Filling up in Peterhead
SPAR has teamed up with EG Group once again to bring a new convenience store and forecourt site to Peterhead.
Retailers taking systems forward
Retail technology has come a long way in recent years. We asked two specialist EPOS suppliers to explain their particular strengths.
ASIF Ashraf is an...
FTG is the new fuel
The main reason for shoppers visiting a forecourt is now food to go, according to convenience retailing industry analyst HIM Research & Consulting
Nisa and easy orders
NISA has developed a new mobile app offering its members a new way to place orders
Make some noise
Fuel supplier urges forecourt industry to recognise the “remarkable turnaround”
due to retailers
It's a very exciting time for petrol retailers as changing consumer behaviour means...
Westminster plays the shame game
Some big names, including one major high street fashion retailer, were among the latest companies “named and shamed” for failing to pay the national...
Seeking food waste help through tech
ONE in five shoppers would like technology to help them tackle food waste, according to new research from training and research charity IGD.
When asked...
Bullets and Booze
An analysis of the main effects of the recently-introduced Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 on the country’s convenience retail sector.
By: Audrey Junner
You...
Londis range smartens up
SYMBOL group wholesaler Londis says its range of value own-label products under the SmartBuy brand is exceeding all targets and over two thirds of...
Working together the way forward
SALES and marketing agencies have a crucial part to play in introducing brands to the convenience sector. According to father- and-son agency, JFK Partnership,...
Innovation partners
NISA has created a new management role aimed at offering increasing access for to the latest retail trials run by the symbol.
Chilling savings
TECHNOLOGICAL advances can be exciting and fascinating but it can also take a fair bit of work to keep on top of all a...
A rates strategy that will do serious harm
One of Scotland’s leading rating experts argues that businesses in Scotland should lobby urgently for a Holyrood u-turn
by Peter Muir
THE Scottish Government has...
Linking up for an ideal combination
Paul Cornwell, refrigeration solutions specialist at Daikin UK considers energy integration
In Scotland there are more than 5,500 convenience stores providing chilled and frozen food...
The dangers of employing family
Mixing family and business is a long tradition in the grocery sector, but as many will have experienced, it is not always plain sailing
Go big on butchery
Scotmid has joined forces with third-generation family butcher S Collins & Son to launch a new butcher’s counter within its Uddingston store
