Join us for our 2023 Williamson Walkabout trade event!
The “Williamson Walkabout” event returns! A major trade show event held at the Kingsmills Hotel in Inverness on Wednesday 15th March 2023. 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 2023 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 15th March 2023 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 |
Barr Soft Drinks - Simply Fruity, Rubicon, Bundaberg |
Deeside Water - made from natural springs in the Cairngorms |
Franklin & Sons soft drinks and mixers |
Inverness Coffee Roasting - Ground and bean coffee in hospitality and retail sizes |
Radnor Hills - Still and flavoured, school compliant water |
Salty Dog crisps - feisty seasonings and great packaging |
Darling Spuds Crisps - hand cooked and attractive packaging |
Pringle Crisps - brand leader |
RAW Culture Kombucha - Brewed in Aberdeen, 4 great flavours in cans |
Summerhouse Drinks - Artisan Aberdeenshire drinks |
Walter Gregor’s Tonic - tasty, local, artisan, great story |
Craft Beers, Gin, Cider & Wine |
Dedicated Crown Cellars Wine Sampling - great value, wide range, expert help |
Scottish Spirits Bar - 12 distillers represented - whisky, gin, vodka, rum |
Cairngorm Brewery - solid performing craft beer of the Cairngorms |
Loch Ness Brewery - iconic beer for an iconic location |
Cairn o'Mohr Scottish Wines - made in Perthshire from the freshest ingredients |
Dunnet Bay Distillers - range of Rock Rose products |
Isle of Skye Brewing Co - the beer of Skye! |
Feragaia Zero Alcohol Spirit - vegan, low calorie, gluten free |
Orkney Brewery - quality ales with great stories |
Black Isle Brewery - Organic beers with great names |
Windswept Brewing - best when you've earned it - craft beer from Lossiemouth |
WooHa Brewing Company - brewed in the Highlands with a contemporary look |
MYXD Cocktails - ready made for hospitality and retail alike |
71 Brewing - a fantastic taste and in attractive 440ml cans |
Thistly Cross Cider & Paolozzi Craft Beer - the cider of Scotland and a new craft beer option from the Edinburgh Beer Co |
Artisan Cheese |
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 |
Foods |
Dedicated CORE product range - cakes, cooking wines, coffee, bacon, tins, mayo, oils & vinegars |
Dedicated fish, seafood, venison range - Scrabster Seafoods, Ardgay Game |
Blackthorn Salt - Innovative salt production from Ayrshire |
Brigston - artisan hot dogs with bags of flavour |
Brown's Food Group - selected, high quality cold meats |
Murdoch Brothers - butchers, pies, ready meals - ideal for retail. Wide range. |
Drystore |
Cullisse - rapeseed oil. Local tasty and lots of flavour options |
Great Glen Charcuterie - artisan producer of wild venison charcuterie |
Gordon & Durward Traditional Scottish Sweets & Fudge |
Kellogg's Cereals - classic cereal range from market leaders |
Kindness Bakery - Great Taste producer of quality oatcakes |
MOMA Oat Milk - The Craft Oat Co with oat milk and porridge pots |
Nippon Shokken - tempura batter mix, teriyaki sauce |
Peck & Strong Cakes - high quality cakes and tray bakes |
Praveen Kumar - delicious frozen Indian ready meals |
Rora Dairy - Aberdeenshire yogurt |
Scotch & Co - Scotch pies and sausage rolls |
Stag Bakery - traditional recipes for oatcakes, crackers and biscuits |
Unilever Food Solutions – Knorr pasta, bouillons and GRAZE snacks |
Other Misc Suppliers |
CORE Cleaning - comprehensive range of cleaning products |