LIDL is launching a new range of artisan gins as part of its first gin festival, with craft distillers benefitting from a £180,000 business deal.
Six artisan producers will supply eight different gins to Lidl’s 94 Scottish stores from May 3.
The new collection contains gins from Shetland, Orkney, Perthshire, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Four products are brand new to supermarket shelves – Makar Cask Matured Oak Aged, Strathearn Scottish, Shetland Distillery Simmer and Tide Line Gin – helping these boutique Scottish businesses to expand their reach.
Ginerosity, the social enterprise gin that pours all of its profits back into projects that help young people, is included in the line up.
Brand manager Colin Campbell said: “We’re thrilled to collaborate with Lidl for the first time, and be included as part of the line-up for their inaugural Scottish Gin Festival. This means we can bring out ethical gin to more gin-lovers nationwide, while also helping young adults access education, training and employment.”
Why are you making commenting on The National only available to subscribers?
We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
So that’s why we’ve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate – and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with.
The conversation will go back to what it should be about – people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. Let’s get that debate started!
Callum Baird, Editor of The National
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here