SPAR colleague with cheque and bag piper

Spar bonds with local community

Spar Scotland and its flagship Crosshouse store have held two special events that show the close ties with the Ayrshire community they serve.
Morrisons was the big loser among the giant grocers over the Christmas period. Kantar Worldpanel’s total till roll figures showed it down 1% on the previous year. Nielsen had it down 2%. Morrisons own figures showed its like-for-like sales down 5.6%.

Giants in bleak Christmas

Multiple and indie c-stores sales up as supermarkets falter CHRISTMAS brought a degree of trading joy for convenience stores and good results for discounters...

School lunch drinks on a health kick

A back to school display of soft drinks, snacks and sandwiches can encourage incremental sales and push up profits, says Maurice Newton, sales and...
Asda and Sainsbury's

Multiples make a bold merger move

New business aims to cut prices by ten percent
Allwyn will be taking over the running of The National Lottery on 1 February 2024.

Allwyn sets out online lottery tasks

Allwyn, the incoming operator of The National Lottery, is urging c-store owners to visit its online retailer portal as soon as possible so that their is no interruption to the service.

Milk man Sandy waves goodbye

DAIRY industry stalwart Sandy Wilkie has retired, bringing a five-decade career to a close. 

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...

Top 10 Scottish Alcohol Brands 2025

Discover which Scottish Alcohol Brands have ranked in the top 10 in Scotland as Worldpanel by Numerator reveals its latest sales data for the off-trade.
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Discounter bins plastic

Lidl has introduced reusable fruit and veg bags across its store estate .

Tips on next year’s tobacco trends

Tobacco giant JTI has outlined what it reckons will be key areas of growth for 2019, with the capsule and value segments tipped for success

Charity launches apprenticeship aid scheme

INDUSTRY charity GroceryAid has opened up applications for apprentices looking for extra financial support while undertaking a grocery industry apprenticeship. The charity aims to support...
The Scottish Grocer team and FareShare Scotland are joining forces again this year.

Scottish Grocer appeal to help families

Scottish Grocer has teamed up with surplus food distribution charity FareShare Scotland once again to launch the Scottish Grocer Christmas Food Collection to ensure no one goes without this festive season.
Sterling is struggling against the Euro driving food prices up.

Sluggish June for Scotland’s retail sector

ANNUAL food sales growth hit its highest level since April 2014 this summer, new figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium for June reveal. However,...

Aiming for sweet sales

CONFECTIONERY and snack giant Mondelez International has appointed a new sales director for the impulse sector. With over 20 years of experience in the food...
Flashback to August last year as Spar Ladybank receives its prize as winner of the Kingsmill Community Grant. Left to right: Bill Watters and David Croll of the Ladybank Development Trust; Jill McEwan, area manager, Spar; Chrissie McLaren, Spar Ladybank; and Robert Wilson and Dionne Wilson, Kingsmill.

At the heart of the community

Last year Spar Ladybank was awarded the Kingsmill Community Grant. What has it meant so far? IN early 2013 the team behind leading bread brand...
UWS launched its warehouse of the future concept at the firm’s Queenslie depot in 2019.

Back to the future

UNITED Wholesale Scotland is on course to open its second ‘Warehouse of the Future’, bringing a host of upgrades to its depot on Maxwell Road, Glasgow.