Farmed fish and shellfish

There’s a good reason why people are advised to brew up some fresh coffee and put a loaf of bread in the oven when selling their house. The aroma of its on-site certified organic bakery makes this little café cosy and welcoming, now in its tenth year of…

Part of the earlier wave of cafés that popped up as the Southside got younger and hipper, Tapa has responded to the increasing number of openings in the area by stripping back its menu to become a more straightforward daytime café, offering breakfasts…

In the heart of the merchant City, which is particularly good looking at night these days, Berits & Brown offers a small taste of a New York style neighbourhood diner. It is a big draw for wine buffs – any bottle on sale in the off license can be…

Run by the Montgomery family, Ardardan Estate is set in a walled garden surrounded by its own farm. The estate consists of plant nursery, tearoom and farm shop, which includes a deli counter with an impressive range of Scottish cheeses and home-made…

It is the range of produce that impresses at the Spey Larder. As the name would suggest, it is the perfect place to stock up on all the deli larder basics, both continental and local - Connads cheese is a favourite, as is Ola rapeseed oil. A large…

Using fresh whole milk from their herd of pedigree Holstein Friesian cows, Stewart Tower produces hand-made ice creams in a staggering range of flavours, as well as fruit ices and frozen yoghurts to sell from their parlour in converted farm steadings.

Gordon & MacPhail proudly claims to be the world’s leading malt whisky specialist. Allow the staff at their retail outlet to help you to choose from over 300 presentations of own-bottled single malts, aged from 5 to 70 years old, and a stock holding…

From a site in Callander that has been supplying bread to the area for over 100 years, Mhor Bread operates its bakery, shop and tearoom. The Lewis family, who also run Mhor Fish, Mhor Tea Rooms and Monachyle Mhor hotel and restaurant, are reintroducing…

Established in 1985, Rothiemurchus Farm Shop started life selling fresh and smoked rainbow trout caught in the clear waters flowing from the Cairngorms straight into its fishery. Before long a fully fledged farm shop was well stocked and selling a range…

One of Orkney's oldest family-run businesses, now staffed by the fourth generation, Argo's is a popular fixture on the main shopping streets of Stromness and Kirkwall. Don't leave it too late to visit either location, as their artisan baked bread, rolls…

For decades Baxters has been synonymous with traditional tinned soups and jars of beetroot. These days they drape less tartan around the packaging and place more emphasis on convenience and the use of fresh, contemporary ingredients alongside the…

The café menu features homemade soups, fresh homebaking and daily specials as well as a range of sandwiches, toasties and baked potatoes. The smallish shop looks to keep food miles to a minimum by sourcing produce from the neighbouring Perthshire farms…

Dobbies is generally considered the best option in the famously affluent Bearsden and Milngavie area for a number of deli items; it is certainly one of the largest and best stocked for miles. As with the ten other Farm Foodhalls around the country…

There are reasons aplenty to visit the café at Fenton Barns Farm Shop near North Berwick. The shop is an Aladdin’s cave of Scottish foodie delights, and a tasty symbiosis sees the cheeses, chocolate, smoked fish and ice-cream which pack the shelves…

Gloagburn is a friendly farm shop at Tibbermore, near Perth. They stock a variety of homemade produce; meringues, cakes, savoury tarts, oatcakes, jams and soup, which are also available in their very popular and busy café. They also impress with…

Regarded as one of the finest whisky retailers in the world by Whisky Magazine, award-winning Loch Fyne Whiskies has been distributing the water of life since 1993. It offers several hundred single malts as well as the Loch Fyne, a mellow, well-regarded…

The Mains of Taymouth Delicatessen manages to fulfill the roles of a grocer, a gelateria and a delicatessen without seeming crowded or unfocused. It's an airy, modern building with plenty of browsing space between aisles, and, because of the range, it…

Located at the entrance to the famous Findhorn eco-village, the Phoenix Community Store started life as a specialist new age shop. It has now turned into a thriving community store, specialising in organic, Fairtrade and artisan foodstuffs. But it has…

Rannoch Smokery was founded in the late 1980s following a bad winter which prevented Ben Barclay's deer cull getting to market. Not to be defeated, he brined and smoked all of his meat, stopping it from going to waste and, in so doing, created the first…