One potato, two potato... Albert Bartlett builds on Re:fresh triumph

When Albert Bartlett scooped the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) Packer of the Year gong at Re:fresh 2009, judges praised the Scottish potato firm’s “innovative day-to-day business practices” and “environmental principles”. And in the last 12 months, the company has gone from strength to strength, with the consolidation of its recently constructed packhouse in Jersey, two new varieties due to be unveiled to the public this autumn and some high-profile TV advertising campaigns ensuring the firm’s Rooster potato brand is steadily becoming a household name. Laura Gould visited Bartlett’s main site in Airdrie to find out what makes the potato packer tick