Johnstone’s
Johnstone’s Food Service bakery in East Kilbride, Scotland, specialises in creating delicious food-to-go bars and single serve treats for leading retailers across the UK.
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Johnstone’s is a key supplier of pre-packed cakes to major retailers and foodservice customers, readily adapting to changing consumer preferences while remaining deliciously consistent.
Since joining the Finsbury family in 2015, Johnstone’s has continued to build on its reputation for quality and innovation. The East Kilbride facility operates around the clock, seven days a week, producing 37 million quality products annually.
Johnstone’s creates irresistible single-serve traybakes that perfectly complement that mid-morning coffee or afternoon tea break. The renowned caramel shortbread has become a staple in coffee shops nationwide, delighting customers with its perfect balance of buttery shortbread, creamy caramel, and rich chocolate.
In recent years, we’ve invested significantly in Johnstone’s expanding the capabilities to meet the growing demand for out-of-home and food-to-go formats. This investment has allowed us to diversify our product range, creating both licensed-brand offerings and own-label products for our retail partners.
A customer favourite…
Our Classic Caramel Shortbread is the epitome of indulgence in a single serve. This beloved traybake features a crumbly, buttery shortbread base layered with smooth, golden caramel and topped with a generous layer of rich milk chocolate, offering a moment of sweet escape in every bite.
Frequently Asked Questions
From indulgent caramel shortbread, luxurious chocolate brownies and classic flapjacks to clever single-serve traybakes and innovative mini-cakes, Johnstone’s is all about making the ultimate food-to-go treats. They supply major UK supermarkets, high-street coffee chains, and nationwide foodservice partners with pre-packed bars and slices that hit the spot for busy shoppers. For their team, it’s about taking those beloved coffee-shop favourites and bringing them to life at scale, delivering rich, indulgent flavour in every single wrapper.
Operating out of East Kilbride, Scotland, Johnstone's bakery runs around the clock, 7 days a week, to bake over 37 million treats every year. Powered by a dedicated team of 116 staff, their site packs serious production capability into a focused, highly efficient space. Balancing smart automation with a real eye for quality, the team keeps our lines running smoothly to meet massive demand across the UK’s retail and out-of-home sectors.
Absolutely! Following major site investments, Johnstone’s crafts a mix of household licensed brand bakes alongside custom supermarket own-label lines.
Whether we’re baking high-profile branded favourites or collaborating with retail buyers on exclusive food-to-go ranges, their focus never shifts: delivering high-quality, convenient sweet treats that look fantastic on the shelf and taste even better.
Whether we’re baking high-profile branded favourites or collaborating with retail buyers on exclusive food-to-go ranges, their focus never shifts: delivering high-quality, convenient sweet treats that look fantastic on the shelf and taste even better.
Johnstone’s joined the Finsbury Food Group family in 2015, marking an exciting new chapter for the East Kilbride site. Joining the Group gave the Scottish bakery the financial backing, supply chain network, and group-wide expertise needed to rapidly expand.
Today, Johnstone’s sits at the very heart of Finsbury’s food-to-go strategy, combining local baking pride with big-group capability as our premier traybake specialist.
Today, Johnstone’s sits at the very heart of Finsbury’s food-to-go strategy, combining local baking pride with big-group capability as our premier traybake specialist.
While deeply proud of their roots as a top Scottish baker, Johnstone’s has never stood still. On-the-go snacking styles change fast, so the East Kilbride team is constantly innovating with new formats, portion sizes, and on-trend flavours. By pairing traditional baking know-how with flexible, modern production lines, they ensure our retail and foodservice partners always have fresh, exciting single-serve treats that capture what consumers are craving right now.
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