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The daily excellence – Bread and Milk Retailer of the Year

CONSUMERS visiting the Best-one store and Post Office in the Dunbartonshire village of Cardross don’t all realise they’re popping in to an award-winning shop. It’s...

Return of the Snowman

Scots apparently have 42 different words for snow. And we can be sure that the cold weather and the festive season is on the way...

The breakfast connection

RETAILERS Dennis and Linda Williams have officially launched their healthy loyalty scheme that gives children who buy fruit in their store extra bonus pieces...

Nowhere near normal

IF any retailers thought that they were in for a more relaxing time after the challenge of 2020, then this year will have proved to be a something of a disappointment.

It’s decision time for Nisa

IT’S make your mind up time for Nisa retailers who will this month be asked to vote on The Co-op Group’s offer to purchase the buying group.

Walker’s out on parade in NYC

Walker's Shortbread has donned its highland attire and celebrated the strength of the brand in America with a presence at the New York City Tartan Week.
The Leap Project

Gulf lends a hand

Grassroots organisations and local charities across the UK have received donations from customers and staff who are members of Oomph, the loyalty scheme from Gulf.

Vape users still littering

Vapers continue to throw away devices
Anne-Laure Farrar, market insight manager with The Knowledge Bank.

Retailers told to think local

An insights expert is advising Scottish c-store retailers to focus on local supplies as the channel is forecast to become increasingly important.
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Nisa sales up 6.1% at the half-year

NISA, the buying group, wholesaler and symbol store operation, has reported strong half-year results with sales up 6.1% year on year, at £770 million...
2020 food and drink consumers

Report outlines key consumer trends for the year ahead

The shoppers you should know about
Colin Smith, chief executive at the Scottish Wholesale Association, with the logo for the organisation in the top right hand corner in a white box.

Scottish Wholesale Association unveils new website

The Scottish Wholesale Association has unveiled its new and improved website, marking the final step in its overall rebrand which kicked off in 2025.

Co-ops say cover up or go

THE Co-operative Retail Trading Group has told publishers of lads’ mags to put them in sealed modesty bags or face them being withdrawn from...

Buttering up bakers – butter and spreadables

HOME baking, cooking from scratch and a trend towards natural, additive-free foods is fuelling the return of block butter and spreadables. “More consumers are...
A shopper pushes a trolley or groceries in a store.

A positive December performance for Scottish retail

Scottish retailers saw a bright end to 2022, with a rise in sales, according to the latest KPMG Scottish retail sales monitor collected for the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC).

Rates relief measures a “sticking plaster”

THE Scottish Retail Consortium has hit out at Scottish Government finance secretary Derek Mackay for taking a “sticking plaster” approach to the business rates...