Deflation takes food down 2.6%
There appears to be no let-up in the tough times faced by food retailers in Scotland.
According to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium/ KPMG Scottish...
Wilson: Londis buy will help indies
ONE of the SWA conference’s most warmly received speakers was Booker CEO Charles Wilson, who gave a presentation on his company’s recent acquisition of...
Deposit scheme is “bad for business”
The appointment earlier this year of Caledonia Public Affairs to help the SWA enhance its profile in the corridors of both Westminster and Holyrood...
Sarwar calls on SWA to evolve
Scotland's wholesalers must evolve to meet changing demands and challenges, according to Asim Sarwar, outgoing president of the Scottish Wholesale Association, at the trade body’s...
Making real connections
When it comes to the Scottish Grocer Community Champion Award, the bar is set quite high. Previous winners include such well-regarded names as Premier...
More 18s from tobacco giant
INCREASING demand for low-priced packs of cigarettes has prompted JTI to add Sterling and B&H Blue Superkings to its list of lines available in...
Salads or sandwiches?
HOW should you stack your food-to-go shelves? Two recent reports give different suggestions.
Food-to-go packaging manufacturer Planglow says sandwiches are 30 times more popular than...
Major papers in May sales slump
Red top sales decline goes on but mid-market is mixed and Times shows year-on-year increase.
Scots are continuing to buy fewer national newspapers and the...
A food and drink year in the making
WE are now at the halfway point in Scotland’s Year of Food and Drink which set out to promote the country’s natural larder.
Scotland Food...
A winning combo
Kilwinning’s KK Stores is a shop of two halves, run by two brothers who have invested in a massive refit to bring it up...
SG workSHOP: The Retail Data Partnership
Project 5 The Retail Data Partnership – Family Shopper, Paisley
IN SG workSHOP we look at how suppliers and retailers can work together to make...
Forecourt formula
Carronvale Service Station in Larbert is the flagship and test bed forecourt of Certas Energy. Scottish Grocer’s John McNee visited the site and spoke...
Symbol chain set to use the payphone
APPLE Pay, the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch-based contacless payment system, is due to launch in the UK this month. And symbol group Spar...
Bigger than brekkie
Pet food and pet care products can play an important role in a typical c-store’s product range, adding more revenue in convenience outlets than...
New directions
Convenience retailing in Scotland has gone through major changes.
Today’s c-stores are increasingly designed to offer shoppers the chance to buy all the home-based and...
Time for 500s and multis
Hot weather increases sales of soft drinks ... it’s official, says CBL Drinks.
Sales and marketing director Maurice Newton said: “Studies have shown that the soft...
