2023 digital editions
January
IN THIS ISSUE
Convenience Market
Asda and B&Q try to muscle into convenience
DRS
A supermarket-led deposit return scheme edges closer
Seasonal Occasions
Maximise your footfall in 2023
Products of the Year
It’s time to vote
February
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Consolidation
Bestway blurs grocery/convenience divide with £200m stake in Sainsbury’s
DRS
Legal challenge green light, handling fee increased
Sports & Energy
Prime time for Pinkie
Products of the Year
Winners revealed
March
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Off-trade
Sex shop-style regulations proposed for alcohol
DRS
UK Government set to block scheme
Store Profile
Girish Jeeva’s Premier Barmulloch
SLR Awards
Our 21st awards get underway
April
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Shopper behaviour
Which consumer Covid habits have held, and which have been dumped?
Spring Budget
‘Inadequate’ budget fails retailers
Vaping
Glasgow to outlaw disposables?
Retail Crime
SGF Crime Seminar
May
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Deposit Return Scheme
DRS delayed until May 2024
Off-trade
Alcohol display ban proposals ditched
Local sourcing
Scottish products in the spotlight
Vaping
Disposables driving category growth
June
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Symbol groups
Premier opens its 500th store in Scotland
Deposit Return Scheme
DRS gets nod from Westminster, but glass is out
Store profile
Nisa Yokermill Road
Summer drinks
Soak up those sales
July
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Symbol groups
Spar signage goes up at David Sands Group stores
DRS
Abdul Majid wins legal case against Circularity Scotland
Checkout Scotland
Win tickets!
MUP
Campaigners call for 65p unit price
August
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Newstrade
Parcel locker firm buys 30% stake in Menzies Distribution
Deposit Return Scheme
Pete Cheema on the future of DRS
Symbol groups
Premier’s year as king of the symbols
Forecourts
Preparing for EVs
September
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Retail crime
Why does nobody care about attacks on shopworkers?
Charity
Industry rallies round for GroceryAid
New products
AG Barr launches energy drink
Symbol groups
Is it time to put on a fresh fascia?
October
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SLR Awards
Premier Whitehills is our Local Retailer of the Year
Responsible vaping
SLR and SGF launch new campaign
Checkout festival
GroceryAid Scotland event raises £53,000
Features
The Big Night In equals big profits
November
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Above & beyond
SLR’s new awards celebrate store colleagues
Charity
GroceryAid’s new retailer support kit
Festive spirit
Cash in on Christmas drinks
Symbol groups
Spar Scotland tradeshow reviewed
December
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SLR Awards
The SLR Awards launch, back in their usual June home
Study tour
SLR visits some of Northern Ireland’s top stores
Illicit trade
What to do about counterfeit vapes
Business costs
How you can slash your energy bills