Food sees New Year hangover
January sales slump follows positive Christmas performance
FOLLOWING a Christmas blow-out, Scotland’s food sales were hit by a New Year hangover in January. The Scottish...
Changing habits to create growth
GLASGOW independent food and drink wholesaler JW Filshill is predicting it will return to sales growth within three years because of changing shopping habits...
One million for Nc’nean
Scotch whisky distillery Nc’nean has raised more than £1 million through a successful crowdfunding campaign
JW Filshill happy to talk shop with independent retailers
JW Filshill promises its KeyStore retailers supermarket levels of support as it seek to bring in more stores under its fascia operation.
Mags lose weight – Slimming World tops the charts
CALORIE-counting readers made Slimming World magazine the flavour of year on news stands in 2012.
The monthly dieting mag saw its sales rise 11.2% year-on-year...
The time to prepare for DRS has arrived
With less than one year to go, Mark Brill, UK & Ireland VP sales and marketing for TOMRA, looks at what retailers need know about the deposit return scheme.
Sugar levy is not too taxing
THE big day is almost here. From 6 April soft drinks with more than 5g of sugar per 100ml – which translates to 16.5g for a 330ml can - will be subject to a sugar tax.
Web before you buy shopping soars
ALMOST a third of shoppers are using the internet to find the best grocery deals before they hit the shops, with young consumers and...
RVM Systems talks DRS expertise
RVMSystems UK sales manager Gerry Mellor provides key insights across reverse vending machines and shows why the firm is a top operator when to comes to DRS.
Scotmid rolls out Pennies round up for Alzheimer Scotland support
SCOTTISH convenience retailer Scotmid has introduced a new way for consumers to support Dementia Scotland through a new partnership with micro-donation charity Pennies.
Pinkie Farm marks 10 year anniversary
Musselburgh store Pinkie Farm Convenience has celebrated its 10th anniversary of operations with an in-store party offering consumers plenty of goodies.
Sally opens the doors at the Co
CO-OPERATIVE Food’s latest refurbed Scottish store has opened in Strathblane following a £675,000 investment. And one of the area’s famous residents popped in to...
Fruitful time for cider – C&C brands
CIDER is a summer drink; right? In some cases. Some 41% of beer and traditional cider is sold between May and October, while the...
Frozen food offers high quality and value to consumers
Frozen food products are ideal to help consumers during the cost-of-living crisis, according to British Frozen Food Federation chief Ian Stone.
Lucozade and Ribena on the market
PHARMACEUTICALS giant GlaxoSmithKline has put its drinks brands Ribena and Lucozade up for sale to concentrate on its core business.
Global sales of Ribena grew...
Nisa winning with women
WHOLESALER and symbol group Nisa has launched a new networking group to support women working in the business.
