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Scottish products with 'Go Local' branding

ScotGov greenlights phase six of SGF Go Local Programme

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Farmstrong Scotland secures funding from Perth & Kinross Council

Dignitaries cutting cake

ONE SeedPod to boost high‑value food and drink manufacturing

Balnain Blueberries

Highland Good Food Partnership announces Meet the Producers tour

Steven Bennett

Butcher from Arbroath smokes competition to claim black pudding crown

Ardgowan Distillery

Ardgowan gears up for grand opening

Industry news

Edith Bowman

Edith Bowman to host Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2025

Shelfwatch report

Scots farmers praise Aldi and Lidl for commitment to local sourcing

Man in distillery

Grain to play crucial role in Ardgowan’s whisky production

Scottish Rum Festival

Scottish Rum Festival returns to Glasgow

Product news

Eden Mill Golf Gin

Eden Mill’s new Golf Gin tees off in Waitrose

Ledaig Hebridean Moon whisky

Tobermory Distillery unveils landmark single malt

Aldi’s Còmhla Scottish Gin

Aldi’s Scottish gin strikes gold

Loch Lomond Whiskies Open Course expressions

Loch Lomond Whiskies celebrates The Open with new expressions

Small producers news

Eden Mill's new stills

Stills go in at Eden Mill

Fierce Iron Brew

Iron brew beer lands in Scotmid

Stirling Spiced Rum

Stirling Distillery nods to folklore with new spiced rum

No Mean City whisky

New whisky honours Glaswegian spirit

Supermarkets news

Haggis

Lidl takes haggis UK-wide for Burns Night

Man holding square sausage pakora

Aldi Scotland launches square sausage pakora for Burns Night

Man in Aldi store

Aldi Scotland to invest more than £40m in 2025/26

fancy food and drink

Lidl calls on Scottish suppliers to help it shape food and drink’s future

Local retail news

Foodbank

Spar Scotland gives a grand to foodbanks

We hae meat

We hae a winner: chippy-style sausage batters opposition in Scotmid competition

woman with cheque and man with bagpipes in front of Spar store

Spar Crosshouse hosts Burns Night event

three men in front of stove

Planet Café secures lucrative deal with Spar network