Scotmid Drinks Lab

Sober brand in Scotmid

Port Glasgow-based small-batch soda manufacturer The Start-Up Drinks Lab has been celebrating after securing a multi-store listing in Scotmid.

Allwyn sets out steps on National Lottery

Allwyn Entertainment sets out its next steps for the National Lottery retailers as the firm prepares to take over the licence in February 2024.
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Call for clarity over VAT cut

THE Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for clarity over Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s temporary VAT cut. From 15 July to 12 January, VAT will...

And so this is Christmas

Begin the festive chocolate season before Halloween says confectionery giant CHRISTMAS comes but once a year and when it does it comes in October, or...

At home for the holidays

Christmas is party season and many people looking forward to celebrating at home will already have begun planning their drinks purchases.

Doughnut rolls out

LEITH-based The Kilted Donut has opened its second store in Stockbridge thanks to support from Scotmid.
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Partnership fights hunger

THE partnership between FareShare, Olio and Booker has already managed to deliver 250,000 meals of food to vulnerable people.
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Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust opens up applications for 2025/26 university undergraduate grants

The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust has announced that applications for 2025/26 undergraduate bursaries have now opened for families in the convenience sector.
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FSS backs store change to fight obesity

SCOTLAND’S public sector food body has reiterated its call for measures to change the way products are promoted in stores, to help battle obesity.

Southern c-store chain heads for administration

MY Local, the convenience chain formed after the purchase of the M Local stores of supermarket chain Morrisons last September, looks set to go...

Watchdog could block supermarket merger

Extensive competition concerns could spell end for £3bn deal A SIGNIFICANT blow has been dealt to the proposed merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda as competition...

Tough market but innovation up

Risotto brand hits the festival trail as it pushes its quality for a convenience age message THE worst harvest since 2004 pushed up the...

Golden Wonder bets on big packs

The Tayto Group is set to capitalise on the cold winter nights in with new additions to its sharing range of Golden Wonder £1 PMPs.
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Fine addition for Tesco

Tesco may be gearing up to launch another retail brand .

Face up the formats, clean up on wash day

As consumers shop more locally and for smaller amounts homecare and laundry has become a top-up and one-stop-shop c-store essential C-STORES have become essential to...
Promotional image of the Nescafé Espresso Concentrate range including Iced Vanilla, Iced Caramel and Iced Classic variants. The bottles are lined up next to each other with a reflective liquid surface underneath with a melting ice cube. There is also a pink circle stamp on the image highlighting the brand as the Official Iced Coffee Partner of Love Island. The Love Island logo is inside of the pink circle.

Nescafé couples up with Love Island as its official iced coffee partner

Coffee brand Nescafé has announced its new partnership with ITV's Love Island as the reality show's new official iced coffee partner.