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2018 Speciality Sausage Evaluation

Sponsored by The Dalesman Group
The Best Speciality Sausage is made by John M Munro in Dingwall

2018 Traditional Sliced Sausage Championship

Sponsored by McAusland Crawford
Banff Butchers John Stewart has been judged the best Sliced Sausage in Scotland

Year of the Haggis announced

Robert Burns World Federation President Ian McIntyre announced 2019 will be a Year of the Haggis

2018 Butchers Shop of the Year Finalists

Congratulations to all the Scottish Craft Butchers who have made the final of 2018 Butchers Shop of the Year.

SFMTA Golf Day Winners

The annual SFMTA Golf Day was held at Dundonald Links

Judging Day at Forth Valley College

2018 Speciality Sausage Evaluation and regional heats of 2018 Sliced Sausage Championship were judged on Friday 17th August.

Concern over narrowing abattoir provision

Joint Letter to Michael Gove Urges Action to Save Small Abattoirs

Lord Duncan visits Hunters

Lord Duncan Lends Support to Butchers “Butchers at the Heart of the Community” Initiative

Promoting Scotch Lamb PGI

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced £200,000 of new funding to support Quality Meat Scotland’s 2018 Scotch Lamb PGI promotional campaign.

Line up for Centenary Meeting

The 100th AGM
The Grand Central Hotel, 99 Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3SF
Sunday 18th November 2018

Scottish Butchers Celebrate Federation’s 100th Anniversary

Butchers throughout Scotland are today celebrating the centenary of the trade association which supports the growth of their businesses.

2018 Traditional Sliced Beef Sausage Awards

An evaluation to find Scotland`s best Traditional Sliced Sausage
Sponsored by McAusland Crawford
Entries close Friday 27th July

2018 Speciality Sausage Evaluation

A competition to find Scotland`s best Speciality Link Sausages
Sponsored by The Dalesman Group
Entries close Friday 27th July

Butchers At The Heart Of The Community on video

60 Shops have now joined the ‘Butchers at the Heart Of the Community’ initiative supported by Scottish Craft Butchers, Save a Life for Scotland & QMS.

2020 World Butchers Challenge

Venue announced for the 2020 WBC
World`s Best Butchers set sights on Sacramento

Braveheart launch for Butchers Project

Butchers urged to help ‘Save a Life’ in national fundraising initiative

2018 Scottish Black Pudding Champion

Anderson’s Quality Butcher in North Berwick have been judged the makers of Scotland’s finest Black Pudding.

Butchers at 2018 Highland Show

MacBeths, Stewart McClymont and Simon Howie represent butchers at the show

Climate Change Bill Threatens Disaster for Scottish Livestock Sector.

A stark warning that the Scottish Parliament’s Climate Change Bill could prove disastrous for the Scottish livestock sector has come from Jim McLaren, Chairman of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).

2018 Scottish Beef Sausage Champion

Dalbeattie Sausages are Scotland’s Best

Edinburgh Butcher Celebrates 60th Anniversary with Four Shilling Mince

An award-winning Edinburgh butchers’ business delighted its customers last week by offering a pound of Scotch Beef mince at 1958 prices, four shillings (20 pence),

Mystery over

Final of Beef Sausage and Black Pudding Championships held

Butchers Retail Summary – w/e 25th March 2018

Butchers have been able to attract almost 18% of the population in-store in the last year.

The British Charcuterie Awards launched for 2018.

The awards will take place within The British Charcuterie Tent and judged on the first day of BBC Countryfile Live 2018, Thursday August 2nd in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire.

Butchers at the Heart of the Community

Following a successful project from Hunters of Kinross, Scottish Craft Butchers in partnership with Save a Life for Scotland are asking members to join up and help save lives in their community. With 400 butchers within the network, the impact could be huge.

Burger success is child`s play

An innovative initiative involving a Perthshire butchers business and a local school has been recognised with a top award in a national competition.

2018 Scottish Black Pudding Championship

Sponsored by Dalziel Ltd
Finalists are from North Berwick, Strathaven, Inverness, Largs and Kinross.

2018 Scottish Beef Sausage Championship

Sponsored by Lucas Ingredients
Five Regional Champions named in Culloden, Newtyle, Kilsyth, Dalbeattie and Port Seton.

2018 Scottish Beefburger Awards

Scottish Craft Butcher Awards sponsored by Lucas Ingredients
Scotland’s best beefburger announced

2018 Smoked Bacon Awards

Scottish Craft Butcher Awards sponsored by TPS Scotland.
Head to North Berwick for the best smoked bacon in Scotland.

2018 Bacon Unsmoked Awards

Scottish Craft Butcher Awards sponsored by TPS Scotland.
Scotland’s best unsmoked bacon comes from Dunblane.

2018 Speciality Burger Awards

The Scottish Craft Butchers Awards sponsored by Lucas Ingredients
Outback Burger wins Elderslie Butchers a Diamond award

Beefburger final takes place in Dundee

The City of Discovery was chosen to find Scotland’s best beefburger.

Product Evaluation complete

320 products, 32 judges, 1 busy day at Stirling Campus of Forth Valley College

2018 Scottish Black Pudding Championship

A competition to find Scotland’s Best Black Pudding
Sponsored by Dalziel Ltd.

Entries close Thursday 12th April

2018 Scottish Beef Sausage Championship

A competition to find Scotland`s best beef sausage
Sponsored by Lucas Ingredients

Entries close Thursday 12th April

Team Ireland pictures from World Butchers Challenge

Congratulations to Garrett Landers captain and his team for winning the biggest butchers competition ever held.

Link to picture gallery

Team GB pictures from World Butchers Challenge

Link to 36 pictures from Belfast

Worlds Best Young Butcher Competition

Stirlingshire butcher competes for World title.
Result announced Wednesday evening 21st March

Worlds Best Apprentice Competition

Jedburgh young butcher competes for World title in Belfast

Pictures from Apprentice Category

Link to pictures 2018 WBC Apprentice Competition

Scottish Butchers on the World Stage

Team GB, World Butchers Challenge: Mark, Stewart and Ryan aim to raise the Titanic with butchery skills

National Butchers Week 2018

Monday 12th to Sunday 18th March

Winners at 2018 British Pie Awards

Scottish Craft Butchers at Melton Mowbray

Industry to discuss food safety issues

Scottish Federation of Meat Traders are pleased to be included in talks and agree close collaboration and co-operation between regulators and industry.

HRH The Princess Royal Opens Nigel`s new Butchery Facility

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal today officially opened a new, state-of-the-art butchery production premises at McCaskie’s in Wemyss Bay.

Joint statement: FSA, FSS and UK Meat Industry

From Food Standards Agency, Food Standards Scotland and representatives of the UK Meat Industry

Scottish winners at Smithfield

Two Scottish butchers were celebrating after winning Diamond Awards in the UK’s most prestigious competition for craft butchery products – The Smithfield Awards.

2018 Craft Butcher Chicken Pie Awards

Head to Bathgate for the Best Chicken Pie in Scotland for 2018.
Category sponsored by Scotweigh

2018 Craft Butcher Speciality Pie Awards

The best Hand Held Speciality Pies in Scotland for 2018 is made on Kilmacolm.
Category sponsored by Colin Hewitson.

2018 Craft Butcher Sausage Roll Awards

The best Sausage Rolls in Scotland for 2018
Category sponsored by Dalziel Ltd.

2018 Craft Butcher Hand Held Steak Pie Awards

The best Hand Held Steak Pies in Scotland for 2018 are made in Perth.
Category sponsored by TPS Scotland

2018 Craft Butcher Bridie Awards

The best Bridies in Scotland for 2018 are made in Falkirk.
Category sponsored by Dalziel Ltd

2018 Craft Butcher Scotch Pie Awards

The best Scotch Pies in Scotland for 2018 are made in Edinburgh.
Category sponsored by The Dalesman Group.

World Scotch Pie Champion 2018

Newtyle butcher picks up the top prize at the World Championship Scotch Pie Awards 2018.

Butchers at Christmas

A few pictures taken in Angus on 23rd December 2017
Edzell, Brechin, Montrose, Arbroath and Monifieth

2017 Golden Haggis Awards - the Results

The 2017 Golden Haggis Awards were held at Oban Distillery as part of the Oban Winter Festival

Craft Butchers Training Awards - Winners

Sponsored by the Scotch Butchers Club, the 2017 awards were presented at Stirling Campus of Forth Valley College on Wednesday 22nd November.

Mystery solved

No more enquiries need to be made to the Perth office

Butchers` Crowns of Lamb

West Lothian Butcher Crowned as Scotch Lamb Butcher of the Year

2017 Innovation of the Year

Win win situation - saving lives, saving customers and attracting more

Dream team selected best newbies in UK

There were hoops of joy in Burntisland Butchers when a call came through from London on Monday afternoon.

2017 Scottish Butchers Shop of the Year

Bert Fowlie in Strichen, Aberdeenshire was named 2017 Scottish Butchers Shop of the Year at the Butchers Shop of the Year Awards at County Hall, London.

Butchers Shop of the Year Awards

Bert Fowlie in Strichen Aberdeenshire has been named Scottish Butchers Shop of the Year

2017 Craft Butcher Training Awards

Congratulations to all those nominated for the 2017 Training Awards.

Scotland’s butchers battle for pastry product plaudits

Tasty pastries from all over Scotland came under scrutiny at Perth as one of the country’s largest showcases of butchers’ handcrafted pies, bridies and sausage rolls took centre stage.

Representing Scotland in Limerick

Two of Scotland`s hottest butchery talents travelled to Limerick to take part in a meat skills demonstration held as part of the city`s Pigtown festival.

Golden Haggis & Golden Clootie Dumpling Awards

Oban Winter Festival celebrates St Andrew’s Day .
Entries now open, forms available here.
New for 2017 is an open Clootie Dumpling Award

2017 Butchers Shop of the Year Finalists

Six Scottish butchers will travel to London in November

2017 Traditional Steak Pie Evaluation

The 2017-2018 title for best butchers` steak pie in Scotland goes to Leith butcher

2017 Craft Butcher Speciality Pie Awards

The best Butchers Speciality Pie for 2017 is a Steak and Sausage Pie from Paisley

2017 Craft Butcher Mince Round Awards

The best Mince Rounds in Scotland for 2017

A Future in Food

This programme has been a fantastic success in engaging thousands of pupils.

2018 Scottish Craft Butcher Savoury Products Awards

To be judged at Dewars Centre, Perth PH2 0TH
on Wednesday 1st November 2017
Entries close 17th October 2017

2017 Steak Pie, Speciality Pie and Mince Round Evaluation

Sponsored by Lucas Ingredients and William Sword Ltd
A competition to find Scotland`s Best Ashette Pies

2017 SFMTA Golf Day

21 members and guests attended the annual golf outing held this year at West Kilbride Golf Club.

Members at the Royal Highland

Craft butchers at Scotland`s biggest agricultural show.

WorldSkills comes to Perth

Scotland Butchery World Skills Heat –
Lovat Hotel, Glasgow Road, Perth PH2 0LT

Team GB call up for Mark Ramsay

Congratulations to Mark Ramsay of Falleninch Farm Stirling who has made it through to the next stage in the selection of British Beefeaters Team GB

Skills for Life

Fife butcher wins Scottish title for baby daughter he delivered on bathroom floor

Dumfries butcher is crowned Chieftain O’ the Puddin’ Race

JB Houston in Dumfries enjoyed the media interest in his `coronation` as the new Scottish Haggis Champion

Devro Handlink Challenge Trophy

Jenna Smith from DR McDonald in Dundee won the Devro Handlink Challenge Trophy at the 2017 Scottish Craft Butchers Trade Fair in Perth.

Meat Skills Scotland 2017

Winners were Jamie Syme and Ryan Briggs

2017 Scottish Pork Sausage Champion

Sponsored by Lucas Ingredients
The 2017 Scottish Pork Sausage Champion is The Buffalo Farm, Kirkcaldy

2017 Scottish Haggis Champion

Competition sponsored by Grampian Oat Products
The 2017 Scottish Haggis Champion is JB Houston, Dumfries

Craft Butchers Ready to Cook Awards 2017

Stroganoff Onion Bombs won the top prize in the 2017 Craft Butchers Ready to Cook Awards for The Buffalo Farm, Kirkcaldy.

Craft Butchers Ready Meals Awards 2017

The best ready meal of 2017 was the Braised Ox Cheek in Creamy Mash from Mearns T McCaskie in Wemyss Bay

Craft Butcher Barbecue Awards 2017

Mexicanese Pork Spare Ribs from Cairngorm Butchers voted Best BBQ Product of 2017

WorldSkills comes to Scotland

Scottish Meat Training will host the Scottish heat of Butchery Worldskills UK Competition 2017.

The Devro Linking Challenge

Challenge to link as many sausages in a minute, sponsored by Devro. Can you beat Tim Brown`s 60?

Craft Butchers Trade Fair

‘Best Butcher in Ireland’ and Devro Linking Challenge coming to the Scottish Craft Butchers Trade Fair on Sunday 14th May 2017.
- - Show Directory now added

2017 Scotland Food and Drink Awards

Congratulations to winners in @scotfooddrink #sfdea2017!

2017 Scottish Pork Sausage Championship

Sponsored by Lucas Ingredients
To be held on Sunday 14th May 2017 in Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth, at the Scottish Craft Butchers Trade Fair

Meat Skills Scotland 2017 Finalists

The finalists in both the Under 22 and Over 22 categories in Perth on Sunday 14th May have been named.

2017 Scottish Haggis Championship

Judging Day 2017 Craft Butcher Awards

Sponsored by Dalziel Ltd, Scobie & Junor and Lucas Ingredients including the UK`s first BBQ contest of 2017

Britains Best Boghall Butchers Apple Pie

The judges in the British Pie Awards this week have confirmed that Boghall Butchers make Britain`s best Apple Pie.

President leads the way to British Pie Awards

President Paul fires up for British Pie Awards

Best Ready Meal Product Evaluation

A competition to find Scotland`s Best Ready Meal Products
One Diamond Award will be presented for the best product.
Gold and Silver Awards to all those worthy of such recognition

Best Ready to Cook Product

A competition to find Scotland`s Best Ready to Cook Products
One Diamond Award will be presented for the best product.
Gold and Silver Awards to all those worthy of such recognition

Best Barbecue Product Evaluation

A Craft Butcher Awards competition to find Scotland`s Best BBQ Products
One Diamond Award will be presented for the best product.
Gold and Silver Awards to all those worthy of such recognition

Social Media Workshop

Social Media Workshop, Riverhouse Restaurant Stirling
21st February 2017 10.00am – 3.00pm

2017 Craft Butchers Champion White Pudding

Sponsored by Grampian Oat Products
Diamond Award goes to John Brown of AE Brown, Turriff

2017 Meat Skills Scotland

Entries are open for the most prestigious skills contest in Scotland
Entries close Wednesday 15th February 2017

2017 Craft Butchers Honours List

A New Years Honours List of pastry products recognising the best in the country.
The Craft Butchers New Years Honours List by business.
Six categories, six Diamond Awards

2017 Craft Butchers White Pudding

Evaluation sponsored by Grampian Oat Products
Results announced but overall winner will be named on Thursday 12th January

2017 Craft Butchers Chicken Pie Awards

Category sponsored by Scotweigh
New Years Honours List reveals best butchers Chicken Pie is a Chicken and Mealie Pie from Fraserburgh

2017 Craft Butchers Speciality Steak Pie Awards

Category sponsored by TPS Scotland
New Years Honours List reveals best butchers Speciality Steak Pie is a Beef Bourguignon Pie from Arbroath

2017 Craft Butchers Handheld Steak Pie Awards

Category sponsored by TPS Scotland
New Years Honours List reveals best butchers handheld Steak Pie comes from Castle Douglas

2017 Craft Butchers Sausage Roll Awards

Category sponsored by Colin Hewitson
New Years Honours List reveals best butchers Sausage Roll comes from Burntisland

2017 Craft Butchers Bridie Awards

Category sponsored by Dalziel Ltd
The Craft Butchers New Years Honours lists named Murdoch Brothers in Forres as the best butchers bridie in Scotland.

2017 Craft Butchers Scotch Pie Awards

Category sponsored by The Dalesman Group
New Years Honours List reveals best butchers Scotch Pie comes from Kilsyth

Savoury Pastry Final

The final of the Craft Butcher Savoury Pastry Awards was judged on Friday 2nd December at Heaven Scent in Milnathort

White Pudding Final

Redgarth judges picked a winner in the Scottish Craft Butchers White Pudding Evaluation sponsored by Grampian Oat Products

2016 Golden Haggis Awards

Golden Haggis Award winner is Dumfries butcher JB Houston

New Leader for Scotlands Butchers

Bathgate Butcher, Paul Boyle has been elected President of the Scottish Federation of Meat Traders.

Winners 2016 Craft Butchers Training Awards

In association with SQA
The winners were announced at the Annual Meeting of SFMTA held at Houston House Hotel, Uphall on Sunday 20th November

2016 Scottish Craft Butchers Training Awards

The finalists have been selected and invited to attend the SFMTA AGM at Houston House Hotel on 20th November 2016 for the Awards Ceremony - where the winners will be announced.

Scottish Butcher Scoops Two Top Industry Awards

A Glasgow-based butcher’s shop has scooped two top industry accolades at the prestigious Butcher’s Shop of the Year 2016 Awards, run by Meat Trades Journal.

Butchers Shop of the Year 2016

The 2016 awards were held at the prestigious Banking Hall in the City of London on Monday 7th November.

Judge Judith at Savoury Pastry Awards

Weather presenter forecasts great things ahead for Scottish butchers

2016 Golden Haggis Awards

Oban Winter Festival celebrates St Andrew’s Day with the Golden Haggis Awards.
There will also be a People`s Choice award.
Entries close Friday 11th November 2016

The 2017 Scottish Craft Butcher Awards for Savoury Products

To be judged at Dewars Centre, Perth PH2 0TH on Thursday 3rd November 2016. Fillable Entry Form at foot of story.
Entries close Friday 21/10/16

Craft Butcher Training Awards

There will be five categories – SVQ Level 2 Modern Apprentice of the Year, SVQ Level 3 Modern Apprentice of the Year, Training Mentor of the Year, Training Partner of the Year and a special “Extra Mile” award to be nominated by employer, mentor or customer.

2016 Speciality Sausage awards

Results of the Craft Butcher Awards for Speciality Sausages announced at the SFMTA Regional Meetings in Perth on 05/10/16

2016 Scottish Sliced Sausage Championship

Sponsored by McAusland Crawford
2016-2017 champion is Allan Learmonth from Jedburgh

2016 Speciality Sausage Awards

Results announced at Laichmoray Hotel, Elgin on Wednesday 5th October 2016

2016 Speciality Sausage Awards

Results of the Craft Butcher Awards for Speciality Sausages announced at the SFMTA Regional Meeting in Stepps on 04/10/16

2016 Speciality Sausage Results

Results of the Craft Butcher Awards for Speciality Sausages will be announced at the SFMTA Regional Meetings w/c 03/10/16

Finalists Butchers Shop of the Year 2016

Strong contenders for this year`s UK Butchers Shop of the Year

White Pudding Evaluation

Craft Butcher Awards to be announced in 2017 will include only our second ever White Pudding evaluation.

Traditional Sliced Beef Sausage Championship

Sponsored by McAusland Crawford: a competition to find Scotland`s Best Traditional Sliced Beef Sausage

Boghall Butchers special Scotch Lamb Pie

Scottish Butcher’s Shop of the Year winner, Boghall Butchers, created an exclusive Scotch Lamb PGI pie

Working with NSA

Scottish Craft Butchers were delighted to be allowed a presence on the NSA Stand at this year`s Royal Highland Show.

Craft Butchers on Show

John Lawson, Uphall and Robert Watson, Leven provided the theatre on the QMS Stand at the Royal Highland Show

Lamb goes Giddy Up

Lamb Product of the Year: Lamb Lollipops are setting the world on fire in Wemyss Bay

2016 SFMTA Golf Day

Results from the Federation Golf Day at Tulliallan Golf Club

Scottish Butchers new World Champion

Steven Cusack from John Davidson Butchers in Inverurie set a new record for the number of sausages linked in a minute.

Meat Management Industry Awards 2016

SFMTA is pleased to be named as a finalist for top industry award

Good trade, good trade?

90 years of the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers.

Gluten free meat products bring butchers tasty success

Arbroath butchers D H Robertson won the top prize as best product in the very first evaluation of gluten free meat products with a Pepperoni & Jalapeno Chicken Wrap.

Scottish Black Pudding Champion crowned

“The Watsons black pudding was a delicious exemplar of its kind and I think will sit very well on a British and World plate."

2016-2017 Beef Sausage Champion named

A clear winner but everyone worthy of being a finalist. “It had a good balance of flavour that did not overwhelm the good beef."

Beef Sausage and Black Pudding Final

The mystery shoppers have struck and the final has been held

2016 Gluten Free Meat Product Evaluation

Scottish Craft Butcher Awards sponsored by Scobie & Junor.

2016 Lamb Product Evaluation

All the results from the Scottish Craft Butcher Awards sponsored by Scotweigh. The Diamond winning product recipe and poster will be sent to members in July 2016.

2016 Scottish Beef Sausage Championship

Sponsored by Lucas Ingredients. Regional Champions will be judged in April. Regional Champions go through to the Scottish Grand Final in May 2016.

2016 Scottish Black Pudding Championship

Sponsored by Dalziel Ltd. Regional Champions will be judged in April. Regional Champions go through to the Scottish Grand Final in May 2016.

Five Star Service in Bathgate

Five star service is guaranteed at a Bathgate butchers after five members of staff achieve customer service qualifications.

Falleninch team to represent Scotland

Trepidation as English fear challenge from Stirling

Real meat from real farms

Scottish Craft Butchers have been encouraged to name the farmers that they are buying from as supermarket giant introduces a marketing initiative using fictitious farm names.

Monday at the Mart

Federation members accepted the invitation from Harrison & Hetherington Ltd. to attend their Primestock Sale at St Boswells on Monday 14th March.

Landmark 699th and 700th Meat and Poultry Modern Apprentices

Rumours that craft butcher skills are dying out are far from true.

Kintore butchers ready for Parliamentary visit

As part of Scottish Modern Apprenticeship Week 2016 Kintore's Scottish Craft Butchers, John Dossett will host a visit from their MSP.

2016 Scottish Apprenticeship Week

A nationwide celebration aimed at encouraging more employers to take on Modern Apprentices

FSS Stakeholder Meeting

The first ever Food Standards Scotland's (FSS) Stakeholder Forum discussed strategy and strategic plan for 2016 and beyond.

DIGITAL PUSH FOR 2016

Relatively quietly Scottish Craft Butchers has been developed as the consumer facing brand name for The Scottish Federation of Meat Traders.

Shops at Christmas

Craft Butchers continue to be the choice when it really matters

FREE ONLINE COURSE – ROBERT BURNS

The Centre for Robert Burns Studies at Glasgow University

2015 GOLDEN HAGGIS AWARDS

Congratulations to Helen & Nigel Ovens from Mearns T McCaskie who lifted the double at the Golden Haggis Awards.

2015 SFMTA AGM

Club Room, Westerwood Hotel, Cumbernauld on Wednesday 25th November 2015 at 11.00am for members, followed by lunch with guests and remainder of business. All members welcome.

UK YOUNG BUTCHER OF THE YEAR

Lisa Finnigan named UK Young Butcher of Year 2015

2015 SCOTTISH BUTCHERS SHOP OF THE YEAR

Boghall Butchers have lifted the title of Scottish Butchers Shop of the Year at the prestigious meat industry awards held on Thursday in Leeds.

2015 SAUSAGE FOR SCOTLAND

This year's Sausage for Scotland is Beef with Smokey Bacon.

PROMOTING LAMB IN PERTH

SFMTA brought together all three Perth butchers to put on a lamb tasting event in their city centre on Saturday 19th September.

2015 STEAK PIE AND SPECIALITY PIE CHAMPIONS

The best butcher's steak pie is made by Andrew Kirk who has butchers' shops in Cardenden and Kinghorn.

2015 TRADTIONAL STEAK PIE CHAMPION

Sponsored by the Scotch Butchers Club and William Sword.
Final judged by expert chef, Mark Heirs. To be announced week commencing Monday 31st August.

Sandersons

2015 MEAT SKILLS SCOTLAND FINAL

Dedication and innovation of young butchers celebrated at Meat Skills Final. The winners, sponsored by the Scotch Butchers Club (Quality Meat Scotland), are both from Aberdeenshire and employees of the same butchers business - Davidson Specialist Butchers, based in Inverurie.

2015 SCOTTISH HAGGIS CHAMPION

Competition sponsored by Grampian Oat Products
The 2015 Scottish Haggis Champion is Mearns T McCaskie of Wemyss Bay.

2015 SCOTTISH PORK SAUSAGE CHAMPIONSHIP

Sponsored by Lucas Ingredients
The 2015 Scottish Pork Sausage Champion is Mogerleys of Dumfries.

2015 SAVOURY PASTRY CHAMPIONSHIP

Sponsored by The Dalesman Group
Best Butchers Savoury Product is the Steak & Gravy Pie made The Buffalo Farm in Fife.

2015 SCOTTISH BEEFBURGER CHAMPIONSHIP

Sponsored by Lucas Ingredients
The Best Beefburger in Scotland is that from Foston Meats in Duns, Berwickshire.

BRITISH PIE AWARDS SUCCESS

The major winners at the 2015 British Pie Awards were announced at the presentation lunch held in St Marys Church, Melton Mowbray on Thursday 23rd April.

2015 MEAT SKILLS SCOTLAND COMPETITION

2015 Finalists announced

CARRIER BAG CHARGE OR NOT?

Following an article in the Sunday Mail on 22nd February, SFMTA would like to clarify the situation. Nothing has been "repealed" or "overturned"! Below is the guidance we sent to members on 5th February, nothing has changed since then.

SURPRISE SMILLIE FOR GLASGOW POSTIE

A long-serving Glasgow postman had his morning brightened up with a surprise delivery from TV presenter Carol Smillie on Blue Monday, 19th January as part of a “Warm and Tasty” campaign to celebrate the humble pie.

2014 SCOTTISH BUTCHERS SHOP OF THE YEAR

Winner of the Meat Trades Journal 2014 Butchers Shop of the Year was John Lawson Butchers, East Main Street, Uphall

2014 ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOW

SFMTA members at the 2014 Royal Highland Show. Gary Raeburn from Forbes Raeburn & Sons in Huntly gave two demonstrations cutting a side of lamb each time.

JOHNSTONS' GAMES WINNER

Hot stuff – Falkirk pupil’s fiery dish wins
Commonwealth Burger challenge

BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN 2014

Champion of Champions Haggis contest was held on Monday 2nd June 2014 at the Battle of Bannockburn Heritage Centre

SCOTS PIES HEROIC WIN IN ENGLAND

Boghall Butchers success keeps coming

BLUE MONDAY PIE CAMPAIGN

Carol Brings a ‘Smillie’ to Scots’ Faces with New Pie Campaign

2014 SCOTCH PIE AWARDS

The 2014 World Scotch Pie Champion is the Kandy Bar in Saltcoats. SFMTA members results are listed here.

FIRST HAGGIS OF 2014

Scottish Haggis Champion Joe Findlay from Portobello delivered the first haggis of the season to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 7th January.

2014 YEAR OF THE HAGGIS

The Robert Burns World Federation, with Headquarters in Kilmarnock, has identified the year 2014 as the Year of the Haggis.

2013 BUTCHERS SHOP OF THE YEAR

Scotland's Butchers Shop of the Year announced as Forbes Raeburn & Sons in Huntly

SCOTTISH BUTCHER WINS MA OF THE YEAR

The top award was presented by Angela Constance MSP and John McClelland to Shetland butcher, Jurgen Joubert from J&K Anderson in Whiteness.

JUDGEMENT DAY AT SCOTCH PIE CLUB AWARDS

It`s a Shang-a-lang as judging is complete. Bay City Roller front man helps decide who will be crowned World Scotch Pie Champion 2014

MEMBERS AT BBC GOOD FOOD SHOW

SFMTA members given platform courtesy of QMS

2013 SPECIALITY STEAK PIE AWARDS

Sponsored by Scotch Butchers Club and William Sword Bakers.

and the winner is HW Irvine in Blairgowrie.

SPONSORS ANNOUNCED FOR YEAR OF THE HAGGIS

Grampian Oat Products and Scobie & Junor add their support.

MARSHALLS CROWNED CHAMPIONS

Traditional Steak Pie Champions attract media and customer interest

SCOTTISH LIVESTOCK STAKEHOLDERS MAP OUT CAP PRIORITIES

Joint statement on behalf of the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW), the Scottish Federation of Meat Traders Association (SFMTA), the Scottish Beef Association and NFU Scotland

2013 ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOW

Scottish Craft Butchers were represented on the Quality Meat Scotland Stand at the 2013 Royal Highland Show

2013 PREMIUM PORK SAUSAGE WINNER

Fife Butcher Scoops Top Sausage Award

2013 MEAT SKILLS SCOTLAND

Sponsored by the Scotch Butchers Club: Andrew Peter from Inverurie and Gary Raeburn from Huntly score an Aberdeenshire double at Meat Skills Scotland

2013 SCOTTISH BEEFBURGER FINAL

The best burgers in Scotland were assembled in Greenock for the experts to decide the winner

BUTCHERS DO BATTLE FOR SCOTLAND'S TOP SAUSAGE AWARD

On 15th March Scottish butchers were battling it out to win a brand new award for Scotland’s top premium sausage.

FOOTFALL TO BUTCHERS ON THE UP

Survey reveals 92% of butchers have increased footfall

BUTCHERS NOT FOR CHANGING

SFMTA President hits out over attempts to implicate the sector

BUTCHERS SEEING SALES LEAP

12/02/13: Scottish butchers appear to be benefitting from being able to supply from a short food supply chain.

BUTCHERS EXPECT BEEFBURGER SALES

Scottish butchers are keen to assure their customers that when they label their burgers, if it says beef burgers it is beef that they contain.

MURDOCH BROTHERS WIN TITLE FOR FORRES MECHANICS

Congratulations to Murdoch Brothers in Forres for winning the title for the best pie available for supporters to buy at a Scottish football ground.

2012 BUTCHERS SHOP OF THE YEAR

The 2012 Scottish Butchers Shop of the Year, sponsored by the Scotch Butchers Club is S Collins & Son, Muirhead.

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS

Glenrothes butcher Alex Mitchell has golden anniversary

DONALDSONS TASTE GOLD

Congratulations to SFMTA members Donaldsons of Orkney for picking up the Golden Fork at the 2012 Great Taste Awards for the Best Scottish Product.

2012 Speciality Burger Awards

The best burger was selected as the Spicy Chicken Burger from Tom Courts Quality Foods in Cowdenbeath.

2012 Speciality Sausage Awards

2012 Craft Butcher Awards for Speciality Sausages sponsored by The Dalesman Group awarded the top prize to Scott Brothers, Dundee for their Piri Piri Sausage.

SFMTA MEMBERS AT 2012 RHS

Butchery Skills to the fore at the "Greatest Show on Earth"!

2012 SCOTTISH BLACK PUDDING CHAMPIONSHIP

Sponsored by Dalziel Ltd.
The winner is - T Baillie & Son, Dockhead Street, Saltcoats

2012 SCOTTISH BEEF SAUSAGE CHAMPIONSHIP

The Regional Heats of the 2012 Scottish Beef Sausage Championships, sponsored by Lucas Ingredients, were judged week commencing Monday 16th April.

2012 SCOTTISH BLACK PUDDING CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Regional Heats of the 2012 Scottish Black Pudding Championships, sponsored by Dalziel Ltd, were judged week commencing Monday 16th April

2011 BUTCHERS SHOP OF THE YEAR

Davidson Specialist Butchers in Inverurie lifted the UK crown at the Meat Trades Journal's Butchers Shop of the Year awards ceremony in The Landmark, London on Wednesday 16th November.

STUARTS SAUSAGE GETS SCOTLAND SIZZLING

Butchers throughout Scotland have had tremendous success with a recipe concocted in Buckhaven. The unlikely combination of Sweet Chilli and Iron Brew has proven to be a great success when filled into a sausage skin.

2011 BEST WHITE PUDDING

Champions title goes to Blairgowrie Butcher in first ever White Pudding Evaluation.

ALLO ALLO - MEMBERS SAUSAGES ARE NO JOKE

Vicki Michelle announces two SFMTA members - Tom Courts Quality Foods and Dales Traditional Butchers - finalists in the 2011 Champion of Champions Sausage competition.

2011 SPECIALITY PIE AWARDS

Ballater's HM Sheridan's pull off a unique double in adding the Best Speciality Pie to their Best Traditional Steak Pie Championship.

QUEENS BUTCHER IS CROWNED PIE KING

Ballater butchers, HM Sheridan were acclaimed the best pie makers in the country when the results of this year’s Traditional Steak Pie and Speciality Pie evaluation were announced.

LAB MIX UP GRIEF

Lab Mix Up Leads to Council Apology to Two Long-Established Ayr Retailers

BUTCHERS ON SHOW AT QMS STAND

Two highly charismatic celebrity cooks caused a stir with the crowds at Quality Meat Scotland’s stand at this year’s Royal Highland Show.

2011 SCOTTISH HAGGIS CHAMPIONSHIP

New Chieftain is J & A Waters, Selkirk. Sponsored by Grampian Oat Products: Sunday 8th May 2011, Dewars Centre, Perth

2011 MEAT SKILLS SCOTLAND

Scottish Butchers Show Off Skills and Innovation

2011 SCOTTISH PORK SAUSAGE CHAMPIONSHIP

The 2011 champion crowned after the Lucas sponsored, Scottish Pork Sausage Championships held in Perth on Sunday 8th May was Tom Courts of Cowdenbeath.

2011 SCOTTISH BEEFBURGERS AWARDS

Best Beefburger is from JC Douglas, St Boswell
Holiday on hold as Scottish Beefburger champion celebrates success at Perth.

FINAL PLAY OFF FOR BURGER CONTEST

Scotland's top burgers are a testing course for St Andrews experts

2011 MEAT SKILLS SCOTLAND COMPETITION

The knives are out and the skills are being honed for the Meat Skills Final in Perth. Thanks to sponsors the Scotch Butchers Club, there's a £500 prize for the winner of each category to lift.

SAMW/NFUS PROPOSE SEPARATE MEAT INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR SCOTLAND

Outline proposals for the setting up of a separate meat inspection system for Scotland have been prepared jointly by the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW) and NFU Scotland.

SCOTLAND WINS YOUNG BUTCHER OF THE YEAR FOR THIRD TIME RUNNING

Gary Raeburn of Huntly kept up Scotland's proud record of wins in the UK Young Butcher of the Year competition as judged by the Meat Trades Journal.

LAMB FOR ST ANDREWS DAY

Celebrate St Andrew’s Day in style with Scottish Lamb from your local craft butcher

BUTCHERS VISIT KELLYS TURKEYS

A group of SFMTA members were guests of Paul Kelly and Jim Monk at Kelly's Scottish turkey farm near Dunlop on Wednesday 8th September.

2010 ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOW

The Federation was delighted to be involved on the Quality Meat Scotland Stand at the Royal Highland Show again in 2010. Throughout the four day show, thousands were expected to visit the stand to discover more about the Scottish red meat industry - from learning about farm-to-shop traceability to getting new recipe ideas.

PROGRESS ON BEEF LABELLING

Representatives of the Scottish Federation of Meat Traders met the Scottish Government on Monday 24th May to discuss ways in which Scottish butchers could comply with the voluntary claims made under the EU Beef Labelling Regulations.

ELGIN BUTCHER IS 2010 BURGER MASTER

Elgin Butcher Michael Dawson’s Chilli and Honey Steak Burger has won the top award in the Speciality Burger Category of the 2010 Scottish Craft Butchers Awards.

BUCKHAVEN LINKS ARE FULL OF FIZZ

Stuarts of Buckhaven make the Best Speciality Sausages in the country. In May their already famous Chilli and Iron Brew Sausage received the top award in the Speciality Sausage Category at the 2010 Scottish Craft Butchers Awards.

RECORD SCOTS ENTRY AT BRITISH PIE AWARDS

Over 20 top Scots piemen have entered the British Pie Championships which take place in Melton Mowbray on 19th May 2010.

DISAPPROVAL OF BEEF LABELLING

The EU Beef Labelling Act 2001 does not allow any voluntary claims to be made about beef without approval through the Scottish Government's department.

SAUSAGE STICKS OUT IN CONTEST

The unlikely combination of Pork and Caramel has proven to be a great success when filled into a sausage skin. What’s more the idea has won a Cumbria butcher a handsome cheque in a Scottish contest to come up with the winning suggestion.

2009 SMITHFIELD CHAMPION

Cherrybank Ellrick bound for Pitlochry butchers

CHAMPION FIT FOR A PRINCE

The Royal Highland Winter Fair champion is heading for the Royal Family's Christmas dining table if buyer and SFMTA member, Paul Conway has anything to do with it.

UK YOUNG BUTCHER OF THE YEAR 2009

Stewart McClymont from Bennetts in Dunblane lifted the title at a ceremony in London on Tuesday 17th November.

2009 SCOTTISH BUTCHERS SHOP OF THE YEAR

Congratulations to Simon Howie, Auchterarder who were named Scottish Butchers Shop of the Year at the Meat Trades Journal's final at the Sheraton Park Lane on Tuesday 17th November 2009

COOKING METHODS DVD ON THE WAY

Members can expect to receive DVDs early next year that will show cooking methods for meat.

WORLD SCOTCH PIE CLUB JUDGING

Judging to determine the 2010 World Scotch Pie Champion took place on Tuesday 10th November 2009 at Carnegie College, Dunfermline.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR PGI

SFMTA's proposal to seek PGI (Protected Geographical Indicator) status for the Lorne Sausage has gained momentum with high profile reporting in all the leading national newspapers, Scottish Television, BBC website and BBC Five Live.

EU STATUS FOR LORNE SAUSAGE

Scotland’s butchers are hoping that the Lorne Sausage can be the next truly Scottish food to gain the status of Protected Geographical Indicator (PGI). This would raise one of the nation’s favourite foods to the same status as Arbroath Smokies, Parma Ham and Melton Mowbray pies.