Premier RaceTrack Pitstop Wishaw highlights the next stage for the retail chain.

RaceTrack Pitstop opens new store

Central belt retail chain Premier RaceTrack Pitstop has opened a new store in Wishaw which bosses believe showcases where the future of convenience retail lies.
David Martin

Fashion not food grows ahead of festivities

THERE was every sign that it was going to be a late Christmas for Scotland’s food retailers when the final Scottish Retail Consortium/KPMG Scottish...
Adam Hardie, head of food and drink at Johnston Carmichael,

Small businesses will need more time for DRS

Adam Hardie, head of food and drink at Johnston Carmichael, chartered accountants and business advisers, looks at DRS
Millar's Newsagents

New blood at newsagents

SPECIALIST business property adviser Christie & Co has brokered the sale of Millar’s Newsagents in Bonnyrigg
Neil Turton, chief executive of Nisa, third right, and artists at the organisation’s Stoneleigh Park dinner present charity cheques to Age UK, Macmillan Cancer Support and Action For Children.

Nisa show presentations make the difference

CHILDREN, cancer patients and the elderly were the latest groups to benefit from Nisa generosity when the wholesaler and symbol group organiser’s Making A...
Kantar Worldpanel business unit director Mark Thomson

Sweet but slowing

Scots are famous for having a sweet tooth but Kantar Worldpanel’s Mark Thomson’s analysis suggests the nation is after pudding promos THE take-home desserts category,...

Sell more drinks? Yes we can

THIRSTY Brits have boosted sales of beverage cans across the UK according to trade body the Can Makers. The industry delivered over 9.5bn empty...
Grocery Aid

Dance for cash

INDUSTRY charity GroceryAid raised over half a million pounds at its annual gala ball, which moved to a new home in London.
Kristian Sharp, from Weetabix, joined the Healthy Living Programme team to help educate Wellshot Primary School pupils.

Educating youngsters about healthy breakfasts

The SGF Healthy Living Programme's Welby Big Breakfast events at primary schools across Scotland are a great way to educate children about healthier meal choices. Scottish Grocer caught up with the team at a recent event supported by Weetabix.
Grace, 10, has won a year's supply of crisps and an exclusive tour of the Taylors Snacks factory.

Taylors Snacks boss inspired by amazing Grace

The managing director of Taylors Snacks has told how he's been inspired by a 10-year-old girl's plea to make the firm's Haggis & Cracked Black Pepper crisps available all year round.
Scotmid

Scotmid solid in face of cost hike

Annual results positive amid increases
Susanna de Lesu, commercial director at BAT UK&I, with pack shots of VUSE Doube Apple pods and devices.

BAT moves forward with a new vigour following disposable ban

Susanna de Lesu delivers solutions from BAT following on from the disposable vape ban to help reassure retailer customers.
Chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves stands in front of a Union Jack flag.

SGF warns budget will cost c-stores millions

The SGF has warned rises in employer costs from the UK Government's budget will leave retailers across Scotland massively out of pocket.
The Glasgow depot has reopened with social distancing measures in place.

Sweet return for wholesaler

CONFECTIONERY wholesaler Hancocks has reopened its Glasgow depot in accordance with social distancing guidelines

Bestway aid is flown in to Pakistan

Bestway Group has teamed up with Virgin Atlantic to deliver more than 20 tonnes of medicine to help the Pakistan flooding victims.

We’ll reconsider shopworker law

Parties tell SGF hustings that Holyrood could look again at parity with emergency services for offences against store staff CALLS for shop workers to be...