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Fund for food to go

FOOD to go has gained government support following a commitment by cabinet secretary Fergus Ewing to create a new £250,000 capital investment programme
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Costcutter to cut fascia brands

THE enlarged Costcutter Supermarkets Group, which added Mace stores to its list after agreeing a joint buying operation and new distribution arrangements with Palmer...

Walker’s NonSuch offers safe toffee gifting

Stoke-on-trent toffee brand Walker's NonSuch has encouraged retailers to stock up on gifting options without seasonal packs to support sales the whole year.

Collaborate and we’ll innovate

Food manufacturers and others need to work together to find solutions for a new era’s challenges says Colette Backwell, director of the Scottish Food...

Putting you in touch with the suppliers

The SG Convenience Conversations series resumes in January offering retailers, suppliers and a host of experts the chance to get around the table to discuss their views and share their knowledge.
Exterior shot of KeyStore Duncan's in Aberdeen.

Aberdeenshire store Duncan’s joins KeyStore fascia

Aberdeenshire retailer Scott Duncan has praised the KeyStore symbol after the independent retailer made the recent decision to join the fascia group.
Head shot of Jessica Lilley, senior marketing manager at Air-serv.

Retail Game Changers: Air-serv

Scottish Grocer shines a spotlight on the Retail Game Changers and highlights those women making a real difference to the convenience channel.
Clare Redfern and John Upton run the Poolewe Village Store and say the PGMA is vital to their business.

Retailers buy into PGMA plus points

A couple of Highland retailers have highlighted the benefits of working with Scottish convenience buying group PGMA.

Irn-Bru stock competition

AG BARR is offering Scottish Grocer readers the chance to win £50 worth of Irn-Bru. Two retailers will walk away with the top prize of...

Cereal gets even nuttier

KELLOGG’S has reformulated its Crunchy Nut cereal, boosting the brand’s nut content by one quarter.
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Soft bubble goes pop

AG Barr has said that it expects to see sales down by 10% and profits by as much as 20%
Hamlyns' paper bags roll out at the end of this month thanks to its new packaging line.

Hamlyns does the eco-friendly paperwork

Oats brand Hamlyns of Scotland is switching to environmentally friendly paper packaging, while butchery business We hae meat has struck a deal with Iceland.

Barr predicts bumper sales

IRN-Bru manufacturer AG Barr is going all out to capitalise on the events of the coming year. “Glasgow 2014 will focus worldwide attention on...

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.

Recruitment success for CJ Lang

SPAR Scotland wholesaler CJ Lang has been celebrating a succesful end to 2020, following the recruitment of 14 new stores to the symbol in...
Unilever has relaunched its Partners for Growth category advice programme.

New look for advice hub

Unilever has announced it is relaunching its category advice programme, Partners for Growth (PfG), with a new-look website.