Clean country in the bag
THE Scottish Grocers Federation is encouraging retailers to use the proceeds from carrier bag charges to help tackle litter, after president Abdul Majid signed...
Brits turn on to spookfest
HOW was your Halloween? With a bit of luck it should have been better than last year.
Just ahead of this year’s spookfest, research...
Adding to the taste of home
ADDING a little sauce could be tasty for retailers says Partners for Growth, the marketing and merchandising service for convenience operators from multi-category brands...
SGF takes to the stage
RETAILER representative group the Scottish Grocers Federation held its 2014 national conference last month at the National Stadium, Hampden Park in Glasgow.
Around 160 delegates...
No comfort food as sales slump
THE brutal market conditions in Scottish food and drink retailing have continued into the autumn. According to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium/KPMG Retail Sales...
Metering the power of menthol
UK sales of sugar confectionery, or candy confectionery as Mondelez International calls it, are now worth more than £1.1 billion, with medicated confectionery accounting...
Will Tesco Express join c-store group?
Constitutional change would allow major multiples into ACS
MULTIPLE grocers could soon be allowed membership of the Association of Convenience Stores, if a vote on...
Popping up to the shop
SHOPPERS in Alva are the first in Scotland to use The Co-operative Food’s pop-up mobile shop, which is providing a temporary replacement while the...
Mahmood ready to drive daily bread
EDINBURGH retailer Mahmood Shahid, of the city’s Niddrie Bargain Stores, got some new wheels when Allied Bakeries revealed he was the winner of its...
Lockets makeover for the winter season
WRIGLEY is changing the look of Lockets with the launch of a new pack design this autumn.
The new design features a larger Lockets...
The choc of the new
‘Innovation’ is still the watchword in confectionery
THE UK confectionery market has seen a proliferation of new sweets and chocolate over the past year. And...
Plan to cash in
THE UK bakery market is huge, worth £3.8bn, and purchasing bakery products is the third most common reason that people visit c-stores, so it’s...
Helping all the way to the bank
AN independent store in Motherwell has thrown its weight behind efforts to feed struggling families in Scotland.
Back in August the Family Shopper store in...
Cold days ahead
REMEDIES aren’t just for winter. Generally there is an all-round trend for increased sales in over-the-counter medicines through the convenience channel with Mintel estimating...
A cigar strategy to deal with the dark
CIGARS don’t form one of the biggest sections of the tobacco market but from a retailer’s point of view they have some distinctly positive...
Get your entries in
THE Scottish convenience retailing industry’s biggest awards scheme, the Scottish Grocer Awards 2015, is now underway.
We’ve teamed up with some of the most important...
