Retail boosters to run and run?
Functional drinks and glucose energy drinks provide some of food and drink retailing’s most valuable lines – sales growth in convenience stores has been...
MFG’s Murco deal adds 228 sites and 200 dealers
FUEL firm Murco has sold its retail business, including 228 forecourt sites, to Motor Fuel Group (MFG) in a deal reported to be worth...
Franklin & Sons adapts to changing tastes
As consumers' tastes shift in the spirits market, so too will their desire for the mixers that come with them and Franklin & Sons reckons it can meet this.
Minimum unit price guidance on way
The SGF is preparing to roll out advice to guide retailers through the introduction of minimum unit pricing
Managing to stay ahead
EXCELLENT category management advice is one of the reasons behind success in the sugar confectionery category, says Wrigley, and it says it will continue...
Ambition is in store for the Premier Symbol
Booker celebrated the opening of its 500th Premier store in Scotland in May with further ambitions to use the store to help the symbol grow further.
Make it a cracker with confectionery
Treats take on new life at Christmas time
Williams moves in at Spar
ROY Williams has joined Scotland’s Spar wholesaler CJ Lang & Son as its new independent sales controller.
There are over 300 stores in the...
Tributes paid to Neil McNicol
Neil served Scotland’s retail sector for over four decades in various roles at field sales firm McCurrach.
Branded food to go leads
BRANDED food-to-go is taking big bites out of independent competitors, according to research from the NPD Group.
Since 2008, brands in the UK have boosted...
Newsagents “baffled”
NEWSPAPER distributor Menzies has defended its charging structure, following accusations that its new prices had left retailers “baffled”.
The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN)...
Demand for GroceryAid support rises
GroceryAid has highlighted the importance of its work in its latest Impact Report as the charity said it has seen a 93% rise in demand of its services.
Fees for DRS producers reduced
Circularity Scotland has confirmed that the forecast producer fees for Scotland’s deposit return scheme have been reduced.
A consumer’s view of DRS
NEW research from Suntory predicts shoppers will need just seven weeks to adapt when deposit return is launched in Scotland.
Müller confirms Aberdeen and East Kilbride closures
DAIRY giant Müller Milk & Ingredients has confirmed that it is to close its dairy plants in Aberdeen and East Kilbride in moves that...
Missions of the next generation
What is considered a ‘must stock’ in one c-store might be a luxury in another, but is the crucial essential ‘knowing your customers’?
THE nature...
