The Larder

The fifth generation of family butcher, Tom Rodgers has been in the trade for 20 years and is a member of the Q Guild. The original Clydebank shop, called J.J. Rodgers & Sons, was founded in the 60s by his grandfather James, with the Byres Road…

If you want a measure of deli/greengrocer Roots and Fruits’ repute as a source of high-quality produce, just ask countless respected cafés and restaurants that use them as a supplier. But a sample of said goodness needn’t only be taken second hand…

The 15th century building of Rosslyn Chapel is located seven miles south of Edinburgh, and boasts many significant architectural features, including the Apprentice Pillar and carvings of ‘green men’. The chapel has experienced an upsurge in popularity…

Long a favourite of the hunting, fishing and shooting brigade this grand old dame deep in rural Perthshire enjoys a much wider appeal these days. David Milsom has enjoyed the role of chef patron since the Milsoms took over in 2001. Choose from the…

Now into a third generation of ice-cream making, S Luca continues to delight Morningside and Musselburgh locals with its renowned speciality. Manufactured at its two outlets, Luca's ice-cream can be enjoyed in a variety of flavours, from the traditional…

It may be hard, but try not to be waylaid by the sweetie emporium that greets you on first entering S Luca. This is kiddie heaven and it's hard to imagine anyone, even the adults, getting past the selection of chocolates, ice-cream, sorbets and other…

The Scottish Borders Brewery is Scotland’s only plough-to-pint microbrewery, creating cask ales using malting barley home-grown on owner John Henderson’s farm and water from the land’s own artesian spring – a source geologically rare in the Borders. The…

A partnership between local crofters, the Skye Food Company sells hampers made up of produce including that made by its founders - jams and chutneys from Calina's Conserves, traditionally reared meats from Early Bird Enterprises, and artisan baked…

A brand new start-up for 2012, Spey Valley is a craft nano-brewery with a range of five cask-conditioned real ales. They’re produced around brewer David MacDonald’s full time job making Speyside’s more famous tipple, whisky. Spey Stout is the big…

Established in 1873, William Stephen’s bakery has proved enduringly popular with the people of west Fife. With over 12 branches around the area – most in Dunfermline, but also Inverkeithing, Rosyth and Cowdenbeath – it does exactly what you would expect…

Selling to wholesale trade and local fish vans, David Ritchie sources fresh, mostly white, fish from Peterhead, as well as smoking fish on site in traditional, non-electric kilns. He is also open on weekdays for retail sales from the warehouse.

A high street butcher selling meat sourced from Lockerbie abattoir and the Borders, with a generous free local delivery scheme that stretches across the Machars peninsula - Newton Stewart to Whithorn and around. He's also the sole stocker of chilli jam…

A prominent and active local farm shop for the last decade, The Store is located on the Booth family farm where grass-fed lamb and Aberdeen Angus beef are reared in small numbers. The well-stocked meat counter includes Pitcaple pork, sausages and…

Originally a bakery, this sixth-generation family butchers and bakers with shops across Fife began sourcing meat in the 1960s to guarantee the quality of their speciality pies. Current boss Alan Stuart founded the now highly prestigious World Scotch Pie…

When Sheila Dawson told her husband that she wanted to expand their import Thai furniture business with a neighbouring café she didn’t expect he would import the building on one of his sourcing trips as well. Fresh sandwiches, wraps and salad provide…

This multi-generation family concern with roots going back to 1861 is the best type of traditional butchery. From the quality meats raised in Scotland to their own potted and preserved meats, sausages, pies and ready meals, a visit to any one of their…

Online shop for oat-based products, catering especially (but not exclusively) to coeliacs. The oats used are grown, harvested and milled on dedicated farms and are a single variety suitable for people with coeliac disease. All products are guaranteed to…

Based 1028 feet above sea level in the Monadhliath Mountains, just south of Inverness, Tomatin is one of the last distilleries in Scotland still to provide housing for its staff. Around 25 families live on the estate – some whole families work in the…

This tearoom is a good venue for children as it provides well cooked, home-grown, simple food in a fantastic rural location with a designated children's play area. There are also goats, donkeys, ducks and hens to visit and a small selection of local…

A small, traditional smokery, with every stage of the process laboured over by Iain Boyd and Andy Reeve, from dry-curing with sea salt crystals to hand slicing. Salmon is sourced from the Wester Ross Fisheries, sea-grown rainbow trout from Kames Fish…