Mackie's

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Not to be confused with Mackie.
Mackie's of Scotland
TypePrivate
IndustryIce Cream, Confectionery
HeadquartersRothienorman, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
RevenueIncrease £13.9 million (2018[1])
Increase £1.3 million[1]
Vanilla ice cream by Mackie's

Mackie's of Scotland is a Scottish ice cream and confectionery manufacturer based in Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[2] It was founded in 1912[3] as a dairy farm but diversified into the manufacture of ice cream in 1986, before selling the milk retail business to Robert Wiseman during 1997.[4] In 2009 a partnership was formed with a Tayside potato farmer to produce crisps, marketed under the name of Mackie's at Taypack.[5] The manufacture of chocolate was added in 2014.[5] Mackie's of Scotland is a real living wage employer.[6]

Ice cream[]

Mackie's of Scotland makes all of its ice cream on the family farm in Aberdeenshire using fresh, whole milk.[7] The farm holds 330 cows and produces over 10 million litres of ice cream a year.[2] A range of flavours are available in the Classic range, including: Traditional, Honeycomb, Chocolate, Organic and Raspberry Ripple. In the Indulgent range are: Salted Caramel, Madagascan Vanilla and Chocolate Orange & Honeycomb.[8] Mackie's first began ice cream production in 1986.[9]

Chocolate[]

Mackie's of Scotland has been manufacturing chocolate on the farm since 2014, producing five flavours inspired by the flavours of its ice cream range: Traditional, Honeycomb, Orange, Dark and Mint.[10]

Renewable energy initiatives[]

Mackie's of Scotland has been climate positive since 2007, generating 4.5 times more energy than it uses, feeding the excess energy back to the UK grid.[11] The farm's main source of renewable energy is wind, with four wind turbines producing a total capacity of 3 MW. Annually, the wind turbines generate 8570 MWh on average, which is roughly equivalent to the amount of energy required to power over 2000 UK homes.[11]

The farm also boasts a 10-acre site of solar panels with a capacity of 1.8 MW, a smaller array of solar panels on the byre roof and a biomass plant which produces a further 400 kW of heating power for the farm's office and houses.[12] The solar panels help to complement the wind energy harvested by the farm, particularly in the sunnier summer months of the year when it is less windy.[11]

As of 2021, Mackie's of Scotland is undertaking installation of a biomass boiler to be used to refrigerate and freeze the ice cream made on site.[11] The new system will use biomass heat and ammonia, a natural refrigerant gas with no climate warming threat to cool the ice cream.

Ice cream parlour[]

In 2017, the company opened its first ice cream parlour, Mackies 19.2, in Marischal Square, Aberdeen.[13] The parlour is named for its being located 19.2 miles from the family farm.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Mackie's enjoys record annual sales". The Scotsman. February 25, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  2. ^ a b Main, Callum (5 December 2017). "Everything you need to know about Mackie's ice cream parlour in Aberdeen". Aberdeen Evening Express. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ "About Mackie's". Mackie's (official website). Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. ^ Moulds, Josephine (15 November 2017). "To milk it in ice cream you need to keep changing". The Times. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  5. ^ a b Ranscombe, Peter (11 September 2017). "Milking it". BQ Magazine Scotland. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  6. ^ Lacey, Paul. "Mackie's of Scotland". scottishlivingwage.org/. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  7. ^ "Mackie's Traditional Luxury Dairy Ice Cream 1 Litre". Tesco. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Ice Cream Flavours | Explore Our Range". Mackie’s of Scotland. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  9. ^ "Our History | Mackie's Over The Decades | Mackie's of Scotland". Mackie’s of Scotland. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  10. ^ "Mackie's Chocolate Range | Browse Flavours". Mackie’s of Scotland. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  11. ^ a b c d "Environment & Sustainability". Mackie’s of Scotland. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  12. ^ User, Super. "Our environment". Mackies Ice Cream. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  13. ^ "Mackie's parlour scoops first Marischal Square shop spot". BBC News. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

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