Craft inspires new trends
CRAFT products and small-batch production are becoming important in many parts of the drinks industry. After aiding growth in the gin category in the...
£23m to meet rice demand
MAJOR international food producer Mars Food UK is to invest £23m in new equipment at the factory producing Uncle Ben’s Ready to Heat rice...
Concentrated effort
SHOPPERS are increasing the number of clothes care products they are buying and are buying them more frequently, according to Katharine Crossland, Unilever commercial...
BFFF’s new man at the top
JOHN Hyman has been selected to succeed Brian Young as chief executive of the British Frozen Food Federation.
Hyman, described as a highly experienced...
Sub-zero sales
THE total take-home frozen food category in Scotland is down 2.2% according to Kantar Worldpanel data, but the category continues to recruit new shoppers,...
Awards profile – Chilled retailer of the year 2016
Winner McLeish, Inverurie
Chilled Retailer of the Year 2016
Sponsored by: Kerryfresh, Scotty Brand and McIntosh of Strathmore
Winner details
Size: 1500 sq ft - Symbol: KeyStore Staff:...
Market makeover
With a new refit, kitchen and the launch of its own in-store town market, Edinburgh retail chain Margiotta is putting fresh food and local...
Man admits murder of Glasgow shopkeeper
A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of Glasgow retailer Asad Shah.
Tanveer Ahmed, from Bradford in Yorkshire, killed Mr Shah in a religiously...
The National Living Wage – the details
Staff costs changed significantly for many convenience retailers in the spring and there’s more to come with the NLW scheduled to reach £9...
A new style of retailing
From full-blown franchise store solutions, to parcel collections services, local dry-cleaning hook-ups, and opportunities to add a post office to a shop there are...
Food struggles again in May
RETAIL sales in Scotland in May continued their established pattern of year-on-year decline, said the latest Scottish Retail Consortium/KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor.
The...
SGF talks tax at No 10
Minister says give us your online competition ideas
ONLINE grocery shopping and its effect on convenience retailing headed the agenda when the Scottish Grocers Federation...
Stocks running out say stores
STOCKS of price-marked packs of cigarettes are already running low, according to retailers.
Just a month on from the introduction of the EU Tobacco Products...
Thanks for the service
THE boss of one of Scotland’s main confectionery manufacturers, a long-standing newsagent and retailer and two men often said to have kick-started the UK’s...
Southern c-store chain heads for administration
MY Local, the convenience chain formed after the purchase of the M Local stores of supermarket chain Morrisons last September, looks set to go...
The summer slush fund
Much of Scotland was hit by an early season heat wave. What was the in-store effect?
LAST month’s heatwave boosted demand for summer food...
