15+ hour, 21+ min ago  (393+ words) Resilience took centre stage at the Scottish Wholesale Association's (SWA's) Connex Conference'in Glasgow last Thursday (28 May), where attendees heard how Scotland's convenience stores were outperforming the rest of the UK. Tom Slaven, SWA president, set the tone by highlighting how…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (266+ words) Summer sporting events could result in a food and drink sales surge for Scottish retailers, according to polling research from the Scottish Retail Consortium and Opinium. 11% of Scots plan to spend more on groceries, alcohol, and takeaways to enjoy whilst…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (375+ words) The University of Glasgow, which is part of Russell Group, is set to open a Co-op franchise store in time for the new academic year in September. Another Co-op franchise store will launch at fellow Russell Group member, University of…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (339+ words) Nathalie Fullerton has relaunched her Dumbarton Road store in Glasgow as a Go Local, marking the symbol's first shop in a major Scottish city. The former One Stop has received a significant refurbishment with a new store layout and additional…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (457+ words) SNP pledged to establish statutory price ceilings on a basket of 20 to 50 essential food items at large supermarkets, such as bread, milk and eggs. The system would require the outlets to make one example line of the listed essential food…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (688+ words) The Scottish ice cream scene shows plenty of promise as we head towards the peak sales season. Scotland's love of ice cream knows no bounds. Compared to its population share of roughly 8. 3% of the UK, Scotland has an 8. 8% (Nielsen i…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (318+ words) Independent Scottish craft brewer Harviestoun has started the first phase of a strategic investment programme at its Alva site, adding new warehouse and office space alongside site improvements and continued upgrades to brewing infrastructure. The initial "500, 000 spend will deliver a…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (83+ words) Scots indies cash in on blue Echo falls frenzy'Scottish Local Retailer We're the only monthly magazine aimed exclusively at Scotland's independent convenience retailing sector. And we're the only magazine in the UK that ran its own convenience store for five…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (284+ words) Spar Scotland's World Cup teaser truck livery hit the road last month, ahead of the tournament this summer. Applied to one of Spar Scotland's standard trailers, the new livery celebrates Scotland's men's national team qualifying for the World Cup for…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (350+ words) Almost 500 people have been made redundant as part of a rescue package for troubled Ellon-based craft beer producer, Brew Dog, which was in administration. US beverage and medical cannabis company Tilray has bought the company's UK brewing operations, brand and…...