£2 lotto plans £10m kick-off for October
NATIONAL Lottery operator Camelot is sweetening next month’s price rise with a range of big money prizes to coincide with the introduction of the...
Spar south meets its match – Cricket tournament
SPAR’S Scottish Guild Cricket Tournament, held in Fife last month, was a landslide for the North team.
The annual friendly event, at Freuchie Cricket Club,...
Lamb, the stir-fry of champions
SCOTTISH lamb should be on every shopping list.
That’s the message from Quality Meat Scotland’s new campaign, launched last month by champion curler Eve...
Specials up in tough market
THE UK tea market is showing no overall growth despite an upturn in sales of specialist lines such as green tea and decaf products,...
ID proofs extended from next month
Overseas identity cards and armed forces documents added to list of acceptable evidence for age-restricted products
EUROPEAN national identity cards, Biometric UK Residents Permits and...
Planting boost for the Ochils – Highland Spring team up
BOTTLED water brand Highland Spring has joined with the Woodland Trust to plant 405 trees on the Ochil Hills in Perthshire, near the company’s...
Springing aboard – New finance director for drinks company
CHARTERED accountant Mark Steven has joined Highland Spring Group as finance director. He has worked in the food and drink sector in the US...
Australian rules for Scots wine lovers
AUSTRALIAN wines are ace, ripper and bonzer according to Scottish consumers. Wines from down under are described as favourites by 23% of Scottish wine-drinkers,...
Westminster driving to rural fuel price cut
Fuel retailers on Scotland’s islands have been able to take part in a rebate scheme since February last year.
Now the government might extend the...
Londis chills out – Firm launches sizable chilled range
LONDIS has a new range of chilled products – dairy, meat and deli – on offer for members.
Prices for the 70-strong range, which carries...
The path to the future – Electronic cigarettes
THE future of electronic cigarettes became clearer earlier this year when the government announced that the products would be regulated as medicines by the...
The golden shot – Diageo push new Smirnoff variant
PREMIUM vodka, flavoured with cinnamon and shot through with real gold leaf, is the latest innovation from Smirnoff, the UK’s top selling vodka brand.
Launched...
Rich shoppers want it cheap
WEALTHY British consumers are among the keenest bargain hunters in the nation’s supermarkets and stores and last year launches of economy food and drinks...
Still a big night deal? SG spotlight
The big night in has been a defining trend of the recession, when staying in became the new going out. Can stores hold onto...
Martin McColl chain in name change
MARTIN McColl Retail Group Ltd has changed its name to reflect the evolution of its business.
The corporate name becomes McColl’s Retail Group Ltd. Its...
Tesco says things are looking up
CONSUMERS are feeling more confident, according to supermarket giant Tesco’s quarterly survey of customer attitudes. But concerns about personal finances and job security remain...
