The first 110 years we were primarily butchers and in 1993 we took our first steps into cooking for our self.
We employed a chef to make all the pies and pasties for our 2 shops and have not looked back since.

In 2000 due to demand we started to wholesale our Pie range and in 2004 added a Ready Meal range. At the moment we supply over a 100 shops with (25,000 pies and 6,000 meals a week) and cover an area from Stonehaven to Inverness in the North East of Scotland. Our vans are on the road from Monday to Saturday.

In April 2004 we moved into a new factory unit and have an EEC Meat products licence. We have EDI technology in place.

All of our products are hand made from start to finish and the meats that we use is locally sourced and prepared in our own butchers dept. We have our own bakers who prepare the pastries overnight ready for use the following day. At the moment we have 6 Chefs who cook all the fillings for the pies and meals; these are all done from scratch with very little additives and preservative added.
This gives us greater control over the product. Our products have a very high meat content compared to our rivals and are made to Quality not price.

Over the last 6 years we have won more than 40 awards for our pies. These include Gold Medals at the Slavackto Competition in Holland, this is the biggest food event in Europe and is held every 3 years. The Smithfield Awards in London held every 2 Years, Regional awards for excellence in meat products, and the Make it with meat Awards. We have also won 3 Gold Stars (The top award) and 1 Gold at Freshfood 2000 in Holland where competitors from 30 countries were competing and 4 Awards at the 2002 World Championships. In 2004 we got the Gold award for the Scotch Pie at the World Championships.

Our pies are a size larger than most individual pies for sale in the North East.
We market our Pies and Meals as ‘The Award Winning Chefs Pie’ and ‘The Chefs Meal’
Today Bruce is one of the most established names in Aberdeenshire for Pies and Ready Meals with a range of over 60 products.
 

• We have a strict policy of only using the finest ingredients from preferred suppliers.
• All meats Aberdeenshire sourced and prepared by our own butchers.
• 7 Day shelf life on pies / 7 days on meals.
• Point of sale material available for shops.
• New Factory unit (April 2004).
• Full Meat Products Licence (UK BB 505 EEC).
• Hazard analysis in place (HACCP).
• Copies of lab analysis of products available on request. .
• EDI Invoice and ASN capability.