Big retailer signs up with Tomra

REVERSE vending machine manufacturer Tomra has signed a deal with a “major retailer”, the firm has announced.
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Facelift was a big success

Rowan Glen says revamp is getting results

Committed to making change

SUSTAINABILITY matters; it matters to the environment, but also increasingly to beer drinkers.

Quorn focuses on environmental impact with new marketing push

Encouraging shoppers of all backgrounds to choose meat-free options – while highlighting the environmental impact of reducing meat consumption – is the focus of the latest Quorn campaign
Norman Sinclair, centre, MD of Sinclair Breweries, picks up Orkney Dark Island Reserve’s Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Award.

Ale world leaders – Craft beer focus

SCOTLAND’S craft and small and medium-sized brewing scene has been transformed in recent years. Not only have many of our most interesting brewing companies survived...

Birthday plans for Distillers

INVER House Distillers, the company behind Old Pulteney, Balblair, Speyburn, Hankey Bannister, anCnoc and Caorunn gin, is 50 this year. The company has planned a...
Linds McCartney vegetarian Lincolnshire sausages

Vegan pea sausages

VEGETARIAN meat alternative brand Linda McCartney’s has added some Lincolnshire flavour to its sausage range.
Persil recyclable new pack

Cleaning up the pack

Persil has a new pack, which is now 100% recyclable

Out is in for 2019

Research found that sustainable packaging, gut-friendly foods and sugar-free will feature prominently in 2019
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Cause for celebration

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

Land of the free

There are more free-from products available than ever before. But, to make the most of a booming market, what should c-stores stock? And how...

Healthy demand for quinoa

NEW cuisines to look out for are Hawaiian, Scandinavian and plant-based, according to Merchant Gourmet. It also said that, with sales of quinoa growing in...
Kantar Worldpanel business unit director Mark Thomson

What do we know about Scotland?

Scotland has a distinct grocery and convenience store scene. In home-produced items and other products we have our own preferences and we spend more...
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Times mags are ditching the plastic

News UK, the publisher behind The Sun and The Times, has introduced a new paper band solution aimed at tackling plastic waste
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Green light for farm

CRISPS, chocolate and ice cream firm, Mackie’s of Scotland has been named Green Family Business of the Year.

Leading the pack

The fast-growing range of free-from foods that’s now available in stores and out-of-home outlets all across the country was in evidence recently at the...