Tag: KeyStore

Competitive times

As reported in last month’s Scottish Grocer, Glasgow-based wholesaler JW Filshill said growth of its KeyStore convenience store brand, effective cost control and sales...

A different world

With four convenience stores under her belt, Rifiat Bibi has made her first venture into forecourts with Merlin Park Keystore in Auchinleck. John McNee...
Chris Miller

Clans chief becomes Filshill commercial director

GLASGOW-based wholesaler JW FILSHILL, owner of the KeyStore convenience store brand, has appointed Chris Miller to the new position of group commercial director. Miller, who...

Always look for positives

SG INTERVIEW GLASGOW- based wholesaler JW Filshill triumphed in the Scottish Wholesale Achievers awards programme in February, winning every category that it entered and taking...
JW Filshill

Filshill grabs the glittering prizes

Wholesaler bags five awards and takes the top title in a night of Scottish Wholesale Achievers triumph GLASGOW-based wholesaler JW Filshill came close to sweeping...

New Filshill ready to roll

KeyStore brand owner plans new Scottish food and drink sub-brand and revamps full marketing strategy GLASGOW-based delivered wholesaler and KeyStore symbol group brand owner JW...

Van promo drives business

Wholesaler JW Filshill and retailer Liaquat Ali from KeyStore in Milngavie took the prize in Miller Brands UK’s Miller Genuine Draft Win a Van programme. In the...

Christmas with a K or 12 from Keystore

CONVENIENCE group KeyStore has its own take on Christmas carols this month. Its 12 Ks of Christmas ad campaign runs on Radio Clyde in a...
As competition intensifies,many symbol stores are likely to seek something that sets them apart from the c-stores of the supermarket giants. Branded food companies like Subway have been keen to sign up symbol store retailers as franchisees. Specialist retail research company him! found one in three consumers in its survey said a branded food operation would encourage them to visit a store more often.

Symbols set to change?

Much of the news on the symbol sector is still very positive. Forecasts for future trading and market share are robust. But symbol-branded shops...
Spar offers a variety of packages and credit terms from co-investment in store refurbishment to franchise agreements.

Options widen as symbols progress

Discussions with the Post Office, Subway, Cuisine de France and Costa Coffee Point of sale that signals value with price comparisons to the major multiples Franchise...
Chris Cobb in his Keystore in Cults in Aberdeen. Having a Tesco and a large Cosutcutter nearby means he doesn’t sell as much bread and milk as might otherwise be the case. To be different, he brings in products from local specialist bakers, which do well. Confectionery and tobacco are big sellers.

Work out the critical lines

HOW do you define a c-store and which products and services should be considered essential to a typical convenience store’s existence? Well, the grocery industry...
Clydebank links with Keystore

Clydebank links with Keystore

Independent co-operative society Clydebank Co-op tied in with JW Filshill’s symbol store operation Keystore in its Knightswood, Glasgow shop. The deal was announced by Clydebank...
Robert Sider: Clydebank Co-op/Keystore outlet striking a chord.

Indie co-op to tie in with symbol group

Clydebank society joins with Keystore in reclaimed store INDEPENDENT co-operative society Clydebank Co-op is to move outside the wholesaling arrangements of the Co-operative Group and...

A tailor-made service to suit retail

IN a highly competitive market, retailers need to find a point of difference and be able to offer their customers something that others don’t....
A smartphone app is Keystore owner JW Filshill’s latest bright idea to encourage customers to drink more water.

Appy hydrating

A smartphone app is Keystore owner JW Filshill’s latest bright idea to encourage customers to drink more water. Launched in conjunction with Highland Spring,...
Scottish Grocer Health Promoting Retailer of the Year award

Scotland’s champions for 2013 revealed

The winners of the Scottish Grocer Awards – the Scottish food and drink retail industry’s own version of the ‘Oscars’ – were announced at...