SWA offers electric HGVs to rent
The SWA has kicked off a new initiative which will allow its members to hire out new electric HGVs in partnership with Renault Trucks and Vertellus.
Cooking up a storm
The Great British Bakeoff, just returning to the BBC for series six at the beginning of this month, traditionally gives home baking sales a...
International Women’s Day – Premier Broadway Convenience Store
Scottish Grocer is highlighting some influential and inspiring women working across convenience retail to celebrate International Women's Day.
90 years in the bag
Scottish Grocer is 90 – and what a difference nine decades make
Fined for flouting customers’ marketing wishes
Morrisons has been fined for breaking the law on how people’s personal information should be treated when sending marketing emails.
An investigation by the Information...
Retail recovery is fragile
While inflation reached new heights, Scottish sales managed to stay positive at the start of the year, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium-KPMG retail sales monitor.
Stockley’s Sweets moves to new purpose-built facility
Nostalgic sweets producer Stockley's Sweets has moved to a new, purpose-built facility with them ambition to enhance its production capabilities.
Stacey grabs a tache – Star supports milk campaign
SINGER and TV presenter Stacey Solomon is the latest celebrity to support the ‘make mine Milk’ campaign and the charity BeatBullying.
She will be working...
Sluggish retail sales
SCOTTISH food sales continue to buck the trend, in a retail sector that is otherwise struggling to hit pre-Covid performance.
Gala’s little wonder
Open since April, Tweed Road Stores in Galashiels is a new venture for forecourt retail company Adam Purves. Its refurbishment has packed a huge...
IQOS Iluma ‘is future of tobacco now’
Philip Morris Limited has been highlighting its 'heat not burn' IQOS Iluma as an alternative to traditional tobacco options and vapes.
New deal for Post Office
Royal Mail and PO enter long-term agreement
Domination of the discounters
Nervous consumers appear to be shunning the big four, leading to huge gains for the discounters
Town centre commitment from government
The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has welcomed a commitment from the Scottish Government to work with the retail industry in a bid to improve...
Plug pulled on EV grants
The UK Government has closed its plug-in car grant scheme for electric vehicles.
Spar gives back with its Saturday specials
PADDINGTON Bear and Lanarkshire MSP Clare Adamson were the guests of honour at a Motherwell c-store last month when Spar in the town’s Logans...
