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Bad Girl Bakery expands with cake caravan
Scotland’s Bad Girl Bakery has expanded into Inverness city centre with the launch of a Cake & Coffee Caravan.

Scottish Bakers welcome new food tourism strategy
A plan to boost food and drink spending by visitors to Scotland has been welcomed by trade association Scottish Bakers.

Aulds closes four more stores in retail liquidation
Scottish family bakery Aulds has closed a further four stores after making the decision to liquidate its retail arm to focus on the wholesale and production operation.

Born & Bread: Stephens Bakery, Dunfermline
Scotland’s Stephens Bakery has seen massive change over the past 145 years, from different owners to adapting its offering. MD Andre Sarafilovic takes us on a journey through the business’ history.

Walkers launches foodservice snack pack range
Walkers Shortbread has rolled out a range of luxury biscuit snack packs for the out-of-home and foodservice markets.

Nairn’s eyes convenience with price-marked packs
Oatcake manufacturer Nairn’s is eyeing growth in the convenience and wholesale sectors with its first ever price-marked packs.

Scottish Baker of the Year 2018 shortlist announced
Industry organisation Scottish Bakers has unveiled a shortlist of 39 bakeries in the running to be crowned Scottish Baker of the Year 2018.

Finsbury buys freehold of Lightbody factory
Finsbury Food Group has purchased the freehold property of its Lightbody celebration cakes factory in Hamilton, Scotland.

Macphie names new head of operations
Ingredients supplier Macphie has appointed Stuart Harrington as its new head of operations.

Bells Food Group launches festive steak pies
Scottish pastry manufacturer Bells Food Group has introduced two new pies to take advantage of the seasonal sales spike.

Bells Food Group invests £500k in cake bakery expansion
Bells Food Group has spent £500k to create a dedicated cake bakery at a former council depot in Shotts, Scotland.

Walkers targets ‘night in’ market with Mint Royals Shortbread
Walkers Shortbread has extended its Chocolate Shortbread range with Mint Royals Shortbread.

Bells launches new Bakes range
Scottish pie brand Bells has expanded its portfolio with a new Bakes range.

Sales of Scots baked goods booming in Co-op stores
Bakery products are driving a surge in sales of home-grown food and drink in Scottish Co-op stores.

Did you know? Greggs has been quietly giving away cake in Scotland since 2016
For more than a year, 20 Scottish Greggs stores have been offering free cakes to people who host a tea party for lonely OAPs.

Born and Bread: Walkers, Arberlour
Each month we profile a family business to see how the baking craft has passed down through the generations. This month, the story of Walkers, a business built on £50 and a single shortbread recipe.

Patterson Arran scoops sustainability award at Food & Drink Excellence Awards
Biscuit manufacturer Paterson Arran has been recognised for reducing its impact on the environment after receiving the Environmental Sustainability award at the 2017 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence awards.

Scottish Bread Championships launched
The inaugural Scottish Bread Championships are to be held at The Royal Highland Show in June.

GALLERY: Around the UK in biscuits and buns
We love to take the biscuit, and to have our cake and eat it, but which baked delights traditionally hail from your region of the UK? Find out here.

Alan Clarke to leave Scottish Bakers
The association has today announced that Alan Clarke, who has been chief executive for seven years, will leave Scottish Bakers in June.

Scottish Baker of The Year shortlist announced
Find out which bakeries have won at least a Regional Bronze Award for one of their products – among them is the Scottish Baker of the Year 2017.

Record year for Scottish food and drink exports
Food and drink exports from Scotland grew by £421m in 2016 to a record £5.5bn.

Packaging provider to benefit from £2m investment
Thermoformed packaging product provider DMD 2000 is to continue its expansion following a new £2 million investment.

Greggs falls ‘fowl’ of persistent thief
A branch of high street chain Greggs, in Scotland’s Arbroath, is being terrorised daily by a bird that staff have named Steven Seagull.

Maclean’s Bakery secures Lidl listing for its oatcakes
Scottish-based business Maclean’s Highlands Bakery has secured its first Lidl contract, worth more than £120k, for its oatcakes.

Kirriemuir expands Gingerbread cake range for export market
Scottish cake manufacturer Kirriemuir, which is part of the Bells Food Group, will expand its Signature Gingerbread cake range with two new variants that will appeal to the export market.

Baker recognised in New Year’s Honours list
Cynthia Stroud, founder and director of business Pretty Gorgeous Cakes, has been recognised in the 2017 New Year’s Honours list.

Foodservice drives 7% sales hike at Macphie
Ingredients supplier Macphie has reported a hike in sales and profit in its full-year results, driven by a strong performance in foodservice.
Scottish baker fined £60k for fraud
A Lanarkshire baker has been fined £60,000 by HMRC over false repayment claims.

Campbell’s Bakery to open bakery school in Scotland
Campbell’s Bakery in Crieff plans to set up what managing director Iain Campbell describes as ‘the first bakery school in Scotland’.

Have your say on gluten-free food labelling
Bakers are being given a chance to have their say on the introduction of new regulations in England to enforce EU rules on the labelling of gluten-free foods.

Personalised shortbread for Christmas
VIP Shortbread has announced the launch of its Christmas range of personalised shortbread.

Brexit set to cost 1,500 Scotland food jobs
The impact of Brexit is set to cost Scotland’s food and drink sector around £150m, which could result in around 1,500 jobs losses in the Highlands, according to researchers.

Scotland takes charge on childhood obesity challenge
Scotland is taking the challenge of tackling childhood obesity into its own hands, after the Scottish government expressed disappointment at the UK government’s childhood obesity strategy, published last week.

BBC criticised over lack of Scottish presence for new Bake Off series
Scottish Bakers criticises The Great British Bake Off for lack of Scottish contestants.

Lidl unveils bakery at new store
Discounter Lidl has revealed a new state-of-the-art bakery at a new store in Penicuik, Scotland.

Scotland the Bread targets £30k for wheat research
Social business Scotland The Bread (STB) is looking to raise £30,000 by the end of the month in a bid to ramp up a programme of wheat breeding and research and create the most “nutrient-dense and digestible grains and bread possible”.

Bakeries shortlisted in Scottish food awards
A number of bakeries and bakery manufacturers have been listed as finalists in the Food Scotland Awards 2016.

Scottish oat brand takes bakery and cereals award
Oats-specialist Stoats is celebrating the victory of its new muesli product at the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2016.

Border Biscuits launches new line in Scotland
The Dark Chocolate Gingers and Orange add orange pieces to the brand’s bestselling Dark Chocolate Gingers recipe. The biscuits launch from this month in 98 Tesco stores.

Tower Bakery in Scottish Lidl deal
Perth-based Tower Bakery has agreed a deal to supply 90 Lidl stores across Scotland with a range of six products.

Frustrated Scotland considers folic acid legislation
Scotland is considering introducing mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid in an effort to reduce the number of children born with birth defects.

Food Standards Scotland proposes sugar tax
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has proposed a sugar tax as part of a plan to defuse a “health time bomb”.

Handmade Cake UK to expand after investment
Glasgow food distribution firm Lomond Fine Foods, which owns Handmade Cake UK, has secured a £1m investment from NatWest Scotland to expand into new premises.

Scottish bakers celebrate Asda listings
Three Scottish bakeries are celebrating new listings worth an estimated £275,000 in total as Asda grows its locally sourced bakery range.
MacLean’s Bakery accepted in national scheme
MacLean’s Bakery has become one of four companies and the only bakery to be included in a Scotland-wide scheme to provide food for council projects.

Outcry over Dundee cake PGI bid
An attempt by the Scottish government to give Dundee cake protected status has caused an outcry from bakers outside the city.

McGhee’s named Scottish Baker of the Year
McGhee’s Bakery has been named Scottish Baker of the Year.
Scottish food safety body gets to work
A new Scottish independent regulatory body has launched to tackle food safety, diet and nutrition north of the border.

Scottish bakery closes shops - turning attention to supermarkets
Mathiesons Bakery in Scotland has shut its retail shops, as it says it will now concentrate on supplying supermarkets.
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