Join us for our 2025 Williamson Walkabout trade event!
The “Williamson Walkabout” event returns! A major trade show event held at the Drumossie Hotel in Inverness on Wednesday 12th March 2025. You have the opportunity to meet some of our staff and over 60 of our key suppliers. In addition, you can mingle with others from the Highlands tourism and food and drink sector. It is our largest and most ambitious trade event to date!
Williamson Foodservice will be offering EXCLUSIVE SHOW-ONLY DEALS available only to those attending in person. Doors open at 10:30am and stay open until 4:00pm! It’s a great chance to stock up before the 2025 season gets properly underway. Booking takes just a couple of minutes, so don’t delay, call us on 0345 450 8888 for further information or book now using this link.
Generate more profit
Suppliers and staff attending the show will be on hand to offer tastings, answer your queries and demonstrate how you can make better profit from products featured. The event is likely to be of interest to your buying staff including owners, chefs, restaurant managers, bar staff and those in charge of cleaning supplies, so please register relevant personnel. We encourage you to limit staff to 2 per business/establishment but get in touch on 0345 450 8888 if you think you may need more and we will try our best to accommodate you.
You can meet the Williamson Foodservice team as they escort you round the show and demonstrate our ever expanding range at first hand as well as meet some of the team who look after your orders. As the Highland’s premier supplier of fresh and chilled foods to the hospitality and retail trades, we work hard on finding products that will allow you to achieve your range, menu and margin goals. These include:
Artisan cheese & dairy | Craft beers & fine wines | Premium soft drinks | Hand baked bread & cakes | Scottish Fish & Seafood | Tasty fruit & vegetables |
Selected spice, pulses & oats | Essential kitchen supplies | Quality catering ingredients | Seasonal produce | Great value cleaning supplies |
Highland Hospitality at its best
Hot food and refreshments will be available throughout the day and a meeting area will provide an opportunity to sit down with our staff as well as others in the industry to discuss the opportunities for the season ahead. We will also have free Wi-Fi available across the show should you need to keep in touch with emails, etc.
We look forward to welcoming you and your key staff on Wednesday 12th March 2025 but we ask that you take a moment to secure your place(s) by pre-registering yourself and your staff for the event using Eventbrite.
Registering now means we will update you on the run up to the event, by email, details of the companies attending, show offers and other specifics such as parking arrangements, etc. Please share vehicles and transport as much as possible. It saves costs and protects the environment!
If you are pre-registering for yourself and others, please take a moment to give us all names and titles so that we can ensure your delegate pack, the all important goody bag and show catalogue can be ready for you when you arrive. If you have any queries in the meantime, please call us on 0345 450 8888.
Registration is available via Eventbrite
Some of the companies you will meet at the event:
Soft drinks, beverages, snacks |
Bon Accord Soft Drinks - A Classic. Plant based. |
Barr Soft Drinks - Simply Fruity, Rubicon, Bundaberg |
Deeside Water - made from natural springs in the Cairngorms |
Franklin & Sons soft drinks and mixers |
RAW Culture Kombucha - Brewed in Aberdeen, Great flavours in cans |
Summerhouse Drinks - Artisan Aberdeenshire drinks |
Walter Gregor’s Tonic - tasty, local, artisan, great story |
Radnor Hills - Still and flavoured, plus school compliant water |
Pringle Crisps - brand leader |
Craft Beers, Gin, Cider & Wine |
Dedicated Crown Cellars Wine Sampling - great value, wide range, expert help |
Carlsberg Keg Options Bar - Kronenbourg, McEwans, San Miguel, Somersby |
Black Isle Brewery - Organic beers with great names in cans & keg |
Thistly Cross Cider - the cider of Scotland in bottle & keg |
Cairngorm Brewery - solid performing craft beer of the Cairngorms |
Loch Ness Brewery - iconic beer for an iconic location |
Cairn o'Mohr Scottish Wines & Cider- made in Perthshire from the freshest ingredients |
Isle of Skye Brewing Co - the beer of Skye! |
Orkney Brewery - quality ales with great stories |
Raasay Gin & Whisky |
Badachro Gin, Vodka, Whisky & Rum |
Isle of SKye Distillers - Misty Isle range |
Kirkjuvagr - Orcadian spirits range |
MYXD Cocktails - ready made for hospitality and retail alike |
Artisan Cheese & Dairy |
Carron Lodge – UK and continental cheese |
Highland Fine Cheeses - Quality soft and hard cheeses made in Tain |
Isle of Kintyre Cheese - Truckle flavours ideal for hospitality and retail |
The Island Smokery - A taste of Orkney with flavoured and smoked cheese a speciality |
Isle of Mull Cheddar - Provenance rich |
Rora Dairy - Aberdeenshire yogurt |
Connage - Inverness based selection of artsian cheeses |
Rowan Glen - Yogurt's crafted in Scotland |
Cafe |
Inverness Coffee Roasting - Ground and bean coffee in hospitality and retail sizes |
MOMA Oat Milk - The Craft Oat Co with oat milk and barista ready |
Peck & Strong Cakes - high quality cakes, tray bakes & flans |
Marlenka Cake - Classy cake with great shelf life |
Cake UK - Superb value and quality combined. New lines |
Salty Dog crisps - feisty seasonings and great packaging |
Taylors Crisps - New look, great original flavour. Market leader |
Darling Spuds Crisps - hand cooked and attractive packaging |
Drystore & Foods |
Dedicated CORE product range - quality and value come together in a selection of food products from bacon to coffee |
Ardgay Game - Dedicated venison range |
Blackthorn Salt - Innovative salt production from Ayrshire |
Brown's Food Group - selected, high quality cold meats |
Rich Sauces & Alfees - Wide range of bouillons and convenient, quality sauces |
Cullisse - rapeseed oil. Local tasty and lots of flavour options |
Great Glen Charcuterie - artisan producer of wild venison charcuterie |
Kellogg's Cereals - classic cereal range from market leaders |
Brigston - artisan hot dogs with bags of flavour |
Nippon Shokken - tempura batter mix, teriyaki sauce |
Unilever Food Solutions – Knorr pasta, bouillons. |
CORE Cleaning - comprehensive range of cleaning, foil and cling film products |
Retail |
Three Little Bakers - Inverness artisan bakery products |
Gordon & Durward Traditional Scottish Sweets & Fudge |
Kindness Bakery - Great Taste producer of quality oatcakes |
The Island Bakery - Produced on Mull. Stand out packaging |
Stag Bakery - traditional recipes for oatcakes, crackers and biscuits |
Bramik - Selection of convenient snacks and other retail essentials |
PK Foods - Ready to eat Indian meals made in Scotland |
Murdoch Brothers - butchers, pies, ready meals - ideal for retail. Wide range. |
Sarah Grays Preserves & Little Herb Farm |
Lazy Days - Impressive 'Free From' biscuit and traybake range |