Fresh berry giant Angus Soft Fruits’ turnover has swelled by £17m, after last year’s bumper harvest allowed the company to push higher volumes through retailers.
“Summer 2025 was early and warm, resulting in higher yields and increased UK volumes, which drove our overall sales growth,” explained MD John Gray.
Turnover grew by 10.3% to £183.4m in the year to 25 April 2026.
Higher sales did not translate into higher profits, however. After the favourable British summer, Angus’ winter producers were hit by poor weather conditions abroad – including extensive flooding in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, and storms that disrupted shipping across the Strait of Gibraltar.
It was a “challenging” season, according to Gray, but thanks to the strong summer Angus managed to maintain pre-tax profits steady at £2.3m. Operating profit fell by £800k to £2.5m.
Based in Angus, above Dundee on Scotland’s east coast, the company has had a warm but temperate summer in 2026, and the year is therefore “shaping up well,” Gray said.
“Whilst not quite as early as 2025 we’ve had a decent summer weather wise. Being on the coast in Scotland we don’t experience the heat waves that you’ve had down south and so our berries have continued to be of excellent quality right through the summer.”
Last year also saw Angus revive its Good Natured Berries brand after a decade off shelves.
The Scottish producer said it had relaunched the brand in June 2025 to be “vibrant, premium, and packed with personality”.
The brand is stocked with Morrisons Scotland and Costco nationwide, alongside a range of convenience stores and foodservice operators.
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