Summer fresh

Summer fresh – Sales heating up for Scotty Brand

AWARD-winning Scottish soft fruit supplier Scotty Brand is feeling the full effects of the scorching weather we’ve had for part of the summer. Its strawberries...
Inver House Distillers

Inver House backs marine conservation

THE firm behind Scotch Whisky brands such as Old Pulteney, Ancnoc and Balblair has entered into a new partnership aimed at protecting ocean ecosystems.
2014

Kicking off Scotland’s big year

FOR many Scots 2014 was always going to be a big year. The 700th anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn occurs in June and there’s...
Belhaven beer

Local brews go down well

BELHAVEN is in the ascendancy in the Scottish off trade, according to the East Lothian brewery’s marketing controller Steven Sturgeon.
The award-winning Killie Pie has new silverware for the trophy cabinet: it has been voted Scotland’s Best Savoury Product for the second year running.

Pie goes sky high

KILMARKNOCK-based Brownings the Bakers has done the double: its Killie Pie has been voted Scotland’s Best Savoury Product two years in a row. The...

How to win at wine o’clock

NEW world wine giant Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is going all out for summer sales in the £6-8 price range. It says that’s the...
Calypso Soft Drinks, Fairtrade,

Supporting change

CALYPSO Soft Drinks has redesigned its Fairtrade Pure Juice range. The new design appears across the range including apple juice and orange juice in 500ml...
wildcat-passion-campaign

New gin is a wild thing

Whyte & Mackay has expanded its gin portfolio with the launch of a zesty new variant to its Wildcat Gin range

Free from has broad appeal

Lifestyle adopters push category on OVER the last few years the free-from category has gone mainstream, moving from the fringes and specialist stores to its...
Caorunn, Balmenach Distillery, gin, spirits,

Speyside super gin

BOUTIQUE spirit Caorunn, distilled in the Balmenach Distillery on Speyside, is now the second-biggest super-premium gin in the UK. Figures just released from the...

A new look for Rowan Glen

Modern pack for local yogurt brand .
The bottles made using hydrogen gas as the main energy source for the glass furnace.

Hydrogen bottles a glass act from Bacardi

Spirits maker Bacardi has been trialling new technology that allows it to produce glass bottles in a more eco-friendly way, while other food and drinks giants are involved in a project to support regenerative agriculture.
Kellogg's has teamed up with STV and two of Scotland's strongest people, Nicole Ann Bennett and Chris Beetham, to encourage people to sign up to host their own Big Scottish Breakfast.

Kellogg’s backs STV’s Children Appeal pound for pound to fund Scottish breakfast clubs

Kellogg's has teamed up with STV and two of Scotland's strongest people, Nicole Ann Bennett and Chris Beetham, to encourage people to sign up to host their own Big Scottish Breakfast.
James Withers, above left, chief executive of Scotland Food and Drink.

A food and drink year in the making

WE are now at the halfway point in Scotland’s Year of Food and Drink which set out to promote the country’s natural larder. Scotland Food...

On your bike

ALCOHOL-free wine brand Eisberg has become the official wine partner for the Tour of Britain cycle race. As part of the three-year agreement Eisberg will...
Growers Garden Broccoli Crisps

Growing better snacking habits

When consumer tastes change, producers are quick to create new products that satisfy demand.