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Winners on the track

SCOTTISH Olympic middle distance runner Laura Muir put some Strathmore Water competition winners through their paces in an exclusive coaching session last month.
Consumers value normal chocolate over no/low offerings, says The Knowledge Bank.

Ways to keep people sweet

Food and drink insights experts from The Knowledge Bank say people prefer "regular" chocolate to low/no-sugar offerings.
premier-app

Delivery with a personal touch

Retail delivery has been a hotbed of innovation in 2020 as app developers respond to a spike in demand for convenience store deliveries as a result of the Covid-19

Lang time coming

New executive team plans big change

Delivering success for convenience

Snappy Shopper was founded in 2016 by former retailer Scott Campbell, local businessman Valy Ossman and Mike Calalchan, a developer from Scottish web design firm MTC Media

Worst Scottish Christmas in 20 years

Grocery sales might have been performing reasonably well, but for Scottish retail as a whole, December 2018 was the worst since the global financial meltdown of 2008
Angela Constance, justice secretary for the Scottish Government.

Justice for Scottish postmasters delayed

New legislation set to be introduced today will exonerate postmasters south of the border as Scotland confirms its own law could be on the way.
Belhaven Brewery

Brewery is well worth visiting

Belhaven Brewery walked away with the ‘Visitor Attraction of the Year’ title at the World Beer Awards last month.

Asda slump continues

Third quarter sales drop almost 6% at Walmart-owned chain ASDA has reported another big drop in sales in its third quarter. Like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, at...

Nisa teams up with Fever Tree

NISA managers and experts from mixer brand Fever Tree have teamed up to discuss ways to boost category sales in the independent retail channel. Held...

Breathing room on DRS scheme

CONTROVERSIAL plans to introduce a deposit return scheme to Scotland are not expected to materialise any time soon, and possibly not at all, Scottish...
The SRC claims failure to strike a deal with the EU could send prices soaring.

No deal no option for retail says SRC

The SRC claims failure to strike a deal with the EU could send prices soaring
Tennent Caledonian introduced Lemon T last year as a competitor to established fruit flavour lower in alcohol beers like Fosters Radler and Carling Zest. Tennents is also about to extend off-trade distribution of its alcohol-free line Tennents Hee Haw. Carlsberg UK’s San Miguel 0.0 and Morgenrot’s Krombacher Non-Alcoholic Pils now compete with established alcohol-free beers like Beck’s Blue. Kopparberg says its Alcohol-Free Pear and Alcohol-Free Mixed Fruit ciders have done so well it has added Alcohol-Free Strawberry & Lime to its range.

Game changer?

Late last year the amount of alcohol allowed by law in the bloodstream of drivers in Scotland was cut. It’s said to have hit...

No plan for sugar tax

The Westminster government has ruled out the introduction of a sugar tax anytime soon, despite a huge petition to have sugar issues debated in...

Tesco and Booker deal is done

Shareholders for both firms overwhelmingly back merger
Sainsburys

Proposals could see job losses

SAINSBURY’S has said it will axe an estimated 500 office roles as part of its Food First restructure.