Special delivery – Gallo draw Vauxhall van competition
AYRSHIRE independent retailers Mr and Mrs Sultan drove away with a top prize when they won a Vauxhall van containing six cases of wine...
E-cigs group slams train service bans
Major transport companies rule out electronic cigarettes on board as market competition intensifies
THE electronic cigarette market looks set to hot up as one of...
We’re winning tobacco war
Health minister claims authorities efforts are squeezing illicit trade but inspector’s report says smugglers aren’t punished
AUTHORITIES in Scotland and the rest of the UK...
Halloween gives food a bump – October analysis
GHOULS, ghosts and cold weather gave Scotland’s food sales an 11th hour bump in the night in October, returning results that led retail industry...
Food life begins at 40 for award winning store
THE Isle of Lewis has a new food retail hero.
Grocery store and deli 40 North, in the west of the island, was named Independent...
Europe raids after OFT passes – 2013 News Review
IN February the Petrol Retailers Association slammed the Office of Fair Trading decision not to carry out a full market study into the UK...
Clydebank links with Keystore
Independent co-operative society Clydebank Co-op tied in with JW Filshill’s symbol store operation Keystore in its Knightswood, Glasgow shop.
The deal was announced by Clydebank...
New life plan for Scots centres
But could policies to help the high street simply make c-store life tougher still?
RATES concessions for a wider range of businesses, new housing and...
Race is new trading boss at Batleys
Martin Race, currently operations director at Batleys will assume all responsibility for group trading for Bestway Group by 1 July following Kaiser Yousaf’s decision...
Suspect pictures – Police launch identification appeal
POLICE have released new images of three men detectives want to trace in connection with an assault in Tesco, Kilwinning last March.
At around 6am...
Growing symbols beat grocer giants
BRITAIN’S symbol stores and independent food and drink retailer grew at a faster rate than all of the big four supermarkets and beat the...
Keane joins Graham’s board
FORMER managing director of Robert Wiseman Dairies Billy Keane is joining the board of Graham’s The Family Dairy.
Keane spent 18 years with RWD, serving...
Tennent’s – Saying cheers to the heroes
Tennent Caledonian Breweries has joined forces with the charity Help for Heroes to launch an official new beer for the charity that aims to...
What do we think about chocolate?
Women lead on impulse purchases, multipacks and Fairtrade and have more concerns about fat content. Men are more likely to snack on chocolate and...
The changing face of convenience
Almost one in 10 say they do a main shop in a c-store
CONSUMER shopping behaviour is changing dramatically and it’s set to have a...
Grocers put Holyrood on the spot
SCOTLAND’S convenience sector representative group the Scottish Grocers’ Federation put Scottish Government policy on the spot at its conference held last month at Prestonfield...
