C-store champs face discounter bid
AWARD-WINNING Broadway Convenience Store and other shops in the Oxgangs area of Edinburgh face a major planning battle against a proposed discount supermarket in...
Growing frozen
INDEPENDENT wholesaler Bestway has appointed a new category manager for its frozen business. Rachel Hartwell joins from the Musgrave group. She is now responsible...
Lotto shop hosts the stars
REGULAR Lotto customer, 82-year-old Mary Anne McMillan, got a surprise when she put her numbers on last month.
A series of National Lottery-backed groups...
The National Living Wage – the details
Staff costs changed significantly for many convenience retailers in the spring and there’s more to come with the NLW scheduled to reach £9...
Time to splash out – Dairy special
Things are going better for milk, Britain’s bakers are boosting butter and cheese has a smile on its face
ARE these unusually good times for...
Don’t go asking for it
EDINBURGH retailers have joined forces with Police Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council to battle proxy purchasing.
The ‘You’re Asking for It’ campaign includes...
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...
Coca-Cola celebrates convenience stores for 125th year in Great Britain
Coca-Cola has marked its 125 years in Great Britain by highlighting the strength and importance of the convenience channel to consumers across the UK.
Fireworks change
NEW pyrotechnics legislation making changes to firework retailers’ record-keeping practices and signage, has come into force,the Association of Convenience Stores reports on its website.
The...
Capitalise on Minions craze with Yazoo and Premier Foods
Milk drinks brand Yazoo and ambient products firm Premier Foods are both bringing fun to kids' mealtimes thanks to the hugely popular Minions cartoon characters from the Despicable Me movies.
Awards celebrate Scottish food & drink excellence
The Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2023 take place in September of this year to celebrate the very best of the Scottish food and drink sectors.
Discounters take 10%
Symbols hold steady but supermarket decline goes on and price deals account for a third of sales.
£1 in every £10 spent in...
FDF’s net zero goal
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has made a commitment on behalf of its members, to hit net zero carbon emissions by 2040.
Impulse drives soft drinks
Sales growth in small shops well ahead of supermarkets but multiple c-stores soar as independents show flat sales
SOFT Drinks sales are holding up in...
Major papers in May sales slump
Red top sales decline goes on but mid-market is mixed and Times shows year-on-year increase.
Scots are continuing to buy fewer national newspapers and the...
Vapers grow to over 2m
Nearly two-thirds of e-cig users are tobacco smokers
One third are former smokers, up on previous years
ANTI-smoking charity, Ash (Action on Smoking and Health)...
