Belhaven celebrates the very best in what Scotland has to offer
Dunbar brewery Belhaven looks to boost up support for local Scottish food and drink to help bring more sales for local convenience stores.
Scotland to go it alone on plain packs, retailer groups slam Holyrood plan
Retailer groups slam Holyrood plan to switch to standardised tobacco packs after Westminster says wait and see
REPRESENTATIVE groups for convenience store operators, and newsagents...
Meet the Maker: popchips
Getting a taste for healthier snacks: Sarah Moore tells of her work for the popchips brand
Craft brewery pops up in Edinburgh
JOHN Dunsmore, ex-CEO of Scottish & Newcastle and C&C Group, has founded a new craft brewery in his home city of Edinburgh.
The Edinburgh Beer...
Pulling power of transformation
Scottish Grocer speaks to Post Office network transformation project director Neil Ennis
BRITAIN’S Post Office network has been going through a remarkable transformation and c-stores...
Investing in convenience stores ‘will pay off’
Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co believes convenience retail remains a solid sector in which to invest – according to its Business Outlook 2024 report.
Glenfiddich’s COP 26 Year Old at auction
WILLIAM Grant & Sons is set to auction a commemorative COP26 expression of Glenfiddich to raise funds for Stop Climate Chaos Scotland – a...
All pumped up after a revamp
FORECOURT retailer John Sommerville has joined forces with symbol group Mace to revamp his Bathgate store.
Taking the reins of a site he operated for...
Looking to the future… part 2
NISA has converted 50 of its stores to a new format with another 50 going through the conversion.
And it has reported that converted stores...
Even more rumours
A potential deal between Bestway and Costcutter would see the wholesaler enter into a supply deal with the symbol group
Retailers’ own mind on ASH campaign
CAMPAIGN group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has urged small store retailers to consider whether they really need to sell tobacco.
ASH claims to...
Freeze duty and hit fraudsters
Trade groups send Osborne their budget wish lists
ALCOHOL taxes and the criminality they encourage are top of the hitlist for trade bodies trying to...
Brownlies best of Best-one
RETAILERS from South Lanarkshire and Stirling were among the stars at Bestway and Batley’s Retail Development Awards 2015.
Donna and Bruce Morgan, of Best-one Brownlies...
Virtue wins for Asda stores
Asda has picked up a gold gong for its Scottish-produced non-alcoholic Rhubarb & Ginger Botanical Drink at the London Spirits Competition.
Wilde moves into food post
THE Scottish Food Trade Association has named its 105th president as Malcolm Wilde, Scottish GM of Nagel Langdons Ltd.
Wilde said he felt “privileged” to...
UWS on its symbol benefits
United Wholesale Scotland lays out the benefits it can offer retailers who join the Day-Today fascia group including money savings on energy.
