Pocket money plus – Confectionery focus
Pay special attention to kids’ latest opinions if you want to maximise sugar confectionery returns
RETAILERS who have been in the business for a...
Loved up … but counting the cash
LOVE does not appear to be recession-proof. In figures released last month on Valentines Day, research firm Kantar Worldpanel revealed that the previous year’s...
C-store champs face discounter bid
AWARD-WINNING Broadway Convenience Store and other shops in the Oxgangs area of Edinburgh face a major planning battle against a proposed discount supermarket in...
At the heart of the community
Last year Spar Ladybank was awarded the Kingsmill Community Grant. What has it meant so far?
IN early 2013 the team behind leading bread brand...
Working for a fake-free future
INDUSTRY groups the Scottish Grocers’ Federation and the Scottish Wholesale Association joined forces with the Scottish Anti-Illicit Trade Group to take a message about...
Minimum wage could jump 11%
SUBSTANTIAL increases in the rate of the national minimum wage over the next two years look likely after chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne...
McColl’s group to come to market
CONVENIENCE store and newsagent chain McColl’s Retail Group is to float on the London Stock Exchange.
The company aims to complete an initial public offering...
David Sands back in retail
CONVENIENCE retail entrepreneur David Sands is returning to the industry with a new store – trading under the Nisa Local fascia – in Glenrothes.
Sands,...
Barr to spend £12m on games push
THE opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games is less than six months away and excitement is building in Glasgow as the city prepares...
Gales and promos see festive slowdown
WILD weather and price-cutting promotions may have contributed towards a disappointing Christmas month for Scotland’s shops, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium/KPMG Scottish...
Giants in bleak Christmas
Multiple and indie c-stores sales up as supermarkets falter
CHRISTMAS brought a degree of trading joy for convenience stores and good results for discounters...
15m visitors looking local
2014 provides a huge opportunity for food and drink retailers and producers to raise the bar for Scottish products argues Scotland Food and Drink...
A new sheriff in town?
Giant retailers have been criticised over how they treat their suppliers. Now suppliers, trade associations and other retailers can raise issues with the Groceries...
SG workSHOP: Project 3, Tobacco
BUSY forecourt business Lomond Service Station, close to Loch Lomond in Jamestown, Alexandria, presented an interesting case in our workSHOP series.
Tim Oates, tobacco...
No time to sit still at Silicon Glen station
11 years ago Polbeth Service Station joined Spar. The constantly improving owners have refitted, tweaked and renewed the store several times since then.
DRIVERS in...
Global whisky sales up
SCOTCH whisky may play second fiddle to vodka in its home market but worldwide sales have been showing impressive growth.
Scottish government analysis based on...
