in urban areas, according to TWC.

DRS business case raises big questions

SCOTTISH Grocer analysis of the Scottish Government’s business case for DRS has raised questions over the figures at the heart of deposit return.
COCA-COLA is going head-to-head with health campaigners who blame fizzy drinks for weight problems by repositioning itself as “part of the solution to the global problem of obesity”.

Coke ‘part of the solution’ – Calorie counting

COCA-COLA is going head-to-head with health campaigners who blame fizzy drinks for weight problems by repositioning itself as “part of the solution to the...

Convenience is freezer king

Pizza and confectionery lead the field in a year when frozen food sales value holds LAST year was another year of growth for frozen food,...
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Changes afoot at Camelot

Ahead of his appointment as Camelot chief executive, Nigel Raiton spent the summer conducting a strategic review of the business
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A roaring success

JW Filshill has celebrated its most successful trade exhibition to date .