Fancy taking a spring shelfie?

CADBURY Creme Egg is giving retailers a chance to be a winner in the lead up to the spring confectionery sales season with its...
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Confectionery wholesaler revamps depot

Keeping it sweet in north Glasgow
Imperial Brands consumer marketing director UK & Ireland Yawer Rasool highlighted the importance of flavour cards and combi papers.

Imperial Brands offers tobacco accessories advice

Imperial Brands reckons there are 4.5million roll-your-own smokers in the UK and the firm has been offering advice on how convenience retailers can make the most of the substantial sales opportunity.

Ready seltzer go at Burton

BEER giant Molson Coors is spending £25m to upgrade its brewery in Burton-upon-Trent including the installation of a hard seltzer canning line. This follows the...
Daniel Johnson MSP promoting retail crime bill

New legal protection from assault for retail staff

Scottish retailers will have additional legal protection from assault and abuse, following a landmark vote at the Scottish Parliament.
Multi-coloured National Lottery balls lie on grass with the Allwyn logo in the top right hand corner.

Allwyn rekindles the magic for National Lottery retailers

Allwyn answers retailers' pressing questions This article contains paid for content from Allwyn Following the inaugural Scottish Grocer Forum in January, Allwyn, the operator of The...
Staff members at Mark Murphy Dole in Edinburgh stand in the warehouse folding their arms.

Mark Murphy Dole cuts down on food waste

Edinburgh wholesaler Mark Murphy Dole has cut 33% of its food wastage following a partnership with the Scottish Wholesale Association and Zero Waste Scotland.

Awards entries are open

Entries for the Scottish Grocer Awards 2021 are officially open

Retailer Reality – the illicit nicotine trade

Convenience retailers from across central Scotland have spoken of an explosion in the illicit nicotine trade and criticised the authorities for failing to act.

Fresh start for grocery sales

Strong sales in fresh produce helped the UK grocery market record a sales uplift for the 12 weeks to 27 January .

Hugo’s the boss

MOLSON Coors has named Hugo Mills as director of sales and operations for Scotland. He was previously UK manager for Gruppo Campari and general manager...

One billion in sales for FTG

Research firm finds category in rude health THE food-to-go market has broken the £1bn barrier according to the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel, with shoppers...

New look own-label sales soar

Symbol store group and wholesaler Nisa says its relaunched own-label range is performing well above expectations, with some products quadrupling in sales after being...

Bags are on their way up

Sharing format sales rising IMPULSE is at the heart of convenience retailing and when it comes to boosting basket spend there’s hardly a heavier hitter...

Iceland in reality TV push

FROZEN food retailer Iceland has its own mini reality TV series running as part of a major ads push. The group delivered shopping to three...

A frenzy of new flavours

HARIBO has brought back its limited edition Frenzy range, offering a summer twist on its Starmix and Tangfastics flavours.   Now in its third year, this...