Food charity ramps up help
Fareshare has announced it has more than doubled its food provisions for children and families over the past year
*Shopt kicks off Refer a Friend scheme
Retailer rewards app *shopt has kicked off its new 'Refer a Friend' scheme, offering current users the chance to earn up to £1,000 to spend in the app.
Tesco repeats food bank campaign
TESCO customers helped to donate 3.5m meals during the supermarket’s second National Food Collection appeal last month – the equivalent, it said, of 26,000...
New chapter of devolution
Lonsdale said Brexit will herald a “fresh chapter of devolution in the UK”, but suggested these powers shouldn’t be used to disrupt the UK’s internal single market.
Horsemeat no joke for c-store owners
SCOTTISH retailers are reporting mixed responses to the ongoing horsemeat crisis. In Crianlarich, customers are demanding the return of spaghetti Bolognaise and lasagne to...
Be prepared for the darkness
BY the time your customers pack up the last of the tinsel and make their way back to the office-hours life, just after the...
Four join the fleet
SPAR Scotland wholesaler CJ Lang has expanded is delivery fleet with the addition of four new vehicles.
Convenience fuel – essential soft drinks
Though growth has slowed compared to the stellar performance of last year, soft drinks still provide massive turnover for c-stores
AS the figures quoted in...
P&H picks up website award
DELIVERED wholesale business Palmer and Harvey has scooped an award for its transactional website.
P&H earned plaudits at the HIM Wholesale Awards, where it picked...
Subs and stamps grow the family
Mo Razzaq’s store in High Blantyre was one of the first in Scotland to open under the Family Shopper fascia. The store recently underwent...
Rates of confusion
SCOTLAND’S current system of business rates is unwieldy and expensive and held together by an often confusing series of reliefs, the Scottish Retail Consortium director David Lonsdale has said
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,...
Snapping up business
SNAPPY Shopper has secured two major contracts that should see the delivery platform significantly expand its reach
Visit the Pay Office
Consumers who pay their bills via Payzone will now be able to do so at nearly 25,000 locations thanks to a successful acquisition by the Post Office
Cultural partners
GRIME artist Skepta has designed his second limited edition bottle for Havana Club 7.
Mackie’s acquires new facility to grow distribution capacity
Aberdeenshire dairy firm Mackie's of Scotland has acquired a new site in the Kintore area to support local distribution to Scottish customers.
