Images of David Lonsdale, director of the Scottish Retail Consortium, and Pete Cheema, chief executive at the Scottish Grocers' Federation.

Business groups’ plea for rates relief in Scottish Budget

Members from across convenience have sent a co-signed letter to Scotland's finance secretary urging for rates relief on retail stores in the Scottish Budget.
Scottish Government Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon took time to explore the stands and talk to a variety of exhibitors and experts at ScotHot25.

Minister praises c-stores at ScotHot

Scottish Government Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon has highlighted the importance of convenience retail in boosting Scotland's food and drink industry as she attended ScotHot25.

Former ambassador to be whisky leader

DIPLOMAT David Frost is to be the new chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association. He will take over from Gavin Hewitt at...
Elaine C Smith

Elaine’s back to relaunch Motherwell

STAGE and screen star Elaine C Smith returned home to launch the new look of the shopping centre she used as a teenager. Elaine who...
Gemma Sellar and Stephanie Karté explain RAC’s partnership with schools.

Intelligence key to fighting crime

Sharing resources and knowledge top of the agenda at Retailers Against Crime conference

Mars recalls Galaxy crumble

MARS Chocolate UK is recalling Galaxy Cookie Crumble 114g bars with the batch code PB21, PB22 or PB23 and the best before date 16/08/15....

Retail leads on property values

RETAIL outlets including c-stores and forecourts were among the star performers on the business sales scene last year. And despite a number of challenges...

Stocks running out say stores

STOCKS of price-marked packs of cigarettes are already running low, according to retailers. Just a month on from the introduction of the EU Tobacco Products...

Co-op adds DRS to its line up

Deposit return will be making an appearance at one of Scotland’s biggest music festivals this summer .

Time to turn and fascia the change

After a whirlwind 2018 for wholesalers it’s a good time to reassess what’s on offer
Tanya Wilson winning employee of the year receiving her award

Awards Profile – Employee of the Year 2021

Scottish Grocer caught up with Tanya Wilson, store manager at Spar Eastriggs and winner of Employee of the Year at the 2021 Scottish Grocer Awards.

Morrisons is on a veg push

Morrisons has launched an all-British veg box offering eight different seasonal vegetables for £5.
ice cream

Frozen sales bounce back

STRONG sales of ice cream, meat, poultry and niche vegetables have helped frozen foods recover from last year’s horsemeat scandal. According to Kantar Worldpanel,...

Stores pay the price

PayPoint says ‘Let’s talk’ but refuses to move on commission cuts as profit jumps 9% PAYMENTS services firm PayPoint says it will discuss options with...

RVM boss has eye on c-stores

Envipco president Robert Lincoln talks DRS
Scottish Grocers' Federation chief executive Pete Cheema.

Exasperation over DRS chaos

Scotland's convenience channel leaders have been speaking up as the future of the proposed Deposit Return Scheme hangs in the balance.