Lakes and Dales Co-operative donates life-saving defibrillators to Penrith Mountain Rescue

Lakes and Dales Co-operative has donated two life-saving defibrillators to Penrith Mountain Rescue, to help people needing assistance in the mountains and local community. The new equipment means that the charity will now have a defibrillator in all three of its rescue vehicles when responding to callouts. A defibrillator is a life-saving machine that gives […]
Hot stuff as fiery pie competition comes to Scotmid

Food challenge champions are being invited to try one of the world’s hottest pies, as part of a touring competition coming to selected Scotmid stores in February. The Stuart’s Fiery Pie, made by award winning Scottish baker Stuart’s of Buckhaven, contains phaal curry, which is the hottest curry available to buy. The pie also contains […]
Scotmid Co-operative and Prostate Cancer UK smash £150k fundraising target within six months

Record fundraising feat coincides with launch of new Men United v Prostate Cancer campaign Scotmid Co-operative and Prostate Cancer UK have announced that they have achieved their £150,000 fundraising target just six months into their charity partnership year. News of the record breaking fundraising feat coincides with the launch of Prostate Cancer UK’s new campaign […]
Jim Gilchrist
Getting up close with the Scotmid board and committee members continues with Jim Gilchrist, Scotmid Board & West Regional Committee member. Why (and how long ago) did you become a member of Scotmid? Living in a village where the shops were co-operative groceries, butchers etc and coming from a family steeped in the co-operative movement, it […]
Scotmid to sponsor final Who Wants to be a Millionaire series

Scotmid has announced a new sponsorship of the last ever Who Wants to be a Millionaire series, which is due to launch tonight (28th January 2014) with three final episodes on STV. Sir Chris Hoy, comedian Kevin Bridges and Countdown’s Rachel Riley are among the celebrities who will appear as guest contestants. Who Wants to […]
