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Celebrating one century in style

CJ Lang marked milestone last month

Charity says check it out

GroceryAid backs benefits awareness campaign INDUSTRY charity GroceryAid is urging all retail staff who are facing hard times to take advantage of Benefits Awareness Month....
TV presenter Georgie Thompson gets the Scottish Grocer Awards 2014 under way at Glasgow’s Hilton Hotel.

Star qualities shine on

IT’S always a great night but the 2014 presentation of the Scottish Grocer Awards turned out to be one of the best ever. An audience...

Crime focus at Holyrood

CPG discusses impact of crime on convenience TACKLING crime against retailers was the focal point of discussions at the latest meeting of the Cross Party...

The top of the milk

MULLER Wiseman Dairies has appointed Sean Whitfield as Business Unit Director – Cream in advance of the autumn opening of the firm’s butter plant...

Tradition hits the spot

NISHA Enterprise has been touting the success of its range of traditional sweets following the launch of its Millar Smooth Butterscotch. Sunny Pahuja, managing director...
The McLeish c-store in Inverurie, the town with the fewest shop vacancies in the recent LDC / Institute of Retail Studies study of Scottish retail properties. The Aberdeenshire town’s vacancy rate was just 2%. Nearby Banff and Huntly both had vacancy rates of more than 30%.

Unused shops rate hits 14.5%

MORE than one in seven of Scotland’s shops are empty, in a third of the country’s top towns seven out of 10 of empty...
MGD back on TV

Miller Genuine Draft back on TV

THE Scottish off-trade’s second-biggest lager brand, Miller Genuine Draft, returned to TV screens with a new ad last month. The latest in the Tonight, It’s...
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Electric van man is here

MENZIES distribution has gone electric, with the roll out of a new fleet of zero-emission vehicles.

Travelling the world with food

CONSUMERS are on course to cook up a storm in 2022, according to meal box delivery brand Hello Fresh. Experimenting flavours will become the norm...
Water soars in heatwave

Water soars in heatwave – Drinks category performance update

SOFT drinks, lager and cider were the outright winners this summer, with thirsty customers spending heavily in the categories during the sunny weather. Nielsen Scantrack’s...

Fright night turns sweet

IT might be kids’ stuff to some but the annual ghosts and ghouls festival of Halloween has become one of the most important seasonal...
Scottish food and drink fortnight

Scottish food and drink fortnight

Scottish food and drink has been highlighted as a potential powerhouse industrial sector for the nation’s future. Next month we all have a chance...

Star retailers shine on TV

Retailers Asiyah and Jawad Javed of Day-Today in Stenhousemuir have been inspiring TV viewers on both sides of the Atlantic through their contribution to the local community during the Covid-19 pandemic

Forget about the weather

Scottish climate is no barrier to BBQ sales Scottish barbecue season may sound like the start of a joke but despite sometimes dreich weather, the...

Scots baffled by calories

Survey finds consumers confused about nutritional messages and reluctant to play sport regularly SCOTS are in a state of confusion about food and nutrition. According...