Edinburgh brewery crafts gluten-free

Bellfield Brewery, an entirely gluten-free craft brewery based in Edinburgh, has launched its first two beers. IPA Lawless Village, named after the area of Portobello...
New HQ is in the bag

The nation’s thirst for fizz – Soft drinks

AS Mark Thomson’s analysis on page 40 pointed out, Scottish consumers are very keen on soft drinks. And soft drinks is certainly a category where...
Growers Garden chief executive Pete Higgins

Veg crisps taking root in convenience

Meet the maker: Growers Garden boss Pete Higgins

RVM Systems talks DRS expertise

RVMSystems UK sales manager Gerry Mellor provides key insights across reverse vending machines and shows why the firm is a top operator when to comes to DRS.
Healthy Living Programme director Kathryn Neil at the Welby Loyalty Card launch.

Big push for healthy living

The Healthy Living Programme is rolling out a raft of new resources for retailers this autumn.
Cans of Hive Mind Honeyade, The Scottish Bee Company Chocolate Spread with Honey jar and bars of GNAW Chocolate with Honeycomb and Caramel are all grouped together to mark World Bee Day.

Trio of bee-corp brands unite for World Bee Day

B-Corp firms Hive Mind Mead, The Scottish Bee Company and GNAW Chocolate have teamed up to support World Bee Day this year.

Opening up the world

GRAHAM’S the Family Dairy has set its eye on the world.  Export sales are forecast to be in the region of £2m for 2016,...
HEINZ has launched the Deliciously Gluten Free range of pasta and pasta sauces.

Free-from from Heinz

HEINZ has launched the Deliciously Gluten Free range of pasta and pasta sauces. Drawing on Kantar Worldpanel data, the firm says the gluten-free category grew...
Lucy Husband Scottish Food & Drink

Rebuilding Scotland’s food and drink sector

Scotland is world renowned for the quality of its produce and the food and drink sector has never been short of innovation.
Local-husband-and-wife-team-Kerry-and-Derek-Campbell

Distillery gets the green light

HUSBAND and wife team Derek and Kerry Campbell, have been given the green light to build Scotland’s northernmost mainland whisky distillery

Alternative range rolls out

BEL UK has rolled out its first range of plant-based alternatives to cheese with the launch of Nurishh.
Paterson-Arran-185g_Biscuit_Assortment

Cause for celebration

SHORTBREAD brand Paterson’s will celebrate a major milestone this year – its 125th anniversary
Baxters plant based range

Going big on plant based

Scottish soup brand Baxters has expanded its Plant Based range with the launch of three new flavours.
Smoked sausages are a core part of the Polish diet and Smithfield Foods has brought one of the most popular brands, Morliny, to the UK.

Euro growth

POLISH shoppers looking for a taste of home and British shoppers looking for new flavours helped grow the world foods category in the UK...

Pairing with the gardens

TAYLORS of Harrogate is expanding its green tea line-up with the arrival of a new blend. The firm says its new Green Tea & Delicate...

More free choice

GLUTEN-free biscuit brand Prewett’s has added milk-free, all-butter and individually wrapped chocolate biscuit ranges to its portfolio. David Wood, business director of brand owner Northumbrian...