‘Glimmer of hope’ for Scottish retail
After a worryingly poor Christmas season, Scottish retail saw a more positive January – with a 2% like-for-like sales increase on the year before .
Every little bit helps this Easter
Tesci is calling on charities and community groups across the UK to get in touch to receive surplus food as part of a charity drive in the run up to Easter .
Fresh start for grocery sales
Strong sales in fresh produce helped the UK grocery market record a sales uplift for the 12 weeks to 27 January .
Barking up the right tree
OVER 170,000 children in Scotland will receive classes on animal welfare thanks to a £141,000 donation from Scotmid
Discounter dairy deal
ALDI has extended its partnership with Graham’s The Family Dairy
Protection promised
THE UK Government has vowed to explore ways in which it can give additional protection to shopworkers, particularly when they face abuse in relation to age-restricted sales
Don’t ignore c-store crime
Conference hears from independent retailers who have faced in-store violence
Track and Trace is coming soon
JTI head of communications Mark Yexley explains what new tobacco rules will mean for convenience retailers
Worries for wine
A NO-deal Brexit would cost the wine industry £70m due to the amount of extra paperwork that would be required
No deal Brexit chaos would be a disaster for British retail industry
THE Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has warned that retailers would take a massive hit should the UK exit the European Union without some kind of deal
Food to go is here to stay
In the first Convenience Conversation of 2019, Scottish Grocer invited a group of retailers, suppliers and EPOS firms to Kirkcaldy to talk food to go and impulse. Discussion centred around how c-stores can position themselves to make the most of this valuable market .
Breggsit concerns
BRITISH Lion egg processors are predicting supply problems regardless of whether or not a deal is struck with the EU
Brexit means challenges
Scottish independent retailers say Brexit is already affecting business
Deposit return trial gets underway
Dennis and Linda Williams welcome guests for launch of 12-week DRS pilot scheme across three c-stores .
Huge illegal tobacco haul in Glasgow
Four arrested for excise duty fraud
HMRC has seized an estimated five tonnes of suspected illicit tobacco in Glasgow.
Revenue and Customs officers uncovered the haul...
Opinion split on DRS
Individuals and industry disagree on best way forward
The public wants it all, but industry strikes a more cautious tone according to analysis of the...
