Regional food plays a vital role in Scotland.
We’re here to help grow your business in Scotland.
Our UK Market Development team’s action plan for growth includes:
- Helping food and drink businesses further develop their strengths
- Supporting all of Scotland’s network of regional food groups
- Designing and opening new trading platforms, including for regional food and drink
We also work with Scottish tourism partners to help deliver the Food Tourism Scotland Strategy.
We support a wide range of regional food initiatives, including helping regional food groups create localised plans for growth, working with industry-led producers’ groups, and offering webinars and guides on key topics from pricing to digital marketing.
Explore below to see what we do to support local producers.
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Scotland’s Regional Food Groups
Scotland’s regional food groups are the local heroes of our food and drink sector.
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Guide: Food and Drink Trails
Food and Drink Trails for Scotland Guide
Inspire visitors to increase participation in local food and drink experiences, boost expenditure on food and drink, and generate solid economic impact for your area. Food and drink trails can be a powerful way for destinations to share their distinctive food and drink story with the world.
In partnership with Tina O’Dwyer at The Tourism Space, the guide will help you create, develop and manage successful food and drink trails. Whether you have an existing trail or are thinking about setting up a new one, this guide is for you.
Before reading it, listen to this brief video by Tina, who will set the scene and inspire you on your food and drink trail journey.
Guide: Learning Journeys
Learning Journey Guide
Stepping outside your organisation to take part in a learning journey by visiting and experiencing how peers operate in different locations can be a valuable and inspiring experience for everyone involved. These journeys create opportunities for knowledge sharing, product development, collaboration, and personal and professional growth.
This guide, produced in partnership with Karen Donnelly Associates, set out everything you need to know to plan and deliver a successful learning journey, whether you’re a food, drink or tourism business, regional food group, destination organisation or individual.
Learn more at the link below.
Programme: Scotland's Bookable Food and Drink Experiences
Scotland's Bookable Food and Drink Experiences Programme
Scotland is home to outstanding food tourism, from guided tastings and tours to hands-on cookery classes and farm-based events. Yet for many visitors, discovering and booking these experiences isn't always simple or straightforward.
Scotland’s Bookable Food and Drink Experiences Programme is a nationwide initiative designed to help food and drink businesses develop and market visitor experiences that are ready to book online.
Industry News
Get the latest news, views and updates from Scotland Food & Drink, and from across the food and drink industry.
Scotland Food & Drink, the leadership organisation for the nation's food and drink industry, has announced the launch of a pilot training programme designed to enhance bookable tourism experiences for food and drink businesses nationwide.
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.