Scottish supplier Grant’s Foods has launched a range of premium canned meats that includes a venison casserole.

The Ayreshire company turned to local suppliers to source the ingredients for the gourmet range, which also includes chilli con carne, beef bolognese, minced beef, Scotch steak in gravy, Irish stew and boeuf bourguignon. The company is best-known for its canned haggis range but also produces ready meals, black pudding and a haggis gift range that includes malt whisky, vegetarian and venison versions. Its products are stocked by most major supermarkets.

“With our new tinned products consumers can have a convenient meal without compromising on quality, said Grant’s Foods chief executive John Fallon.

Overall sales in the canned meat sector have fallen 1.8% to £84m year-onyear, according to Nielsen data [52w/e 2 October 2011].