Jobs claim questioned
C-store group says big store expansions likely to hit retail employment
ALDI’S pledge to create 35,000 new jobs in the next seven years through UK...
Amber goes for gold
INDEPENDENT retailers can share £7,500-worth of stock in a golden ticket promotion from JTI. The 200 tickets are hidden in random outers of price-marked...
Dreaming of a gin Christmas
GIN in teacups is no longer the preserve of the secret tippler in prohibition Chicago. Super premium brand Hendrick’s has a gift pack, called...
Shoppers plan to click and collect
SCOTTISH Christmas shoppers are buying their gifts online then picking them up from collection points in greater numbers than ever before. More than two...
Jetting into five more years
AN independent forecourt in Dundee has become the latest to receive Jet’s new branding after signing a re-tie deal with the fuel supplier for...
Smart potato
PRODUCTION of potato vodka has started at Arbikie, Scotland’s newest farm-to-bottle distillery.
Arbikie Vodka is the first spirit to be produced at the facility,...
Food sales slump hits six months
• 12 month average performance the worst on record
• Halloween demand fails to prevent October like-for-like crash
FOOD sales slumped across Scotland last month, with like-for-like figures...
Total grocery registers first Kantar fall
THE whole UK grocery market is in decline for the first time since Kantar Worldpanel began its records in 1994. Sales are down 0.2%...
New face for chocolate giant
MARS has a new UK chocolate chief: Blas Maquivar will take up the role of president Mars Chocolate UK & Global Retail next month.
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Co-op courts the young
YOUNG Scot card holders will get 10% off their grocery shopping in a new deal negotiated with the Co-op.
The 570,000 young people aged 11...
The mind of the modern shopper
SGF Conference delegates heard Scotland’s convenience sector can evolve to meet the needs of consumers on ‘autopilot’.
SHOPPERS are making more visits to c-stores than...
Blurred lines in 2020 vision
C-STORE operators will have to think carefully about the products and services they offer over the next five years, as the lines between retailers...
Bold palates fuel ethnic growth
Adventurous consumers turn to Japanese, African and Indonesian dishes, recipe kits and ingredients.
FOREIGN travel, increased willingness to cook from scratch at home and suspicions...
JTI RYO silver goes to value
JTI is moving its B&H Silver Roll Your Own brand into the value sector with a new lower price point. As of last month,...
Centenary celebration
IMPERIAL Tobacco is celebrating more than 100 years in the business with a limited-edition pack this month. The new design, printed on the external...
Collaborate and we’ll innovate
Food manufacturers and others need to work together to find solutions for a new era’s challenges says Colette Backwell, director of the Scottish Food...
