Abbey Fruit of Arbroath, part of PJ Stirling Fruit Farms, one of Scotland’s largest soft fruit growers, have invested £1.5 million in 160,000 sq feet of heated glasshouses with three new biomass boilers fuelled by wood chips. This investment has secured 80 jobs as well as creating 45 full time equivalent jobs.
Abbey Fruit supply Marks and Spencer, Waitrose and Tesco and have just been awarded by Marks and Spencer with the highest, top-tier status for out-of-season Lusa strawberries. Abbey Fruit is the only UK supplier to achieve the status.