US brand joins the tea party
AMERICAN organic tea brand Honest is ramping up its marketing activity in the UK with the launch of its first integrated marketing campaign on...
Retail Game Changers: La Martiniquaise Bardinet
Scottish Grocer shines a spotlight on the Retail Game Changers and highlights those women making a real difference to the convenience channel.
Awards Profile – Best New Store
Scottish Grocer caught up with Broughton Market Edinburgh owner Yommana Crombie and manager Wayne Anderson after the shop won the Best New Store honours at the 2022 Scottish Grocer Awards.
Donation proves Biggar and better
BIG-HEARTED staff and customers at Brownlies Best-one convenience store in Biggar have raised more than £1,300 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Owners Bruce and Donna...
Christmas goes digital
The festive period saw supermarkets smash records for online sales, according to the latest figures from data specialists Kantar and Nielsen
Sweet for social media
United Wholesale (Scotland) caused some serious buzz on social media last month, reaching more than four million Facebook users with one chocolate bar .
Liquid route to seasonal sales
As families all over Scotland prepare for their summer breaks it’s time to find out what the country’s beer, wines, spirits and soft drinks...
Stoats takes pride in local roots
Heritage and provenance sit at the heart of the Stoats porridge oats brand as the firm has set out why being a proud Scottish business sets it apart from its rivals.
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...
Thinking of the children
THE Bestway Foundation flexed its charitable muscles last week, donating six figures to children’s charity the NSPCC.
Digital future for c-stores
PayPoint backs innovation
Sweet and low
HEALTH has become a major focus for many shoppers in recent years. As an indulgent treat, what role can chocolate play in this new health-focused landscape?
Opportunity in meat free
MEAT-free products should take pride of place in c-store FTG chillers, Quorn has suggested.
The firm, which boasts an on-the-go snacking range that includes meat-free...
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.
Craft beer ‘outperforms market in c-stores’
Craft beer options have remained at the top of the shopping list for plenty of Scottish consumers during the last few years, and 2024 should be no different – especially in the convenience channel, reckons BrewDog.
Reasons to be “cautiously optimistic”
Scottish retail sales appeared to be on the rise towards the end of 2019, following a year of disappointment and decline.
