Turriff retailer takes the first delivery from a north-east dairy that is set to bring fresh milk back to local doorsteps

Family run Invercamy Dairy at Woodhead near Fyvie made its first local retail delivery this week at Turriff's Costcutter store.

The distinctive glass bottles in classic blue, green and red tops were delivered on Thursday and have already gained considerable attention.

Run by father and son Alexander and Richard Fisher the business has been working for over 18 months to bring their quality product forward for sale.

As Richard explained: “Here our heard is predominantly brown Ayrshire cattle on this farm opposed to the black and white Holsteins and Friesians that folk identify with dairy farms.

“It’s a better quality of milk with higher butterfat content.

To bring forward delivery the farm installed new machinery to allow bottling to take place on site and as Richard explained: "For full fat our milk isn’t homogenised so you’ll get the traditional cream on top."

With plastics much on consumers mind these days both for recycling and the issue of micro-plastic in the food chain he added: ”The recycling issue of plastics is also a big driver for demand and people are seriously looking at glass as an alternative which is what we are going to do.

“The bottles are branded with colour caps that people will understand.

“The idea is that for the doorstep delivery there would be a deposit on the glass in the expectation that people will return it and the same in the shop while there is a higher price for buying it on non return.

“The bottle is actually quite a large part of the cost so we hope people will see the investment.

Having now started with deliveries to shops and businesses including Presly’s Butcher (Oldmeldrum), Bare - Zero Waste Living (Ellon), Costcutter (Turriff), Costcutter (Methlick), Formartine's (Tarves), Longleys Country Store (Maud), Forbes Raeburn - The Family Butcher (Huntly), The Green Grocer (Inverurie), The Spotty Bag Shop (Banff) and The Shop at Daviot, on Monday of next week JK Fine foods (Aberdeen), Counteswells Fish shop (Aberdeen), Butterfly Effect (Insch) and Costcutter (Newburgh) will also join the list of outlets.

The plan is now to complete work on the app ahead of the commencement of doorstep pre-orders which are initially planned in built up areas of Fyvie, Rothienorman, Turriff, Banff, Macduff, Oldmeldrum, Newmacher, Inverurie and Kemnay

For more information on business and retail supplies contact info@invercameydairy.co.uk and the app is available on Apple and Android.

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