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...
Stores pay the price
PayPoint says ‘Let’s talk’ but refuses to move on commission cuts as profit jumps 9%
PAYMENTS services firm PayPoint says it will discuss options with...
Taking on the illegal trade
A nationwide media campaign has been launched aimed at combating the sale of illegal tobacco in the UK.
Running across more than 70 regional newspapers,...
Booker’s big buy
Takeover could see mega symbol stable serving more than 9% of UK fascia stores
WHOLESALER and symbol group owner Booker is to buy symbol...
Black market 50% up
THE UK saw an almost 50% rise in the consumption of counterfeit and contraband cigarettes in 2014, according to a KPMG report published last...
Bread brand is still the chosen one
THREE of the top five most frequently bought brands in the UK are bread. And Warburtons has topped the most chosen brand list for...
