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There’s a huge public appetite for reducing plastic in retail, but there’s more to establishing a successful refillable solution than meets the eye. C-Store looks at the issues to consider With plastic now being seen as public enemy number one, a growing number of retailers are investing in refillable solutions, allowing their customers to actively reduce plastic […]

As retailers gear up for the reopening of businesses with direct street access, in Inverurie measures have been continuing to help keep the public safe. Later this week, plans for the Safer Places scheme are due to be finalised by Aberdeenshire Council which looks at traffic and pedestrian flow in the town centre. In the

Whilst we’re all living through unprecedented times, it has been warming to read about some of the positives that have started appearing in the national news over the past couple of weeks, pulling out the human stories that give us hope. The simple fact is that crises can bring out the best in people –

Convenience retailers keen to join the “refill revolution” are being offered a new route in, with the help of new social enterprise LocoSoco which offers a wide range of refillable household products at value price points. The solution, launched in partnership with Delphis Eco, allows shoppers to buy a range of concentrated ecological cleaning “shots”

The Heart of England Co-operative Society has agreed a new distribution agreement with LocoSoco, the social enterprise which offers a wide range of refillable household products, including sanitisers, at value price points. The distribution agreement will see 35 Co-op stores fitted out with LocoSoco eco-refill stations. Heart of England Co-operative Society ambient category manager Philip

LocoSoco Group, which provides refillable household products at value price points, has signed up more than 150 shops in the past four months. The company agreed partnerships with store owners from symbol groups including Budgens, Costcutter, Nisa, One Stop, Premier, Simply Fresh and Spar in the fourth quarter of 2019. In addition, LocoSoco has added 10

Symbol group retailers are increasing their range of eco-friendly and sustainable products through a new partnership with online wholesale start-up LocoSoco. The company, which partnered with its first store last month, helps retailers set up their own website to sell more environmentally friendly products such as dishwasher powder, snack bars and toiletries, which are supplied