Oils mixed – sales update
European sales pressure prevent olive oil price hikes. Kantar sees sales slip overall but specialist oils provide a bright spot
THE olive oil shortage predicted...
Better-than-HD on show at anti-crime conference
CCTV specialist, Hadrian Technology, which supplies and maintains security systems in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, introduced new security solutions to...
Power lines – demanding toys and gadgets
THANKS, in part, to so many toys, gaming gadgets and computer peripherals relying on AA or AAA power, the mainstream battery market in Britain...
Food sales slip at bank woe Co-op
Stores show like-for-like-declin. Bank write downs see group losses hit £559m.
THE Co-operative Group, the biggest part of Britain’s retail co-operative movement, saw food sales...
Fruity story is late but sweet
The UK’s warm, sunny summer weather this year means that British apples that will taste sweeter than last year’s batch, according to supermarket giant...
Staying up to speed
If the claim that information is power is true anywhere it’s true in retailing. Knowing your levels of stock, current prices and margins...
Time to speed cards change
• Euro moves welcome but credit card charges can still wipe out fuel profit
• Figures errors show predatory fuel pricing threats have to be...
Lifestyle launches new site
A new website promising to be the “key to successful convenience retailing” has been launched by Landmark Wholesale. The site, www.lifestyle-express.co.uk is also aimed...
Scotmid adds value to the package
Store segmentation takes a new direction as independent co-op opens revamped store with discount angle
EDINBURGH-based independent co-operative Scotmid is taking segmentation of its...
Green-fingered good work takes the prize
WHEN it comes to making things better in the local community, Scotland, and in particular Ladybank in Fife, is tops.
The town’s Spar shop ran...
Crisps firm plans to build for the future
PRODUCTION of crisps at Scottish producer Mackie’s will more than double after the company moved its factory to a new site that once held...
E-cigs ready for take-off? Firms in marketing drive
With decisions on product licensing announced the way is clear for brands to invest and develop for the long term
ELECTRONIC cigarettes have been around...
Food leads new sales surge – Weather and winning credited
Are we in recovery? Scottish sales performance best for more than two years as we storm ahead of overall UK stats
A feelgood July has...
Tobacco firms bid to save 10-packs
BRITAIN’S biggest tobacco firms are backing a bid to stop changes to European retail regulations that would ban the sale of packs of cigarettes...
Costcutter deal wins go-ahead
THE transfer of 800 Mace, Your Store and Supershop stores from Palmer and Harvey into Costcutter Supermarkets Group – announced in March, when the...
Miller Genuine Draft back on TV
THE Scottish off-trade’s second-biggest lager brand, Miller Genuine Draft, returned to TV screens with a new ad last month.
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