Technological innovations are employed to ensure a near 200-year old tradition is celebrated with a truly Scottish supper.

JD Cooling Group, the UK’s leading independent supplier of bespoke cooling, industrial refrigeration, ripening, power and automation control systems, employ the latest technology in support of Scotland’s leading suppliers of haggis, neeps and tatties, the ingredients for a Burns Night celebration supper.

1,750 tonnes of haggis, 35,000,000 swedes and quality potatoes are supplied each year by JD Cooling’s partners the award-winning producer Macsween Haggis of Edinburgh, Stewarts of Tayside, UK’s largest grower of swede, and Albert Bartlett, UK’s leading supplier of potatoes. Beyond Scotland, haggis and veggie crumble are distributed by Macsween each year to countries as far as Singapore, Dubai and Canada, a country which orders over £25,000 worth of haggis in January in time for Burns Night.

JD Cooling ensures the smooth running of all three’s operations with ongoing maintenance support, “Traditional produce are high-tech businesses. Sometimes we can forget what is behind such humble ingredients. To ensure that our partners can operate as effectively as possible and the sheer volume of produce can reach our dinner tables, we invest heavily in the latest innovations. This allows us to foresee and identify any issues at a moment’s notice, at times ahead of our clients who are onsite,” explains Ross Hynd, Scottish Regional Manager.

Hynd continues, “We understand the importance of clear communication in any relationship and have invested in the latest technological developments to ensure our customers have real time information on the status of call outs and have access to all relevant paperwork as quickly as possible.”