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Sainsbury’s launches DRS

Sainsbury's Braehead, in Glasgow, has become the latest store to introduce a reverse vending machine (RVM) for plastic bottles and cans .
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Lunch more lucrative

Food to go retailers take note: lunch is now officially the most popular meal that is bought out of the home .
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No energy for under-16s

Age restrictions on energy drinks sales have moved a step closer to reality .
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A dozen new Lidl stores for Scotland

Lidl has announced plans for further expansion in Scotland, with 12 new stores to open in the next three years .
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Soft bubble goes pop

AG Barr has said that it expects to see sales down by 10% and profits by as much as 20%
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Cash still crucial for Scotland

More withdrawals than London and South East .
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PayPoint and Scottish Gas to end partnership

Scottish Gas customers will have to go elsewhere .
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‘It is social media that’s got us here’

Stenhousemuir store celebrates 10,000 Facebook likes .
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A big honour for Boyd

Boyd Tunnock has been given another impressive accolade to mark his inclusion on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list .
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Investing in local

Scotmid has appointed Kirsty George as local food sourcing manager .
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Producers to take responsibility

The UK Government is set to introduce a new packaging producer responsibility system, where the ‘polluter pays’ for the cost of recycling .
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It’s got the be Ayrshire spuds

The European Commission (EC) has granted a geographic protection to Ayrshire's spuds .
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Creamery set to close

Dairy co-operative First Milk has announced plans to close Arran Creamery after it failed to find a buyer for the site .
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No merger for a decade

The dead Sainsbury’s and Asda merger cannot be revived for ten years, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled .
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Johnson could bin sugar tax

The so-called 'sin taxes' could come under scrutiny now that Boris Johnson occupies 10 Downing Street .
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Big changes at the top

There have been big changes at the top of Britain’s biggest wholesaler and its biggest independent forecourt business .