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Scotland Food & Drink hosts London buyer event in bid to unlock £1 billion UK market

This week, Scotland Food & Drink, the leadership organisation for the nation's food and drink industry, hosted its highly anticipated London Discovery Programme to introduce influential London buyers to Scottish producers.

07/06/2024
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New Farm to Fork Connections Sparked by Producer Tour

A producer tour, held on Thursday 16 May at Upper Ballaird Farm Co-op in Balfron, has ignited six promising new connections between local food and drink businesses.

23/05/2024
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Asda announced as head sponsor for Scotland Food & Drink's Excellence Summit

Asda, one of the UK's leading supermarket chains, has been unveiled as the head sponsor for Scotland Food & Drink's inaugural Excellence Summit, set to take place on 9 October. 

22/05/2024
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Sustainable growth on the menu at Scotland Food & Drink’s Excellence Summit

Industry leadership body, Scotland Food & Drink, is hosting its first ever Excellence Summit on 9 October, which aims to provide businesses with ‘success strategies for sustainable growth’.

10/05/2024
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Scotland Food & Drink appoints John Donnelly as Commercial Director

Scotland Food & Drink, the industry leadership body for the £16bn sector, has appointed John Donnelly as its new Membership and Commercial Director.   

08/05/2024
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Visitors’ hunger for Scottish food and drink experiences

New research by VisitScotland has revealed growing visitor demand for Scotland’s food and drink experiences.  It comes as the national tourism organisation, in partnership with Scotland Food & Drink, launches a new industry guide to help tourism businesses take a share of this lucrative market, which globally reached £757 billion in 2023.

07/05/2024
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Regional food group event series drive sales for Scottish producers

‘Larder of the Lowlands’, a showcase of Lowlands food and drink for prospective buyers, took place yesterday (22nd April) in Dumfries, building on the success of the inaugural event last year, delivered by Scotland Food & Drink’s Regional Food Groups to grow regional markets.

24/04/2024
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The search is on for Scotland’s young food and drink stars as industry award returns

Scotland’s budding food and drink stars are being encouraged to enter NFU Mutual’s ‘Inspirational Young Person Award’ – with nominations now open.

26/03/2024
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The Scottish Tourism Alliance Signature Conference

Last week, Scotland Food & Drink was proud to play a part in the biggest tourism event of the year, the Scottish Tourism Month Signature Conference – a collaboration between Scottish Tourism Alliance, ASVA (Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions) and ASSC (Association of Scottish self-caterers).

19/03/2024
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Scran Awards 2024: The Scotsman's food and drink awards are open for nominations

March is gearing up to be a strong month for Scottish food and drink, as we announce the return of the Scran Awards.

12/03/2024
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£77m of prospective sales generated for Scottish food and drink producers at Showcasing Scotland

Showcasing Scotland, the industry’s largest global 1:1 sales meeting event, has generated a potential £77m in sales of Scottish food and drink to markets around the world.

08/03/2024
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Over 100 international buyers arrive in Edinburgh for Scotland’s largest global food and drink trade event

Over 100 of the world’s most influential food and drink buyers have touched down in Edinburgh to meet with 150 Scottish food and drink businesses in the £15bn sector’s largest 1:1 sales meeting event.

05/03/2024
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