A day in the life – ride along with CJ Lang
Scottish Grocer hits the road with CJ Lang driver John Howie
DELIVERIES are crucial to the convenience industry, with disruption leading to the kinds of...
Scotmid and Co-op look to local talent
SCOTTISH suppliers are set to be celebrated at a special awards ceremony in September.
The Co-op and Scotmid will join forces to launch the first-ever...
CCEP desires for deposit return
AS the UK and Scottish governments deliberate on how best to introduce a deposit return system for drinks containers, Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has...
Morrisons launches DRS pilot
RVM comes to Lindsayfield Morrisons
MORRISONS has become the latest retailer to pilot deposit return in Scotland.
Following Iceland’s decision to run a similar trial in...
The Forest view on smoking proposals
As the Scottish Government considers more regulations on tobacco, Simon Clark urges independent retailers to join forces with consumers.
By Simon Clark
THE smoking ban, we...
New stores to challenge Lidl & Aldi
TESCO has released job adverts for roles in a mystery ‘new store format’ which is expected to target the share of the market currently occupied by Aldi and Lidl
A strong summer in Scotland
MATCHING trends across the UK, the extended good weather of early summer saw total sales in Scotland across June increase by 2.7% year on year
Sunshine means sales for grocery
MORE good weather in June and July led to supermarket sales growing at their fastest rate this year, up by 3.6% for the twelve weeks until 15 July
Swizzels celebrates
Classic brand still going strong at 90 years young
Staying ahead with premium
Britvic finds premium increasingly important
Employer obligations to zero-hour workers
The importance of ensuring consistent treatment of employees on different types of contracts has recently been reinforced by the Employment Appeal Tribunal
ScotGov plans promotions ban
THE Scottish Government has revealed it intends to restrict the promotion of products high in fat, sugar or salt as part of an action...
The fight against crime
A BID to give retail workers extra protection under the law has taken a significant step forward
Overprovision for cigarettes
ScotGov unveils new tobacco proposals
Black pack no more
QUORN has begun removing black plastic from its packaging.
Iceland launches DRS in Scotland
Musselburgh store one of four in UK trial
