Whole Foods Market opens Giffnock store

Whole Foods Market UK is to open its first branch in Scotland this month in Giffnock near to Glasgow.

The shop focuses only stocks natural and organic products and will support local suppliers and businesses. With over 400 of the items in store sourced from Scottish producers including smoked salmon from Oban, oysters from the Firth of Clyde and full range of Scottish cheese, we think this Giffnock Whole Foods Market will be great platform for Scottish food products.

David Doctorow, vice president of Whole Foods Market UK is quoted as saying, “We are incredibly excited to be opening in Scotland and bringing with us a new way of presenting and experiencing food. Many of our products have been sourced from within Scotland, which collectively showcase some of the best artisan producers from the length and breadth of the country.”

Whole Foods Market originated in the US now have 300 stores world wide with an annual turnover of more than £5 billion. The only other Whole Food the company has in the UK are all within London

http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/giffnock/

Davidson’s voted ‘UK Butcher Shop of the Year’ 2011

A Scottish butcher was crowned ‘Best in the UK’ at this years Butchers Shop of the Year Awards

Held in London’s The Landmark Hotel the judges announced Davidsons Specialist Butchers in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, as their 2011 Butchers Shop of the Year.

Davidson’s butchers have been operating since 2004 and have for years been heralded as one of Aberdeen’s supplies of high quality premium meat and poultry

They provide the very best in local Aberdeenshire Beef as well as by Pork & Lamb products reared on the Davidson family farms. They also supply top quality locally wild game and chicken from selected local producers.

John Davidson, owner of the shop, said, “It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I’ve wanted this since before I even had a butcher’s shop. The win coincides with the launch of our Davidson’s Butcher’s online shop, so we are going to take the publicity forward and tell people they can now get the best meat in the UK delivered to their door. Being named best butcher in the UK is a great marketing tool.”

Ed Bedington, editor of the Meat Trades Journal who organised the awards, said, “Davidsons is a deserving winner and a superb business, so it’s great to see John and his team getting some great recognition.

http://www.davidsons-inverurie.co.uk

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