Scottish Waitrose customers to get Aberdeenshire firm’s free range eggs
“We look forward to working and growing our brand with Waitrose” – company owner Rachael Duncan
An Aberdeenshire family farming business has secured a Scotland-wide listing with Waitrose for its free-range and organic eggs.
Duncan’s Eggs products will be rolled out across the supermarket chain’s Scottish stores from this week. The move marks the latest stage of brand owner Duncan Farms’ sustained growth plan.
Bosses said the business has experienced rising demand for its traceable, Scottish free range eggs leading to “significant” investment in sustainable free range farms.
Over the past two years, the firm has increased free range production by some 70 per cent and invested in excess of £7 million in expanding its packing centre, doubling grading capacity and strengthening its ability to support future growth.
In February, Duncan Farms unveiled a significant expansion of its partnership with the Co-op, covering more than 100 additional stores.
Company owner Rachael Duncan said: “We are looking forward to bringing our Duncan’s Eggs to Waitrose’s Scottish customers. Waitrose has a fantastic reputation for stocking high quality produce, so we are proud to have our traceable, nutritious Scottish free-range and organic eggs listed.
“Following significant investment in our team and infrastructure across all stages of the egg production process, this partnership represents an important step in our continued growth. We look forward to working and growing our brand with Waitrose.”
Marianne Robson, egg buyer at Waitrose, added: “We know our customers are looking for a direct connection to where their food comes from - a true ‘farm-to-fork’ experience - and you don’t get much better than a family-run business with such deep roots in Aberdeenshire.”
Duncan Farms said it operated a “fully integrated field-to-fork model”, growing cereals for its hens’ feed and managing every stage of production, from rearing through to free range laying, before grading and packing the collected eggs. This end-to-end control at every step of the process is said to enable “full traceability, consistent quality assurance and improved sustainability”.
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