Guests gather in the ballroom at the Hilton Glasgow for the Scottish Grocer Awards 2023.

Scottish Grocer Awards 2023 review

The Scottish Grocer Awards 2023 saw members of the retail sector gather to celebrate the best in the world of convenience.

Thrills attached to Seabrook packs

Crisp brand teams up with theme park .
Kirsten Blockley, national account manager at Mackie's of Scotland, stands in front of the Mackie's of Scotland sign.

Mackie’s fires up frozen sales

Mackie's of Scotland aims to ramp up sales across the freezer as more Scottish consumers seek some sweet treats to cool off with in the sun.

Birks in at Boost

Energy and sports drinks specialist Boost Drinks has appointed Kirsty Birks as strategy director. Birks joins from the consultancy Propaganda, where she was on the board...

Scotland’s top brands: 8. Malcolm Allan

Scottish Grocer puts the spotlight on the top Scottish take-home food and drink brands in Scotland using the list compiled by Kantar, here taking a look at brand No.8 – Malcolm Allan.
A bread and bakery section inside of a convenience store.

Inflation falls to lowest rate in eight months

A fall in food costs helped to bring overall inflation down, according to the latest report from the Office for National Statistics.
Swizzels sweets

Swizzels celebrates

Classic brand still going strong at 90 years young
woman vaping

Public vape site launches

Yorkshire-based tech firm TechStream Group Ltd has published the UK’s largest public database of all legally listed vape products.
Linda Williams

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...

Healthy Living boost for berries

SCOTTISH berries are at the heart of the latest campaign from the SGF Healthy Living Programme. The ‘Tis the Season to be Berry’ campaign urges...
Uthayakumar Soundararajan, Scottish president at The Federation of Independent Retailers, stands inside a store with licensed products behind him.

The Fed calls on ScotGov to put retailers at the heart of agenda

The Federation of Independent Retailers has called on the next Scottish Government to place store owners at the heart of policy ahead of the elections.
Steve Rodell, managing director – retail & leisue at Christie & Co, sits at a desk.

Investors keen on convenience, says Christie & Co

Christie & Co has predicted that investors will remain keen on convenience and forecourt locations as sites evolve to match consumer demand.
Stress over unpredictable home delivery of goods is making consumers think parcel lockers are a better option, claims InPost.

Parcel lockers could deliver boost for c-stores

Convenience retailers could boost footfall and spend through the adoption of parcel lockers, research from InPost suggests.
106_d

Cold comforts Scots love – chilled foods

COMFORT food and familiar dishes are what keep Scottish consumers coming back to the chiller cabinet. According to leading market research firm Kantar Worldpanel, Scots...

A feast of food to go

FOOD to go, perhaps more than any other category, has been shaking up the convenience retail sector in Scotland.
restaurants

Growth slows during Eat Out to Help Out

The Eat Out to Help Out scheme took a bite out of supermarket sales in August, but take-home grocery sales continued to enjoy strong growth