Tomra aims to make the most of extra time

Reverse vending machine firm Tomra aims to make the most of the extension to the DRS deadline by encouraging retailers to prepare well in advance.
older generation enjoying salad

To Veganuary and beyond

Demand for vegan and vegetarian food is set to get even bigger during 2020, as older consumers join in

Free for all

Sales of free-from foods are expected to surpass half a billion pounds in the UK in 2016. An increase in product innovation, coupled with...
The Famous Grouse

2014 – a big whisky year

THE off-trade should be gearing up for bumper whisky sales during Scotland’s big year. That’s the word from Maxxium UK, the company behind The...

Telmont invests in planet saving bottles

Champagne House Maison Telmont has broken with tradition through its innovative climate-positive use of transition glass for its bottles in a new project.

Get ready for the RVM revolution

PREPARATIONS for DRS are well underway, with the Scottish Government, scheme administrator and retailers now all working towards an August 2023 live date.

Relish the Stateside opportunities

AS the world food market has opened up, people have become more adventurous and are no longer content with standard tomato ketchup or mayonnaise...
Budvar cans sustainable packaging

Budweiser Budvar trials paper

Czech beer brand Budweiser Budvar has cut plastic from its six-can multipack with a new packaging solution
Susanna Lloyd,left, Asda Regional Buyer Scotland and Northern Ireland, and Louise Creevy, right, national account manager Border Biscuits, in Asda with the newly listed Border Biscuits lines.

Added to the list – Biscuit firm expands availability

LANARK-based based Border Biscuits has won a number of nationwide listings for its expanding biscuit portfolio with supermarket firm Asda. From June, over 300 Asda...

New flavours go on screen

INNOVATIVE flavours are the lifeblood of the snacks market according to popcorn brand Butterkist, which plans to spend £3m to put its new range...
Scotland Food and Drink chief executive James Withers speaking at the Scottish Wholesale Association Conference.

To a big year and beyond

AS reported in last month’s Scottish Grocer, Scotland Food and Drink chief executive, James Withers, told an audience of Scottish wholesalers that Scotland’s food...

Meal kits roaring onto shelf

East Asian food brand Tiger Tiger has launched a range of free-from noodle kits
Inver House Distillers

Inver House backs marine conservation

THE firm behind Scotch Whisky brands such as Old Pulteney, Ancnoc and Balblair has entered into a new partnership aimed at protecting ocean ecosystems.
Brewdog beer cans with plants growing out of them

BrewDog barks up the right tree

Scottish craft beer brewer BrewDog plans to maintain a strong eco-friendly focus with aims to achieve net-zero production emissions by 2023.
Cadbury

Chocolate giant spreads change

CADBURY became Fairtrade on a number of Cadbury Dairy Milk products in Britain in September 2009. And since then the Fairtrade mark has been added...
Quorn Mince

Meat free January

January is the perfect time to introduce a chilled and frozen meat-free brand