Sales down but life is good
Monitor shows record drop but partners say it’s all down to early Easter and Scotland is now keeping up with UK on food
AFTER a...
Dodgy cigarettes cost stores £40k
Probe finds shops hit for £10,000 more each year as black market cigs take more than 20% of UK consumption
TOBACCO crime is costing the...
Positive news says Scotmid
Profit slips but underlying trading, including food, is good says Brodie
EDINBURGH-based independent co-operative Scotmid made an operating profit of £6m in the year to...
OFT to probe Costcutter / P&H deal
THE deal between the Costcutter Supermarkets Group and wholesaler Palmer & Harvey which sees Mace Stores transfer into the Costcutter organisation is to...
Lidl diligence wins at appeal
A VICTORY, last month, for discount store operator Lidl in a Court of Session appeal could have major implications for the way Scottish licensing...
Bread brand wants your community ideas
KINGSMILL is launching a campaign to help retailers drive improvement in their local community. The bread brand will be asking retailers to provide details...
Supermarkets go into the dark
Trade bodies launch guide and app as small stores enter final two years of tobacco display
SCOTLAND’S retail industry has begun its journey into the...
Trade groups slam raise in minimum wage
BODIES representing independent retailers north and south of the border have criticised the Westminster government’s decision to increase the minimum wage by 12p an...
Sweets firm opens in Dundee
CONFECTIONERY wholesaler Hancocks opened its 20th UK cash and carry last month in Dundee.
It’s the company’s second Scottish cash and carry and the...
Booker given Makro OK
GIANT wholesaler Booker has been given the green light to take over the Makro operation in the UK.
The news was confirmed last month by...
Warbies available online
WARBURTONS has launched a dedicated trade website for its convenience-channel customers.
The firm says the new website offers retailers more control and flexibility over their...
5p – you’ve got to be kidding
Britain’s biggest-selling magazine TV Choice now in a price war with TV Pick, to the dismay of newsagents’ trade group the NFRN.
THE chief of...
One stop to efficiency
THE Scottish Government’s new one-stop advisory service for businesses looking to become more resource-efficient has been officially launched.
Resource Efficient Scotland provides a free online...
Iconic Glasgow building may host food giant
Iconic Glasgow building may host food giant
RUMOURS are flying around the west end of Glasgow that high-end American retailer Whole Foods Market is moving...
Spar smashes charity target
SPAR’S big-hearted retailers, staff and customers have raised £567,000 for Childline over the past year. The amount smashed the symbol group’s target donation of...
Players brings on two subs
PLAYER’S has introduced two new lines in what brand owner Imperial Tobacco calls the “sub-economy sector”, which the firm estimates will account for 7.67%...
