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Waitrose to invest record £1bn in new locations and store improvements

Published 1 month ago

Waitrose has announced it is ramping up investment in its store portfolio with plans to open up to 100 convenience shops across the UK over the next five years.

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Gothic-inspired Glasgow coffee shop opens up thanks to start up loans funding

Published 1 month ago

The owner of Great Western Road’s newest café aims to offer up something a little different, with his take on the traditional Gothic coffeehouses from the Victorian era.

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Chivas Regal announces multi-year partnership with Arsenal

Published 1 month ago

Luxury Scotch whisky Chivas Regal and Arsenal football club have today announced a new multi-year partnership.

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Shetland’s first whisky distillery nears completion

Published 1 month ago

Lerwick Distillery Ltd, founded in 2022 by Martin Watt and Calum Miller, is on track to become Shetland’s first whisky distillery

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Scottish brewer raises question of Edinburgh Living Wage

Published 1 month ago

Scottish beer maker Vault City Brewing has committed to pay staff the London Living Wage as the “cost of living in Scotland’s capital” becomes “a critical factor in its team’s wellbeing”.

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Innis & Gunn’s Lager named Scotland’s best at World Beer Awards

Published 1 month ago

Innis & Gunn lager has scooped gold in what has been dubbed the “Olympics of beer”, taking home two top gongs at The World Beer Awards.

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Aberdeen start-up turns whisky co-products into £90m opportunity

Published 1 month ago

A new method to extract valuable bio-based chemicals from whisky distillery waste streams could transform manufacturing and be worth up to £90 million in global chemical manufacturing markets.

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Double appointment to Scotland Food & Drink’s business development team

Published 1 month ago

Industry body Scotland Food & Drink has appointed Tracy Cameron as head of membership and commercial and Jessica Van Tromp as business development manager for the east of Scotland.

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Diageo’s global sales slide, UK market boosted by Guinness

Published 2 months ago

Drinks giant Diageo has reported its first decline in global sales since the pandemic, however, the UK defied the trend, thanks to a surge in popularity of Guinness and related products.

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Lomond Fine Foods expands Glasgow HQ as it targets sales of £90m

Published 2 months ago

Glasgow-based foodservice wholesaler, Lomond Fine Foods, has expanded its Port Dundas headquarters by 12,000 sq ft to meet surging demand.

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Isle of Harris Distillers to move into new Glasgow office

Published 2 months ago

Scots property firm the SRE Group has agreed a lease with Isle of Harris Distillers for the 870 sq ft second floor at 25 Blythswood Square, Glasgow, meaning that the refurbished building is now fully let.

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Benriach toasts the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Published 2 months ago

Speyside single malt whisky, Benriach, has joined forces with the world-famous 2024 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo for the second year running in a collaboration that will see Benriach served in partnership with Innis and Gunn across bars within Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, and around the city for the month of August.

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Coupar Angus poultry processing factory approved in principle

Published 2 months ago

Plans for a replacement poultry processing factory in Coupar Angus have been approved in principle by Perth & Kinross Council.

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Tomatin Distillery profits dip amid spending slowdown

Published 2 months ago

Tomatin Distillery has reported a decrease in pre-tax profits to £10.2 million for the year ending December 2023, despite a slight increase in turnover to £31.4m.

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New Scots food group makes double acquisition

Published 2 months ago

Macallan Food Group, a new Scottish food business led by industry veterans Bill Hazeldean and Stewart McLelland, has acquired Malcolm Allan and made a significant investment in Macsween of Edinburgh, both for an undisclosed sum.

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