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...
Both Nisa and Costcutter retailers stand to benefit from profit-boosting decisions taken by their respective wholesalers.

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
Cadbury chocolate bars with The Big Win Win promotion packaging

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.
Lidl’s Gordon Rafferty, Ross Millar and Graeme Mair.

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...
Foods Standard Scotland

Standards agency adds three

FOOD Standards Scotland has made three new appointments to its board.
Chris Cobb in his Keystore in Cults in Aberdeen. Having a Tesco and a large Cosutcutter nearby means he doesn’t sell as much bread and milk as might otherwise be the case. To be different, he brings in products from local specialist bakers, which do well. Confectionery and tobacco are big sellers.

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...
Pets are eating better food than their owners, with treats proving particularly recession-proof. UK shoppers spent £239 million on treating their animals in 2012.

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 o­ffering 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...
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Leach has left Nisa

NISA sales director Steve Leach has left his position, in pursuit of new opportunities.
Retailers can offer some fun in the packed lunch this autumn term with the Yazoo Kids range.

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

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...