Facing up to the whiteout
Retailers step up to the plate in snow crisis
LOCAL STORES in many parts of Scotland were among businesses hardest hit when the first...
Appliance of science
HOW do you fit a round peg into a rectangular hole?
Well if you’re talking chocolate first you spend millions developing a state-of-the-art research...
Batleys adds new meats range
The Bestway Group has launched a range of meats for the convenience market promising 25 per cent profit on return.
Exclusively packed for Batleys and...
Lanark totals up the local touch
Businesses say spend a fiver and build your town’s economy
CONSUMERS in a Scottish market town are being urged to think local, buy local and...
Value lines on the up
LANDMARK Wholesale’s own-brand sales at the end of February were up 9% for the period from May 2012 compared to the previous year. No3...
Sales up – but economy weak
Retail monitor shows third month of Scots growth
SCOTTISH retail sales rose by 0.7% in February compared with the same month last year. Total food...
Brits lead on five a day
UK consumers are almost three times more likely than other Europeans to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. The Nielsen Global...
Jet off for an Easter break
JET aims to help forecourts this month with a two-for-one promotion featuring vouchers for UK attractions. The promotion, which runs until April 30, includes...
Sales set to shift
SCOTLAND’S tobacco display ban era begins this month when the supermarkets are required to hide tobacco products from 29 April. Other tobacco outlets will...
The big tease is over – New product from Mars scientists
CHOCOLATE company Mars had been keeping it secret ... but teasing about the development for weeks. Something was about to happen on one of...
Sure start to the day
How our health-promoting champs took the message to local kids
BROADWAY Convenience Store in Edinburgh’s Oxgangs area should know how to do celebrations – it’s...
Store team put noses on the line
NORMALLY if you talk noses at award-winning Milnathort c-store and ice-cream business Giacopazzi’s you’d expect to be swirling a fine wine at one of...
Kit Kat recalls Chunky Specials
CONFECTIONERY firm Nestlé has launched a voluntary recall of special versions of one of its biggest brands, Kit Kat.
Four Kit Kat Chunky special...
Hot chocolate joins basket
BLUEBERRIES, white rum and hot chocolate are just some of the new items in the Office for National Statistics’ “inflation basket”, the collection of...
Our 2013 champions
IT was the trade night of the year as the very best in Scottish food and drink retailing came together to hear TV star...
Holyrood backs plain packs
Scottish Government strategy sets 5% target for ‘tobacco-free’ Scotland by 2034
THE Scottish Government has stepped up its battle against smoking by backing mandatory standardised...
