Pushing on petrol
THE Petrol Retailers’ Association has pledged its full support to Westminster MP Robert Halfon’s campaign and petition for a full enquiry into oil...
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...
Booker on track
GIANT wholesaler Booker Group told shareholders at its annual general meeting that its most recent trading period had gone well, but said tobacco sales...
Wholesaler has an app for that
WHOLESALER and symbol organisation Nisa has launched a number of new apps, exclusively for its independent retailers, available for smartphones and tablets.
The new member...
Jail fraudsters says report
Horsemeat scandal study calls for much tougher penalties for firms caught contaminating the food chain
• Scottish response to scandal good • Horizon scanning...
Donation proves Biggar and better
BIG-HEARTED staff and customers at Brownlies Best-one convenience store in Biggar have raised more than £1,300 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Owners Bruce and Donna...
Cider is hot stuff
HOT weather and the music festival season have been good news for Swedish fruit cider brand Kopparberg. In the first half of July, sales...
Sunshine days see sales soar
Some like it hot as Scotland beats inflation and zooms ahead of UK average to return best growth in two years
HOT weather and a...
Tahir’s the van man
DUNDEE retailer Tahir Mahmood has won a Ford van worth £12,000 from Booker and Miller Genuine Draft.
Mahmood, the manager of City Booze in...
Daily pay scheme
PAYPOINT has introduced a new once-a-day settlement system for retail payment services. Instead of having separate collections and payments for each of its...
Supermarkets still feeling the heat
Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose grab their biggest ever share as the giant multiples continue to toil
WHILE the early summer good weather appears to...
Co-ops say cover up or go
THE Co-operative Retail Trading Group has told publishers of lads’ mags to put them in sealed modesty bags or face them being withdrawn from...
Tesco repeats food bank campaign
TESCO customers helped to donate 3.5m meals during the supermarket’s second National Food Collection appeal last month – the equivalent, it said, of 26,000...
One drink to win millions
CCE research finds a single extra drink per household per week would see values jump by almost £800m
RECENT years have been good for soft...
Pop goes the snack market
POSH popcorn, healthier options, smaller pack sizes and upmarket crisps are the winners in the ongoing nibbles wars. That’s the finding from Key Note,...
Londis show attendance soars
ALMOST 1,200 Londis and Budgens stores were represented at the Musgrave trade shows, ‘Retailing 2013, The Main Event’, held in Manchester and Surrey last...
