Industry slams DRS proposals
THE deposit return system (DRS) under consideration by the Scottish Government, that would see shops required to take in returns of many plastic, glass...
List maker now online
IMPERIAL Tobacco has launched a new price list online tool for retailers at MyTobaccoPriceList.co.uk.
The service is available for free to all retailers and...
Awards profile – The dairy award (milk) 2015
Winner: Spar Dalrymple
The Dairy Award (Milk) - Sponsored by Müller Wiseman Dairies
Interview with Angela Pattie, manager (right).
Store details
Size: 2,800 sq ft
Opening hours:
7am – 10pm...
Awards profile – Symbol Store of the Year (single-store) 2015
Winner:
Pinkie Farm convenience store, Musselburgh
Symbol Store of the year (single-store business) – in association with Scottish Grocer magazine
Interview with Colin Smith, owner (pictured...
My market: Smoking out value
Sales and marketing professionals explain how they see convenience and wholesale. This issue: Paul Stokoe and Ryan McCaffery from JTI
Have you seen especially positive...
New taste of daily cuppa
Premiumisation and variety are the key words in the hot beverage market right now according to analyst Key Note.
In its latest Hot Beverages market...
Cost cooling
Energy costs are unavoidable for all companies including small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) and they can account for some of a firm’s biggest outgoings. But...
Gushing onwards
Bottled water multiplies sales by 40 in 30 years to take one in five of all soft drinks
Have bottled water sales grown and diversified...
Top of the muffin
Hard-pressed commuters are eating breakfast on the go. Time to break out the bakery?
A typical piece of advice dished out to people who want...
Adding health to snack time
Consumers are increasingly looking for healthy snacking products according to Eat Natural, which says its range meets that need. Its Protein Packed bar, which is...
Hot or not?
Thinking of introducing hot food to go to your store? Pies, pasties and micro snacks could be a good way to start.
THE food-to-go market...
Ready to take cash calls?
Are you set up to take payments from customers’ phones? While Spar UK and Co-operative Food ensured c-stores were in at the start when...
Ready meal sales soar
An increase in the number of small households has reduced the use of formal meal times and increased the use of ready meals, pre-packaged...
Teen smoking rates crash
As the various governments in the UK step up restrictions on tobacco marketing with the stated aim of reducing youth smoking new figures suggest...
Giants could do better
Giant grocers cleared of systematic price abuse but told to make promo deals clearer
Despite concluding that misleading pricing practices are not widespread or systematic among...
Wales seeks MUP
As the Scottish Government and its opponents wait for the European Court of Justice to give a verdict on the Scotch Whisky Association’s challenge...
