TRA calls for no more tax hikes
The Tobacco Retailers’ Alliance is calling on the UK Government to rule out further increases in tobacco tax in this year’s Autumn Budget.
Retailer rewards go digital
CAMELOT’s retailer rewards programme is going digital in response to the coronavirus crisis
Keystore staff offered face covering with chain logo
Staff at KeyStore shops throughout Scotland and the north of England can now greet customers wearing branded face coverings
Vape users still littering
Vapers continue to throw away devices
MUP rise ‘not the solution’
Scottish convenience channel leaders have slammed MSPs’ decision to increase the alcohol minimum unit price (MUP) from 50p to 65p.
Ocean Spray teams up with Euro Food Brands
Leading cranberry juice brand Ocean Spray has appointed Euro Food Brands as its sales agent in the UK, to help boost up sales for the brand across stores.
LRS backs new Scottish Grocer Awards category
Retailers at the ready, Scottish Grocer is pleased to announce an additional category to the Scottish Grocer Awards 2019.
Lucozade Ribena Suntory is teaming up...
Scotland’s Top Brands: 40-50
Spotlight on the top Scottish food and drink brands of 2022 from 40-50.
Game changer?
Late last year the amount of alcohol allowed by law in the bloodstream of drivers in Scotland was cut. It’s said to have hit...
Jack’s hot and hotter
THE rise in popularity of hot and spicy world flavours shows no signs of slowing down, says Richard Cox, president Canadian business unit and...
Widening the soft approach in store
SOFT drinks has become a key category for impulse sales in c-stores in recent years as convenience retailers have worked to maximise the benefits...
Visit the Pay Office
Consumers who pay their bills via Payzone will now be able to do so at nearly 25,000 locations thanks to a successful acquisition by the Post Office
The good hair years
If teenage girls and early 20-something women make up a large proportion of your store’s customers you might want to stock a fairly wide...
Premier breaks 3300
PREMIER, the UK’s biggest symbol group, now has more than 3,300 Premier stores in the UK, brand owner Booker says.
The total includes 330 new...
Awards Profile – Licensed Retailer of the Year
Scottish Grocer has been catching up with Spar Renfrew owner Saleem Sadiq to discuss the store's ever-evolving off-trade selection after it was named Licensed Retailer of the Year at the Scottish Grocer Awards 2023.
Retail sales ‘in a funk’
Scottish retail sales are still well down on pre-pandemic performance, according to the latest figures produced by KPMG for the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC).
