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David Millner

Milner rises to top

DAVID Milner has taken on the role of chief executive at St Pierre Groupe, the firm behind bakery brands such as Baker Street and Paul Hollywood.

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.
CJ Lang and sons logo

New head of trading

CJ Lang & Son has appointed Robbie Moore as its new head of trading.
JOHN Baines

Baines to step down

JOHN Baines will retire from his trading director role at Unitas Wholesale in May next year.
Dahwood Perves, managing director of Bestway

Prizes on offer with Bestway

BESTWAY has relaunched its retail development programme, offering retailers the chance to win a share of a £50,000 prize fund.

Recruitment blitz at Nisa

NISA Retail celebrated a succesful year of recruitment at its Nisa Expo virtual conference event held last month.

Competition Law relaxes

THE UK Government has suspended competition law for filling stations while offering 5,000 temporary visas for HGV drivers – as British consumers continue to panic buy fuel.
Nisa logo

Landmark Opening

NISA has hit a major milestone, with the opening of its 1,000th symbol store.

Barcode is back

INDUSTRY charity GroceryAid’s Barcode Festival event returned last month, raising more than £750,000 in the process.

Shop report finds drop in staffing

SCOTLAND’S convenience store sector has maintained the same retail footprint throughout the pandemic, although it has shed jobs according to the SGF’s annual Local Shop Report.

Barrs back at the Hydro

THE five-year partnership between A.G. Barr and SSE Hydro has been expanded.
Awards host revealed

Awards host revealed

THE biggest night of the year for the Scottish convenience retailing industry, the Scottish Grocer Awards, is just a few weeks away and there are plenty of reasons to get excited for this year’s event.

Doughnut rolls out

LEITH-based The Kilted Donut has opened its second store in Stockbridge thanks to support from Scotmid.
Scotmid chief executive John Brodie said the results were a credit to everyone in the society who had produced them.

Scotmid steady in turbulent market

TURNOVER is up and trading profit has been maintained at Scotmid, in a year like no other for the co-operative society.
Faisal Sattar (left) and Asif Ashraf at the new MHouse office at Eurocentral.

EPOS retailers rapid expansion

MHouse client list balloons as stores invest.

Unitas fee reduced

UNITAS has reduced its membership fees as a part of what it claims is an ongoing “member centric” approach.