BAKKAFROST SCOTLAND CELEBRATES WIN AT PRESTIGIOUS SCDI AWARDS

Bakkafrost Scotland celebrates win at prestigious SCDI awards.  Bakkafrost Scotland has won the award for Excellence in International Business at the prestigious annual SCDI Highlands and Islands Awards.

This award celebrates businesses working in the Highlands and Islands that demonstrate outstanding achievements in the global marketplace, involving a successful export strategy that underpins growth and the ability to innovate, as well as break into new markets.

Scottish provenance is at the heart of the business. Bakkafrost Scotland produces around 25,000 tonnes of Scottish salmon a year, and exports to around 26 countries, ranging from North America to the Far East.

The export strategy aims to create long-term partnerships and Bakkafrost works with many specialist retailers, leading chefs, premium restaurants and high-end foodservice customers who are passionate about provenance, traceability, quality and sustainability.

Welcoming the news of the win managing director of Bakkafrost Scotland, Ian Laister said:

“We are passionate about our provenance and bringing the finest quality Scottish salmon to overseas markets. People across the globe enjoy our finest quality, sustainably produced Scottish salmon and winning this award recognises our commitment to quality, innovation and export growth.”

Bakkafrost Scotland aims to be the leading sustainable salmon producer in Scotland.

The Company plays an important role bringing long-term quality employment to remote and rural communities, with more than 500 staff across 54 sites on the West Coast of Scotland and the Hebridean Islands and its head office in Edinburgh.

The Bakkafrost Group is one of the world’s most vertically integrated salmon farming companies – from feed to finished products. This ensures unrivalled traceability, consistently exceptional quality, and Bakkafrost Scotland’s world-renowned provenance.

The company’s five-year investment plan for sustainable growth is being delivered across all five pillars of its Healthy Living Plan – Healthy Business, Healthy People, Healthy Salmon, Healthy Environment and Healthy Communities. This transformation strategy will drive economic growth and advance in the rural communities in which we live and work.

Recent award-wins for Bakkafrost Scotland include:

• Scotland Food & Drink Awards 2022
  • Overall Product of the Year for Native Hebridean Salmon
  • Artisan Producer for Native Hebridean Salmon
• Highlands and Islands Food and Drink Awards 2022
  • Primary Producer
  • Sustainability
• Community Initiative for our Community Charter at the Aquaculture Awards 2022
• ‘Best New Foodservice Product’ at the Seafood Excellence Awards, Boston, 2022

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