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...
A budget for the beer fan
Beer duty cut, fuel freeze and NI moves win praise but smokers hammered again and rates woe remains
LAST month’s Budget, billed by Chancellor George...
Getting through to Wembley
IT’S a brand that many think helps define Scotland but Irn-Bru’s latest TV ad brings a staunch English dimension to its marketing mix.
The latest...
Costcutter and P&H form £5bn Buyco
Symbol group to take on Mace stores and wholesaler to deliver to combined list as new deal signals major change in c-store industry
SYMBOL convenience...
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...
Beer brand flies back
LAGER brand Kestrel, which appeared on shelves and in bars across the UK in the 1980s and 90s relaunched last month with a full...
Nisa posts record recruitment
STORES-owned buying group and wholesaler Nisa has reported record recruitment figures. The company said it had brought 245 members operating more than 520 stores...
Scotland’s champions for 2013 revealed
The winners of the Scottish Grocer Awards – the Scottish food and drink retail industry’s own version of the ‘Oscars’ – were announced at...
Costcutter and P&H form £5bn buying group
Costcutter to take on Mace Stores and P&H to deliver to combined list as new deal signals major change in c-store industry
SYMBOL convenience store...
Horsemeat no joke for c-store owners
SCOTTISH retailers are reporting mixed responses to the ongoing horsemeat crisis. In Crianlarich, customers are demanding the return of spaghetti Bolognaise and lasagne to...
Put a Nisa in your tank
NISA is to be the first symbol group in the UK to have its own-brand fuel after it reached a deal with supplier Greenergy.
The...
Academics call for warnings
But retail and industry groups slam professors’ call for blanket drinks curbs
HEALTH warnings on beer cans and wine bottles could be on the cards...
Holyrood set to extend ID
THE Scottish Government has named the additional forms of ID that will be acceptable in shops and pubs after 1 October.
Until now the only...
