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The new post office in Glasgow’s Spar Maryhill. Owner Iqbal Sadiq said feedback from customers had been positive.

City Spar adds post office

SPAR Maryhill in Glasgow is now home to what was previously St George’s Cross Post Office. Store owner Iqbal Sadiq and Spar wholesaler CJ Lang...
SGF public affairs adviser John Lee.

Pain but no gain from plain packs

Westminster surprised many when it said it would look again at plain packaging on tobacco. In Scotland the powers that be are ready to...
After more than two decades as a non-affiliated independent the Arif family’s store in Glasgow’s Pollok has been refitted as a new Day-Today.

City shop is a small wonder

VIRTUALLY every piece of research published on the subject in recent times says symbol (or fascia) stores are booming. Wholesalers with fascia operations can...
Ronald Maclennan, right, helps some very important people cut the ribbon at Maclennan’s Supermarket on Benbecula.

Island dream – Makeover for Benbecula independent

Ronald Maclennan had wanted to transform his Benbecula store for several years. Last summer his dream became reality. He now has one of the...
Local store owners are backing their communities by investing hard cash in their shops and providing jobs, says Association of Convenience Stores chief executive James Lowman.

Scottish stores ready to spend

MUCH of the Scottish c-store scene looks set for a huge makeover in 2014 as operators north of the border get ready to invest...
United Wholesale Grocers

UWG chief named group vice-chairman

Nabeel Ramzan, managing director of Glasgow-based United Wholesale Grocers has been appointed vice-chairman of Landmark group.
Robert Sider: Clydebank Co-op/Keystore outlet striking a chord.

Clydebank shifts supply to Filshill

Clydebank Co-operative is to end its supply arrangements with Co-operative Retail Trading Group.
The rebuilt Co-operative Store in Troon, Ayrshire. The store, on the site of a Co-op store that burned down last year, was one of five Co-ops that opened in Scotland last month. The others are in Inverness and on Tayside.

Food store rises from the ashes

Things looked bleak after the Co-operative Food store in the Ayrshire seaside town of Troon burned down last year.
Europe bans small packs

Firms slam ban on small packs

Tobacco firms have hit out after European authorities agreed measures to further regulate tobacco sales.
Jet

Fuel brand adds five sites

MOTOR fuels brand Jet has added five Scottish sites to its network of forecourts. The development means the Phillips 66-owned brand has 51 sites across...
Spar

Positively open – New Spar store for Keith

SPAR on Mid Street, Keith officially opened its doors with a red ribbon cutting by store owner Paul McBain. Customers were invited in to mark...
Alcohol

Drinks misuse down again

Trade group says report shows there’s no need for minimum pricing .... academics say there is SCOTS are drinking less alcohol than before and are...
Adnan Arif, left, and Usman Arif, right at the new Pollok Day-Today.

Seizing the day – Refit for Arif family

AFTER almost a quarter of a century as a traditional independent Glasgow housing estate store, the community shop in Ladymuir Crescent in the city’s...
Baby-George

Shloer takes the Royal wraps off

Brand imagine how Baby George’s first Royal Christmas might look Christmas is a time to honour tradition and get together with friends and family. With the...
The year of the horse

The year of the horse – 2013 news review

2013 saw major parts of the food and drink and retail industries turned upside down by a Europe-wide adulteration scandal THE food and drink...
Rakesh Sood, left, and Naresh Gajri, right, in their refurbed Cranhill Premier and Post Office. The major project, which included significant structural work and then a complete seven-day refit carried out by SAS Shopfitters, was a top-to-toe transformation of the 2,700 sq ft unit that sees high specification materials and equipment used throughout the shop.

East side story – Prudent partners undertake refurb

Jen Bowden finds out how Naresh Gajri and Rakesh Sood are brightening shopping on a city housing scheme and making big savings on energy CRANHILL,...
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