Planting some pastry options
Motivations to stick to plant-based diets will stay strong with consumers despite rising costs, says a boss at The Compleat Food Group.
Whisky visitors galore
Reporting a record 1.7m visitors to centres in 2016, the SWA has predicting another boom season for 2018.
A sweet gin treat
LOCH Lomond Group has launched a gift set for its Ben Lomond Gin brand just in time for spring.
Lemon promise
ICE cream specialist Mackie’s of Scotland is promising treat lovers a taste of the sun in coming months, regardless of the Scottish weather.
The firm...
To a big year and beyond
AS reported in last month’s Scottish Grocer, Scotland Food and Drink chief executive, James Withers, told an audience of Scottish wholesalers that Scotland’s food...
For a life in food – Jess recognised at awards ceremony
ARCHIE Jess, the driving force behind the meat processing business the AP Jess Group, has taken the Lifetime Achievement award in the Greenock Chamber...
Rising fortunes
Irish free-from bakery brand BFree is looking to expand its distribution channels further after securing new listings with Waitrose.
The supermarket will be the first...
Highland giant launches snack meals range
FOCHABERS-based family-run food manufacturer Baxters has branched out with two new ranges of instant hot meals using some distinctly non-Scottish recipes.
Baxters Meal Pots...
Mixing it with malt in a can
Malt whisky in a can is the latest product from Islay firm Smokehead.
The sweetest things – Traditional Scottish confectionery
SCOTLAND’s famous sweet tooth has, traditionally, been served by well-loved local confectionery suppliers.
And in a world of global confectionery brands there are still companies...
FareShare help good for planet
The FareShare charity has been explaining how its food help for the poor also prevents waste.
Healthy loyalty
AWARD-WINNING Premier retailers Dennis and Linda Williams are preparing to launch a new initiative to get local kids eating more healthily.
1,000 local schoolchildren are...
A taste of the past to make at home
DO you or your customers fancy taking a knife and fork to a ‘Reekin Fat Hen’ or having ‘Mackerel Two Ways’ for tea?
You and...
Breakthrough oats
QUAKER Oats has added two gluten-free variants to its range.
The introduction of a gluten-free range coincides with a packaging redesign for the entire...
Free… and all in the best possible taste
AS free-from foods join the mainstream, the demand for great-tasting and high-quality products is increasing. That’s the word from gluten-free product baker Kent &...
Binning the plastic
AG Barr has taken its sustainability pledge one step further by announcing all of its consumer multipacks will be packaged in 100% recycled shrink wrap by the end of this year
