New directions
Bedford-born retailer Natalie Lightfoot converted her Glasgow store to a Londis earlier this year. It has been one of the most exciting and challenging...
Ringing the changes
SCOTTISH pastry and pie manufacturer, Bells Food Group, has completed the first part of a three-year £3.6m investment programme which doubles pastry production capacity...
Top-up bonanza
UK c- stores are gaining from changes that have led to a boom in top-up shopping, says research giant Mintel.
New research from the company...
Mitchells goes its own way
Awards profile – licensed retailer of the year
Winner:  Mitchells Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
Licensed Retailer of the Year 2016Â - sponsored by Whyte & Mackay
Interview with Keith Whyte, partner,...
Bigger nights than ever?
We’ve just had a bumper summer of sport when Britons notched up a record haul of Olympic medals. But the winter TV events and...
A lot of bottle
Awards profile – beer retailer of the year
Winner:  Best-one @ Brownlie’s, Biggar
Beer Retailer of the Year 2016 - sponsored by Tennent’s
Interview with Bruce and Donna Morgan,...
An investment in your employees
Retailers are keen to save money where they can. But when assessing the cost of staff training industry experts argue it’s worth considering the...
We’re on the lookout for Scotland’s best
TODAY, with this copy of Scottish Grocer, get your Scottish Grocer Awards 2017 entry brochure and start preparing to be a part of Scotland’s...
Top tips for a green life
GREEN Tourism, the sustainable tourism certification programme, has produced a list of top tips for convenience retailers who want to make their businesses more...
Track your events
CONSUMERS don’t need an excuse for a night in (or indeed a big afternoon in) but give sports fans an event to watch and...
UWS records £5m sales increase
UNITED Wholesale (Scotland) has reported a £5m rise in turnover last year.
Turnover was up to £227m for the year ending December 31, 2015. Pre-tax...
Bargain stores reach £5bn
BRITISH shoppers spent £5bn at bargain stores such as Poundland, B&M and Home Bargains in the past year, a rise of 17%, according to...
Advance moves onto smart phones
JTI has widened its range of digital retailer communications services by launching the JTI Advance app.
The app features a barcode scanner and fingerprint sign-in,...
Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight Returns
SCOTTISH Food & Drink Fortnight returns September 3 – 18 following a hiatus during Scotland’s Year of Food and Drink 2015. The nationwide event...
New Bestway team
MARTIN Race has been named new managing director of 64-depot, £2.3bn turnover Bestway Wholesale, the second-largest wholesaler in the UK, in a board restructuring that ...
Walkers promo ad banned
FRUSTRATED players of giant crisp brand Walkers’ 2016 promotion Spell & Go, which said there were 20,000 holidays to be won, complained to the...
