Drinks sales move off and up
THE value of British drinks sales has grown by 1% according to the Drinks Market Summary Overview, which uses off-trade data supplied by Nielsen...
The tracks of your life
Name: Asim Sarwar
Job Title:
Managing Director,
United Wholesale (Scotland) Ltd
How long have you been a retailer?
I have been involved in wholesale for my...
Scots catching up
The long alcoholic drinks market has become very interesting in recent years. Off-trade growth has been decent in the last 12 months and craft...
Young at heart
As Scotland’s students return for a new term and other young adults settle down for the party season we look at some key alcohol...
Still booming
ENERGY drinks, including functional or stimulant drinks and glucose-based drinks, have been the star performers in the soft drinks market for many years.
That’s been...
Festive treats a gift for retailers
CHRISTMAS is unquestionably one of the most important times of the year for the confectionery market.
And for convenience retailers, making the most of the...
Concern over refresher rates
THE deadline has now passed for Scottish holders of alcohol retailing personal licences, who were issued licences on or before 1 September 2009, to...
Time to overcome c-store barriers
Scotland’s MSPs created grocery industry history when they debated the position of the country’s independent c-stores. Scottish Grocer’s John McNee took in the debate.
SCOTTISH...
Searching for the very best
IT will soon be one of the most important times of the Scottish Grocer year.
In next month’s issue of the magazine you’ll find the...
John joins the Scottish Grocer team
JOURNALIST John McNee is the new assistant editor of Scottish Grocer. John joins the magazine from Ayrshire local newspaper the Irvine Times, where he...
Mars recalls milk drinks
Mars Chocolate Drinks has recalled branded sports-cap and 750ml bottles of milk drink products, manufactured by Milchwerke Mittelelbe GMBH, with best-before dates between: 19/12/2014...
Crackdown
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) says it’s about to crack down on “some of the UK’s most notorious hotspots for the sale and supply...
Consulation ends on plain packs
Proposals on plain packaging only good for smugglers, retailers warn
RETAILERS and tobacco firms have told the government a proposed ban on cigarette branding will...
Make or break?
THE tobacco industry and tobacco retailers are used to dealing with regulation. Usually it’s just a case of getting on with things.
But we’re now...
Expect change
In the early days of e-cigarettes and vaping it seemed important for products to resemble traditional smoking. Now we have a much more complex...
Mobile message takes Spar to 18-44 group
SYMBOL store group Spar launched its first major mobile marketing initiative last month with mobile device-related coupon activity that tied into its new TV...
