SHOPS across Scotland have seen record-breaking sales of haggis in the run-up to Burns Night.
Scotland’s national dish will be served on dinner tables up and down the country tomorrow to celebrate the 258th birthday of the nation’s most famous poet Robert Burns.
Simon Howie, family butchers of Perth, said last Thursday was the firm’s biggest-ever day for haggis deliveries to UK supermarkets.
Mr Howie said: “As of last week, our delivered-in volumes of haggis have increased by an incredible 40 per cent on last year and we have sold 32 per cent more cases of haggis into the rest of the UK than the previous year. Six out of every 10 haggis we sell are sold outwith Scotland to the rest of the UK.”
Supermarket Asda reported that more than 50 tons of haggis will be sold this year, with sales increasing by almost 20 per cent across its 61 Scottish stores.
The retailer has released a list of the nation’s top-selling haggis stores, with Edinburgh Brunstane coming in top, followed by Livingston and Robroyston in Glasgow.
Local buying manager Heather Turnbull said: “Year-on-year, we’ve seen sales of haggis grow, with an expected peak around Burns Night.”
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