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...
Organic food on the rise
ORGANIC food advocate organisation the Soil Association says its Organic September campaign helped boost annual organic sales to more than £100m.
Quoting Nielsen Homescan figures...
Menzies teams up for grocery
NEWSPAPER and magazine wholesaler Menzies Distribution is to move grocery, drinks and other FMCG lines in a new deal with RetailerSaver.com, a web-based group-buying...
Smile, and say ‘convenient!’
Sliced and grated lines grow ahead of the market as cheese fans keep buying and increase visits to c-stores
IN theory cheese should do...
Food to stay fierce says Scotmid chief
Last issue we reported on an increase in Scotmid’s profit in the first half of its trading year. Speaking to Scottish Grocer, chief executive...
Fuelling a drugs crisis
Delegates hear how dodgy tobacco is bankrolling record cocaine market
SCOTLAND is the largest consumer of cocaine in the world per head of population, Inspector...
