First published on www.seafoodsource.com by Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor With commodity status comes commodity prices, and intense competition to develop long-term, supply relationships, thereby avoiding a boom and bust cycle. However, large-scale buyers are known for being capricious, switching often between suppliers, which can leave farmers competing on the spot market to sell fish. To avoid this scenario, …
Quality Rewarded
Quality Rewarded We really appreciate doing business with small, quality-orientated family businesses and Loch Duart taste, quality, provenance and integrity are essential elements for producing the food that we eat. The Fath family business is a fine example of this. Together, the family members run the Forellen Trout Farm and Smokery in Umbirch, a small town near Freiburg in the …
Barbecuing Loch Duart Salmon
Barbecuing Loch Duart Salmon There seems to be no end to the imagination of the developers of food programmes – and new ideas are appearing all the time, especially nowadays programmes which put members of the public into ‘sudden death’ competition. Latest in the line-up is ITV’s ‘Barbeque Champs’ and the challenge, for two of the contestants in last Saturday’s …
Loch Duart Sponsors a Winner
Loch Duart Sponsors a Winner Loch Duart sponsors a winner and is proud to congratulate mountain biker, Kerry Macphee, on her brilliant victory in the British Mountain Bike. Kerry, who hails from South Uist in the Outer Hebrides where Loch Duart farms much of its award-winning salmon, completed the demanding 75km course in 4:31:08, finishing a clear two minutes ahead …
Loch Duart’s First Change in MD in 16 Years
Loch Duart has gone outside the salmon farming sector to recruit an outstanding candidate from the food and agricultural industry. The new Managing Director, Alban Denton, has been a Managing Director and Senior Director in the poultry, vegetable and processed food industries in both England and Scotland. Loch Duart’s First Change in MD in 16 Years “We’re really looking …
New Experiences
So, after 15 years the company is being led by someone else. My role has passed on. Of course it feels significant to me and, rather like someone who has had a leg amputated, I keep wanting to scratch, by wanting to know everything. My wife and I went on a long trip to allow me to get over 15 …
News from Kerry
Scottish mountain biker, Kerry MacPhee, from South Uist in The Hebrides, is sponsored by Loch Duart Hi Everyone, I’m just back from training camp and racing in Spain. The camp went well and we got some really good quality work in based on three sessions a day consisting of two bike sessions and one gym (apart from on recovery …
You are what you eat – and so are salmon
Last week, the Loch Duart Sales and Marketing team spent a day at the Scottish factory of EWOS – our feed supplier since 2006. Loch Duart has benefitted hugely from this long and happy association. It meets Loch Duart’s philosophy – business should be fun and rewarding, feed should be sustainable and you’ll get what you need if you pick …