Pepsico plans impulse drive
CONVENIENCE stores and other impulse outlets are set to play a major role in brand giant Pepsico’s marketing plans in the coming year.
The company’s...
L&B’s new look
IMPERIAL Tobacco has unveiled a new design for its Lambert & Butler portfolio.
The makeover includes a new logo. The standard core range will be...
Tennent’s stars in tough year
TENNENT’S lager was the standout performer in a difficult year for Dublin-owned cider and beer firm C&C.
Revenues increased by 12% in 2012 as C&C...
Warbies is the chosen one
BREAD brand Warburtons is the UK’s most chosen brand among fast-moving consumer goods, and it heads a first-ever top 10 of the chosen ones...
Royal appointments – United biscuits
BISCUITS and cakes firm United Biscuits reckons it’s giving retailers a patriotic boost in 2013 with the launch of its McVitie’s limited edition Celebration...
Hydration nation – Coca-Cola Enterprises
IT’S thirsty work getting through the summer. Kantar Worldpanel figures show that, throughout the season, shoppers make 8.4m trips across the soft drinks category....
Cadbury makes crunch move
CADBURY has a new line in its bagged chocolate range. Launched this month. Cadbury Crunchums is, manufacturer Mondelez International says, “a one-of-a-kind, wonderfully moreish...
Barr says Britvic deal makes sense
IRN-BRU brand owner AG Barr says it’s convinced the proposed merger between it and Britvic stacks up despite reports that business analysts think it...
Fruitful time for cider – C&C brands
CIDER is a summer drink; right? In some cases. Some 41% of beer and traditional cider is sold between May and October, while the...
Milk race back in the saddle
CYCLISTS Felix English and Dani King claimed victory in the men’s and women’s events of the reborn Milk Race last month.
Held in Nottingham, it...
New site for tobacco giant
IMPERIAL Tobacco has revamped its special trade website.
Retailers can now consult a series of industry articles on current subjects including the display ban and...
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...
