During 2009 we have to set out our stall as a multi awarding-winning store and to make sure we live up to the standards we have set ourselves at all times – we must strive to make the customer’s experience of shopping at Creightons perfect all the time…

At Musgrave, we take a holistic approach to brand development, focusing not just on the store environment, but also on the products and services that we provide, how we communicate with consumers and the behaviours and skills of all of our retail staff, as well as those in our central support office.

For the second of this month’s retailer profiles, Kathy Jensen met up with Stewart Mulvenna, Manager of Apsley’s SuperShop in Larne, a thriving tobacconist, newsagent, giftware and greetings card business, as well as a busy cafeteria, in the centre of the town. Apsley’s shop has been a fixture in the hub…

The Ulster Pork and Bacon Forum presented the seventh National Sausage Competition Awards on Wednesday 29th October at the Hilton Hotel in Templepatrick. The awards followed on from National Sausage Week promotions throughout participating retailer butchers in Northern Ireland and reinforced local pork as a winning combination with a quality assurance and welfare standards second to none.

As the winter months settle in, consumers are looking for warm and satisfying foods to comfort and sustain them through the colder weather – and what better way to brace yourself for the day ahead that with a wholesome bowl of hot porridge for breakfast? It’s full of healthy goodness, providing a long, slow release of energy and helping to warm the body from the inside out.