Five Scottish food and beverage producers have won key promotional listing slots in 200 Scotmid stores across the country.
The Scotmid Scottish Favourites competition, run in conjunction with Scotland Food & Drink, aims to highlight the best regional products with broad consumer appeal. Each product will run for a three-week period.
James Rizza and Sons, The Buffalo Farm, Strathmore Foods, The Caledonian Cola Company and Thistly Cross Cider have all secured product listings. Each business has secured a Scotmid Scottish Favourites listing for a particular product, these include:
• Thistly Cross Cider - Scottish Fruits 4 pack
• The Buffalo Farm - Buffalo Ice Cream Raspberry Ripple
• The Caledonian Cola Company Ltd. - Alba Cola Sugar Free
• Strathmore Foods - Findowie Farmhouse Chilli (pictured)
• James Rizza & Sons Ltd - Double Dairy Gold 500ml
The competition, which was launched during Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight in September, was designed to champion local producers and demonstrates Scotmid’s commitment to Scottish sourcing. Scotmid and Scotland Food & Drink received over 50 entries from local businesses which were each judged by a panel of experts.
Kirsty George, Local Sourcing Manager at Scotmid, said, “We are always looking for new ways to diversify and grow our Scottish product portfolio and we have been absolutely thrilled with the high quality of entries that we have received for the Scottish Favourites competition.
“Scotland truly has some of the best food and drink in the world and the calibre of local producers is continuing to grow year on year. A massive congratulations to all the winning suppliers, we can’t wait to see the reaction from our customers with these amazing products.”
James Withers, Chief Executive of Scotland Food & Drink, said, “The entries received for the Scottish Favourites competition really reflects the high-quality range of food and drink that is currently available from local producers across the country.
“Scotmid is doing a brilliant job at ensuring the best of Scottish food and drink lands in shopping baskets across the country and we are excited to continue supporting them with their local sourcing efforts next year.
“Congratulations to all of the winners, I look forward to the reports of their products flying off the shelves in the coming months.”