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Pizza joins the thin crowd

Pizza joins the thin crowd – New variant launched

FROZEN pizza is a Scottish favourite, with almost 70% buying it, as opposed to 65.9% of the GB population, according to Goodfella’s. The company...
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...
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More info please – Animal welfare concern

ANIMAL welfare is a growing consumer issue, with a new study showing that eight out of 10 UK shoppers want labels which clearly show...
Traditional Scottish produce, using Scottish ingredients, but prepared and presented for modern consumers. Strathmore Foods’ McIntosh of Dyce range includes chilled meat products and ready meals. Among its newest products are McIntosh Haggis and McIntosh black pudding.

Chilled growth – Strathmore seek out Scottish

NOT just a Scottish brand owner but one that ensures it uses Scottish produce in its own portfolio, that’s the ethos at Strathmore Foods,...
Standard support

Standard support – Firm ramp up Russian promo’s

VODKA brand Russian Standard hit the screens in recent months with the latest work in its ‘Vodka as it should be’ TV advertising campaign. The...
Juices

Exotics and home treats fuelling juice

THERE are still juicy profits to be squeezed out of thirsty consumers’ love of refreshment, especially during hot weather. That’s the juices industry’s view, with...

Caorunn’s tonic – Scottish Tesco’s snap up spirit

LAST month Scotland’s Caorunn Gin went into 88 Tesco’s stores across Scotland. The expansion in the off-trade will also see Caorunn Gin increase its listings...
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...
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...
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Bakers who mix it up – Home baking latest

Kits and accessories aim to bring the cup cake revolution to every home and store THE image of the domestic goddess in her frilly pinny...
Kenco

Refill packs win green points

REFILL packs have helped Kenco – one of the first coffee brands to be made with 100% Rainforest Alliance beans – improve its environmental...
Smirnoff has added to its flavoured range with the launch of coffee-flavoured Espresso Smirnoff. Absolut vodka has launched a PMP on its 50cl size. Valt, the single malt vodka, is to appear in Sainsbury’s stores in Scotland.

Express service – Vodka update

HOW do you give Britain’s biggest-selling vodka a boost? Earlier this year drinks giant Diageo ensured its massive brand Smirnoff stayed full of beans...

In more shapes and sizes

OREO, from Mondelez International, the world’s biggest-selling biscuit, has a number of packs designed to suit the nation’s lunchbox fillers. Last year the firm launched...
Scottish food and drink fortnight

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...
Susanna Lloyd,left, Asda Regional Buyer Scotland and Northern Ireland, and Louise Creevy, right, national account manager Border Biscuits, in Asda with the newly listed Border Biscuits lines.

Added to the list – Biscuit firm expands availability

LANARK-based based Border Biscuits has won a number of nationwide listings for its expanding biscuit portfolio with supermarket firm Asda. From June, over 300 Asda...
Natural hunt for the Big 5

Natural hunt for the Big 5 – Walkers Shortbread

WALKERS Shortbread is working with Visit Scotland to support its Year of Natural campaign - its biggest ever nature-focused tourism drive. A Walkers Shortbread dedicated...