The Dundee Gin Company distils small-batch spirits including its Classic Dry Gin, a Navy Strength gin and a Spiced Marmalade Rum that nods to the city's marmalade history. Botanicals are sourced locally, including from the University of Dundee Botanic Garden, and the range is vegan and gluten free.
Arjuna is a worker-owned co-operative on Mill Road that has sold organic and wholefood groceries since the 1970s, with bulk grains, pulses, spices and vegetarian provisions. Staff members share ownership and weigh out loose goods to cut down on packaging.
Founded in Easton in 1978 by Ugandan-Asian refugee Kassam Majothi, this family-run store now carries more than 9,000 food and drink lines from spices to wholefoods. A deli added in 2009 serves fresh curries, snacks and Indian sweets alongside the retail and wholesale trade.
Frank Hederman has run the Belvelly Smokehouse for over four decades, cold-smoking Irish salmon over traditional timber and hanging the fish to smoke in the old way. The smoked salmon, along with smoked butter, nuts and spices, is sold at his English Market stall in Cork six days a week.
This Lincolnshire bakery follows Myra Pocklington's 1930s recipe for its Traditional Plumbread, at least 40% fruit, plus a Luxury version with cherries and spice added in 1998. Set up in 2010 to sell the recipe beyond the county, it bakes all four varieties under one roof.
Best for Traditional and Luxury Lincolnshire plum bread