Checkout Scotland 95% sold out!

There are only a handful of tickets left for GroceryAid Scotland’s inaugural musical celebration, Checkout Scotland, so if you want to be among the lucky 700, it’s time to book your tickets!

With weeks to go until GroceryAid Scotland’s inaugural musical celebration of the Scottish retailing industry, Checkout Scotland, the charity has announced that, as SLR went to press, only around 30 tickets remained available for sale. Remarkably for a launch event, Checkout Scotland is set to be a sell-out, with more than 700 industry colleagues set to attend the event on 1 September at Barras Art & Design (BAaD) in Glasgow.

On course to be the largest single-day event in the Scottish local retailing sector this year, Checkout Scotland will be a unique opportunity for the trade to gather and recognise their colleagues’ efforts during the Covid crisis, while also supporting GroceryAid, our industry charity.

The event will see convenience and grocery industry colleagues gather for a day of live music, DJs, food and fun.

Overwhelming support

Peter Steel and Jim Harper, Co-Chairs of the GroceryAid Scotland Committee, told SLR: “We have been absolutely overwhelmed by the breadth and depth of the support we’ve received from across our industry for Checkout Scotland. From both the convenience and grocery sectors we have had unbelievable support. We offer our sincerest thanks to the many partners and sponsors who have backed Checkout Scotland and helped make it possible.

“Similarly, the GroceryAid Scotland Committee is now larger than it has ever been and is a truly representative cross-sector of our whole industry and they have done a simply fantastic job of working together to take this project from being nothing but an ambitious idea to a huge reality in a very short space of time. We would like to thank everyone who serves and has served on the Committee for their unbelievable commitment and enthusiasm. Without them, this event would never have happened.”

Checkout Scotland will celebrate an industry that has shone during the pandemic, serving communities across the country with passion and energy. Critically, the event will also help raise awareness of the GroceryAid charity and the life-changing work it does for industry colleagues in need of a little help.