Milking the profits for all their worth across Mills Milk
SCOTTISH family-run dairy business Mills Milk has reported a massive increase in their annual turnover to £24million.
Since 2020, the dairy firm has seen its figures rocket upwards from £5.1million to its impressive figure of £24million in 2025. This marks almost fivefold years of growth from the business in five years, with staff numbers rising to more than 180 employees.
The business now serves approximately 35,000 households and 3,500 businesses across Scotland, operating from five depots across Ayrshire, Edinburgh, Shotts, Inverness and Argyll.
Adam Mills, managing director of Mills Milk, said: “We’ve moved from being a growing regional operator to building a national footprint. The focus now is on scaling responsibly, investing in depots, fleet and systems to support long-term growth.
“There is still significant opportunity in the Scottish market. We operate in a fragmented sector, and we see scope to continue expanding our reach while maintaining service quality.”
The firm now has its sights set on further growth across Scotland for its next phase of investment, with projections to reach £30million before the close of 2026 with the creation of 30 new jobs in the process to help support this and further strengthen infrastructure.
The business experienced accelerated growth throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and has not only retained this success, but has built further to grow post-pandemic supported by its acquisition-led expansion and increasing hospitality contracts.
In 2025 alone, Mills Milk expanded further into the central belt of Scotland enabling it to reach homes and businesses across the area along with Perthshire, Stirlingshire and Fife for the first time.
The business also relocated its Inverness depot to a larger premises and confirmed plans for a new purpose-built Edinburgh depot valued at £500,000.
While the company officially launched in 2016, the Mills family has been involved in the dairy industry since the 1940s, beginning on the Isle of Arran.
Now led by siblings Adam and Abbey Mills (pictured), the business combines generational heritage with a modern logistics-led approach to growth.
Adam Mills said: “This is not a nostalgia business. Doorstep delivery today is a highly efficient logistics operation. We are investing in technology, infrastructure and people because we believe the long-term fundamentals of the sector are strong.
“Our ambition is to build Scotland’s most trusted and progressive dairy and produce delivery business, one that continues to grow while remaining family-owned and values-led.”
