Lockdown for granite city
Aberdeen was just emerging from the first temporary lockdown to be imposed on a Scottish city as Scottish Grocer went to press, which forced the on-trade sector to close down
Johnson joins Spar
SPAR UK has appointed Lee Johnson as operations and strategy director
Unitas NPD for free
WHOLESALER buying group Unitas has launched a free stock offer for its retailer customers
Minimum wage will rise in 2021
Sunak announces NLW hike and rates freeze for England
THE National Living Wage will increase by 2.2% in April 2021, chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.
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Wage hikes are coming
NLW rising but rates policy still hangs in the balance
The winds of change
Budweiser Brewing Group UK & Ireland has bolstered its sustainability credentials with the installation of a wind turbine at its South Wales brewery.
Every Lidl helps
Lidl customers donated almost 40,000 packets of rice, tins of tuna, and cereal to the discounter’s ‘Teaming up to Tackle Hunger ‘initiative in the five weeks to Christmas.
Thousands in support
TENS of thousands of pounds have been raised by staff and customers at Spar Scotland for end of life charity Marie Curie.
Store trips on the rise
In-store shopping is on the rise and the number of online orders is declining according to new figures from NeilsenIQ and Kantar
Retail sales ‘in a funk’
Scottish retail sales are still well down on pre-pandemic performance, according to the latest figures produced by KPMG for the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC).
Slow recovery for food
Total sales are still in decline but food sales in Scotland were up by 2.5% in May compared to the same month in 2019
Plant-based bakery range
VEGAN bakery brand Oggs has introduced a range of Brownie, Flapjack, Millionaire and Tiffin bars for the food-to-go category.
Boë secures Asda listing
STIRLING based gin brand Boë has secures a major listing with Asda.
The deal will see two of Boë Gin’s RTD cans available across the...
Recruitment blitz at Nisa
NISA Retail celebrated a succesful year of recruitment at its Nisa Expo virtual conference event held last month.
High Street foot soldiers
A NEW scheme has launched in Stirling with the goal of encouraging more shoppers to support their local high street.
Celebrating Success: Scottish Grocer 2021 winners revealed
Leading lights from across Scotland’s convenience retail sector gathered at Hilton Glasgow, on 17 November, to celebrate the nation’s most entrepreneurial and community focused retailers and staff.
