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TV trend boost for snacks
CREATING excitement around big sporting and television events is key to increasing sales of items people pick up for a...
Nisa unveils new format
Nisa unveiled its new Express store format at the symbol’s Nisa Expo digital trade show
MSPs back SRC BBQ responsibility
Kate Forbes and MSPs from across the political spectrum have submitted their support for the SRC's Responsible Retailing of Disposable BBQs guidelines.
New start for Spar
There is a new woman at the top of Spar’s UK-wide operation .
Final flourish for an otherwise tepid year
TOTAL sales in Scotland during December 2017 were 0.8% higher than for the same month the previous year and food sales were up by 4.4%.
Coke backs DRS
Soft drinks giant signals change of position over potential bottle deposit scheme for Scotland
COCA-COLA has come out in favour of a proposed Deposit Return...
Batleys adds new meats range
The Bestway Group has launched a range of meats for the convenience market promising 25 per cent profit on return.
Exclusively packed for Batleys and...
New foods set to get with the programme
Ross Kerr is director of the SGF Healthy Living Programme, which has just received new Scottish Government funding. Patrick Duffy found out more.
The sg...
Nisa bins waste
NISA retailers have reached hit a major milestone, saving 100,000 meals through the symbol’s partnership with Too Good To Go.
Sweet for social media
United Wholesale (Scotland) caused some serious buzz on social media last month, reaching more than four million Facebook users with one chocolate bar .
Time to speed cards change
• Euro moves welcome but credit card charges can still wipe out fuel profit
• Figures errors show predatory fuel pricing threats have to be...
Retail pitches 2020 vision
THE Scottish Retail Consortium used its Holyrood Parliamentary Reception, last month, to launch a new set of commitments for environmental sustainability, including targets to...
Budget cheers on drinks duty
Osborne reduces tax on cider, beer and spirits but tobacco is hammered again in last changes before election
DRINKS industry leaders were cheered by a...
Crossing borders for a kick-off
IRN-BRU agreed what brand owner AG Barr called its biggest signing of the summer when it was unveiled as the headline sponsor of the...
A food and drink year in the making
WE are now at the halfway point in Scotland’s Year of Food and Drink which set out to promote the country’s natural larder.
Scotland Food...
Barr to spend £12m on games push
THE opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games is less than six months away and excitement is building in Glasgow as the city prepares...
