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One week left to enter the Global Burger Challenge! Get your team entries in by 5pm on Friday 27th March... we can't wait to see what culinary treats have been created! Find all info here ➡️ bit.ly/GBC-26 #GlobalBurger #FoodEd #HomeEconomics #AFutureInFood

Are your pupils working on their Global Burger entry? 🍔 Two weeks left to enter our latest schools competition. Design a burger and learn about the new product development process & much more. Supporting delivery resources for teachers & full info➡️bit.ly/GBC-26

Our final apprenticeship success story features Lauren Boyer from Rowan Glen. She started as a Quality & Technical Apprentice & is now marketing assistant. A great illustration of the variety of opportunities in the food & drink industry➡️bit.ly/4um4kfB #ScotAppWeek26

We’re excited to have even more apprenticeship success stories to share with you this week! 🥩 Robbie Hughan: now an assessor at Craft Skills Scotland, Robbie is using his experience to train the next generation >> foodeducationscotland.scot/master-databas… #AFutureInFood #ScotAppWeek26

We're excited to share the closing date extension for the Global Burger competition! Teams now have until the 27th March to submit entries. Learn more➡️bit.ly/GBC-26 #GlobalBurger #AFutureInFood

It all started with an apprenticeship… 🔬 Donald McInnes: food and nutritionist at West Dunbartonshire Council highlighting the health and science side of the sector >> foodeducationscotland.scot/master-databas… #AFutureInFood #ScotAppWeek26

📢Calling Scottish food & drink manufacturers Please take part in a short questionnaire to help us understand the awareness & understanding of upcoming legislation restricting promotion of products deemed High in Fat, Sugar, & Salt (HFSS). 👉surveymonkey.com/r/VSN6Y2M

🥩 Find out how Quality Meat Scotland’s Brand Development Manager, Gordon Newlands, started his rewarding career with an apprenticeship ➡️foodeducationscotland.scot/master-databas… #AFutureInFood #ScotAppWeek26

We’re celebrating Scottish Apprenticeship Week by sharing some great examples of how far an apprenticeship could take you… Read how Alan Baxter, managing director at Rowan Glen, built a successful career from the ground up➡️bit.ly/4um2sU7 #AFutureInFood #ScotAppWeek26

It's Scottish Apprenticeship Week & we're celebrating how an apprenticeship provides a vital foundation for a lifelong career. Read how Victor West climbed the ladder from apprentice to CEO of Macsween Allan Food Group➡️bit.ly/4r0NbVB #AFutureInFood #ScotAppWeek26

Are your pupils working on their Global Burger entry? 🍔 Our latest schools competition is open until 20/3/26. Design a burger and learn about the new product development process & much more. Supporting delivery resources for teachers & full info➡️bit.ly/GBC-26

Our CEO @David_FDFSco was delighted to chair a food and drink roundtable with @amcarmichaelMP at the Scottish Liberal Democrats Business Day last week.

🍔The Global Burger classroom challenge is back! Challenge your students to create a globally-inspired burger while exploring nutrition, sustainability, costings, packaging, marketing & Scottish red meat provenance. Open until 20 March 2026. Learn more➡️ bit.ly/GBC-26

We're celebrating #FibreFebruary 🌾 In the UK 96% of adults are not consuming the recommended daily intake of 30g of fibre. Increasing fibre is one of the 8 principles of reformulation, championed by our Reformulation for Health programme. Learn more➡️bit.ly/3NM7yrU

It was an absolute honour to welcome Scott McGinley of the Paisley Pie Company, to Westminster last night. They saw off competition from across the country to be recognised as the Scottish winner at the inaugural MPs’ Choice @Foodanddrinkfed Awards 🏆 👉 #Echobox=1768480761" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-gazette.co.uk/news/25768205.…

Our CEO @David_FDFScot found taking part in this session very useful. He was able to talk about the need to support our food and drink manufacturing businesses to decarbonise.

FDF Scotland has today launched its 2026 manifesto, setting out clear priorities to secure the future success of Scotland’s food and drink manufacturing industry. Read our manifesto: ow.ly/c8zY50XBJ4E

We’re here to help Scottish SME food and drink manufacturers make their products healthier all year round, not just during #SugarAwarenessWeek. bit.ly/4qMsMVr @actionsaltsugar

Check out our free #Reformulation Toolkit. It’s bursting with resources to help manufacturers achieve their sugar reduction (and other health focussed) goals ➡ bit.ly/4qMsMVr @actionsaltsugar #SugarAwarenessWeek

We’re pleased to share another case study, featuring Scottish soft drinks brand @bonaccorddrinks. Funding from the Reformul8 Challenge Fund supported their #sugar reduction project ➡️bit.ly/447NK7k @actionsaltsugar #SugarAwarenessWeek