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NEW multi-pack of minis for 2001
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two star flavours are now available in a "four-pack" -with
two tubs of Traditional and two tubs of Honeycomb, We are
celebrating with a chance to win minis for our party - see the scoop
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| Jersey
Herd ~ Milestone for the Farm
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March we reached our target number of jersey cows(460) for the first
time - we now have 467 jersey cows and we think that we may now have
the largest single jersey herd in the UK. Our farms team focus
their farming arable and dairy output towards the ice cream dairy as
their customer- aiming to deliver "designer milk" from
designer cows on designer feed from our designer crops....a designer
food chain in operation!!
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| February 2001 winner - years supply |
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Mr McElroy was delighted with the good news of winning a years supply of ice cream.
March 22, 2001
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| January 2001 winner - years supply |
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Mrs Hopton from Milton Keynes was happy to win a years supply of delicious ice cream!
March 22, 2001
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| Ice Cream Truffles |
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Our Ice Cream Truffles are now available in Scottish Safeway stores for Christmas.
See "our ice cream" section for more information on the truffles.
December 04, 2000 |
| Years Supply November Winner |
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Our winner for the monthly draw of a free years supply of ice cream was Hilary Fossey. She was absolutely delighted and amazed that she won!
November 29, 2000
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| £1000 Winner |
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Our winner for the Recommend a Friend competition was Mrs E Cockburn from Stirling. They also enjoyed a VIP tour round
Mackie's and lunch at the farm when up they came to collect the cheque.
November 29, 2000
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| Happy Photo Winner! |
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 Thank you for your entries! Here is our happy winner who took an ice cream tub with her on holiday to Iceland - and sent us this with the caption "Ice Cream Land". 3 runner up prizes of a cool box of ice cream are being issued as an extra thank you.
October 04, 2000
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| Mackie's First Message |
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We sent our first email to registered Friends of Mackies this week. Thank you for all the replies. We learn from them.
Our coolbox winner was for the reply from Penny in Edinburgh which was received within 5 minutes of our mail going out!
October 03, 2000 |
| September Winner of the Years Supply |
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We are pleased to have found a new customer! " I
am amazed and delighted! The tub of Honeycomb ice cream I bought last week was the first time I had heard of
Mackie's. It is absolutely delicious, so I decided to read the ingredients and thought
I'd give your website a whirl. How wonderful to have won a years supply! THANK YOU VERY MUCH"
October 03, 2000
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| Mackie's named Retail
Chain's Top Scottish Supplier |
Mackie's of Scotland recently received Safeway's
Scottish Supplier of the year award.
Maitland Mackie was presented the award by Chief Executive of Safeway Carlos Criado-Perez. The award is recognition for all round excellence in providing 100% supply of product, a strong promotional programme, innovative product launches and good response to working towards various marketing initiatives. We are delighted - and it is thanks to the effort from all our staff who made it possible.
September 29, 2000
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| Mackie's on TV |
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Look out for Mackie''s on the "Food Network Daily" programme on Digital Carlton Food Network on Thursday 21st September at 8am, 2pm and 7pm.
September 19, 2000
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| Clarissa Dickson Wright opens Spiral Freezer |
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We were delighted to entertain Clarissa Dickson Wright to a tasting tour of the farm ice cream dairy where she
officially opened our new spiral freezer.
Clarissa Dickson Wright on opening the freezer "
Mackie's have always taken a perfect substance and turned it into something nicer. This use of real double cream and fresh milk is essential to good ice cream and with their new spiral freezer it is even smoother than I though possible"
We have installed a spiral freezer which can freeze up to 100 litres a minute. " This means we can produce increased volumes of ice cream and at shorter notice" comments Mac Mackie, Managing Director. "Quality of the product is also enhanced - fast freezing guarantees that the crystals form and freeze when they are at their smallest - resulting in a smooth texture"
A £200,000 investment for us, a spiral freezer takes tubs in on a conveyer belt, circles around and up a spiral between high blast freezers and emerge frozen hard in continuous flow on conveyor belt.
Rectorship at Aberdeen University is a role which brings Clarissa Dickson Wright to Aberdeenshire regularly where she is an enthusiastic proponent of produce local to the area.
September 01, 2000
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| Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2000 |
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We are delighted to be back sponsoring three of the best venues of the Fringe Festival ~ The Garden Party, Assembly Rooms and the Pleasance.
Why not try one of the new Mackice or a cone before and after every show!!
August 18, 2000
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| July Winner |
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Random computer managed to pick the second cousin of Nikki, our web administrator. Investigation confirms this is a coincidence!
August 18, 2000
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| Site Selection |
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The whole site is new - we will focus on one piece each month. Recommend a Friend is our fun competition draw where we invite you to introduce someone to the taste of Mackie''s Ice Cream - and enter a draw to win £1,000.
July 07, 2000
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| June Winner |
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Tub shapes - we have been handing out fun small tub shaped cards with the invitation to enter our website monthly draw and a 50p coupon for a 1 litre tub. It seems appropriate that a Mrs Tubman was our first website winner of a free years supply of ice cream!
She was visiting her daughter in Edinburgh and received one of our lucky tub shapes from us at the Highland Show.
July 07, 2000
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| Highland Show |
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Ingleston 22nd - 25th June 2000.
We had a stand in the food exhibition and our caravan selling ice cream cones near the show arena. 12,000 people sampled our ice cream and we launched the Cream of Scottish product. This was featured as "ice cream to lick the rest" in the Press & Journal, Aberdeen on 24th June 2000.
July 07, 2000
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| Bob the Builder |
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 Another brush with fame!
We were delighted to see a tub of Mackies Traditional features in July 2000 issue of Bobs magazine -pictured in the recipe on how to make a milkshake. We have added the recipe to our recipe section!
July 04, 2000
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| CREAM OF SCOTTISH |
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You heard about it here first!
We will launch our new Cream of Scottish in June. Preview the details in our ice cream section
June 09, 2000
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| Tv Brush with Fame |
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A TV appearance for Mackie's Ice Cream.
Well, our 2 litre Traditional tub was spotted on the semi-final of BBC's MasterChef.
Not, unfortunately, with the ingredients for a superior dessert - but as the container for the contestants marinated lamb chops!!
June 09, 2000
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| SSPCA Sponsorship |
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 Mackie's launched a secial appeal on behalf of the SSPCA - with two huskies cared for and rehomed by the SSPCA. Campaign encourages people to become a friend of the SSPCA - and the posters feature a kitten reaching up to a giant tub of Mackie's Traditional Ice Cream. These will be displayed on bus shelter sites in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
Working with Animals and with many pet owners in our team - we feel that the SSPCA is a worthy cause. Half the households in the UK are pet owners and half of the rest would like to own a pet. Last year the SSPCA
responded to over 142,000 calls and cared for over 17,000 animals. We look forward to working with the SSPCA - and enjoy seeing the huge Mackie's tubs!!! SSPCA have their own website at www.scottishspca.org
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