Batchelors at the ready
Batchelors has launched its first TV campaign for five years, spending £1.6m to promote its Super range of rice, pasta and noodles. With the...
United role for Gallacher
SCOTFRESH managing director Chris Gallacher is to join United Wholesale (Scotland)
Disaronno builds the cocktail opportunity in summer
Cocktails have been in high demand ever since lockdown and Disaronno reckons this can offer retailers a chance for link-up sales and increase basket spend.
A new era for Costcutter
A NEW era for Costcutter retailers kicks-off this month as the group’s supply deal with The Co-op comes into effect.
A local power base
A West Lothian business is taking the ‘source local’ message to its logical conclusion. Hopetoun Farm Shop has installed a solar panel system which...
Miller Genuine Draft back on TV
THE Scottish off-trade’s second-biggest lager brand, Miller Genuine Draft, returned to TV screens with a new ad last month.
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Filshill partners with Healthy Living Programme on summer campaign
JW Filshill is working with the Healthy Living Programme to roll out free tomato pasta meal kits for families across the whole of Scotland.
Retail associations lay out their cards
CONTINUED business support, a robust retail strategy and a year-long legislative moratorium to help businesses recover from the Covid-19 pandemic are among the key issues highlighted by retail associations ahead of the Scottish Parliamentary elections in May.
Grants for wholesale
Grant funding has been flowing to the Scottish wholesale sector, as it recovers from the economic turbulence of the pandemic.
Muscling in
Daniel Reeds, MD at health food marketing company New Chapter Marketing, considers what’s behind the high protein trend.
ONCE a niche sector dominated by powders...
Warning on alcohol duty
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association has called on the government to freeze wine and spirit duty in the Autumn Budget
Concentrated effort
SHOPPERS are increasing the number of clothes care products they are buying and are buying them more frequently, according to Katharine Crossland, Unilever commercial...
BNI isn’t all about the cash
THE big night in has increased in popularity in recent years, and it’s an opportunity that shots brand Sourz actively targets.
For Emma Heath,...
Salmonella warning: retailers must check confectionery
FOOD Standards Scotland has issued a further warning concerning Kinder products linked to a salmonella outbreak, as relevant batches continue to be found on...
Charity launches apprenticeship aid scheme
INDUSTRY charity GroceryAid has opened up applications for apprentices looking for extra financial support while undertaking a grocery industry apprenticeship.
The charity aims to support...
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
