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Aberdeenshire food firm Angus & Oink to fire up BBQ experience with new cafe premises

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The popular BBQ sauce and rub company has found a new home in Royal Deeside where it will offer street food and BBQ favourites.

Aberdeenshire food producer Angus & Oink will move to new premises next March, taking over the catering and food service at Deeside Activity Park near Aboyne.

The coffee and farm shop based at the venue will become a new catering and retail unit for the street food brand which produces a range of sauces and rubs.

Suppling a chain of restaurants and selling directly to consumers via their online channels, husband and wife team Scott and Malissa Fraser are looking forward to the move which will see new jobs be created as a result.

The new eatery will be called Eat Me and will feature a range of street food and BBQ options for diners to try out.

Some of the Deeside Activity Park team with Malissa Scott of Angus & Oink (centre in blue)

Malissa said: “As a business we saw substantial international growth over the last 12 months which meant we outgrew our premises for the second time in two years.

“Our search for a new manufacturing plant led us to meet with Ken Howie at Deeside Activity Park. Our initial conversations with him to move manufacture quickly grew into an exciting opportunity, which would allow us to take the next big step with our business and follow our dream of opening up our very first BBQ store and food outlet. The fact that this is at a stunning location on Royal Deeside excites us even more.

“It is the perfect location for us to expand our business, there are so many great synergies with the other businesses already established there – we feel our food offerings and BBQ schools will also benefit them greatly.

Scott Fraser cooking on his BBQ.

“The new food outlet will be named Eat Me and will offer an exciting range of street food and BBQ options. There will also be some old favourites, but with an Angus & Oink twist! Our customers have been asking for the opportunity to try the food we create for social media for a long time now, and we are thrilled to now be able to give them their wish.”

Deeside Activity Park first opened its coffee and farm shop back in 2003 as a venue to sell and serve its homegrown Aberdeen Angus beef.

The business was already well-established as an outdoor adventure activities destination with kart racing, quad biking and more. It has further expanded by renovating farm buildings into holiday homes, and has established itself as a local shopping hub with numerous rental units being occupied by north-east businesses.

Angus & Oink has outgrown its current premises.

Ken Howie of Deeside Activity Park added: “For the past few months, we’ve hosted weekly outdoor takeaway BBQs in place of our usual coffee shop offering. These have been very well received by our regular customers and have brought many new faces onto our site. Handing these BBQs and the rest of our catering and food line over to an evolutionary brand like Angus & Oink, who are undoubtedly the BBQ experts, is just the next step in an incredible journey for Deeside Activity Park.

“This will see us return to our roots and concentrate on the outdoor activity business, our Aberdeen Angus beef farm and holiday accommodation, and to provide the right support to our new tenants Angus & Oink, as well as all the other established businesses that operate out of Deeside Activity Park.”