Tag: food
No comfort food as sales slump
THE brutal market conditions in Scottish food and drink retailing have continued into the autumn. According to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium/KPMG Retail Sales...
New times for whisky – Product analysis
IT might be seen as ironic that the most successful Scottish food and drink sector, whisky, isn’t the overwhelming spirit of choice in its...
Climbing worldwide – Nevis Bakery on the rise
RUNNING a food manufacturing business might sometimes feel like having a metaphorical mountain to climb. But if the team at the Nevis Bakery ever...
Scottish food and drink fortnight
Scottish food and drink has been highlighted as a potential powerhouse industrial sector for the nation’s future. Next month we all have a chance...
Don’t give risk a bad rap says SWA – Mentoring Programme
TRAINING and mentoring will play a major role in Scottish Wholesale Association activity over the next year, the organisation’s annual conference was told last...
Horsemeat probe boss named
PROFESSOR Chris Elliott, a food security expert based in Belfast, will lead the independent inquiry into the horsemeat scandal.
Elliot heads the Queen’s Institute...
Will labels light the healthy way?
A new food nutrition information system is ready to go live. But not every brand thinks it takes the biscuit.
AFTER years of discussion and...