{"id":591951,"date":"2025-11-25T02:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T02:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/591951\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T02:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T02:42:11","slug":"award-winning-glasgow-roastery-announces-major-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/591951\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning Glasgow roastery announces major expansion\u00a0 &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dear Green Coffee Roasters have moved into a new 13,500 sq ft roasters in Glasgow, increasing production capacity fivefold and supporting forecasted 30% growth this year.<\/li>\n<li>The award-winning B Corp, recently named Europe\u2019s first \u201cMicro Roaster of the Year\u201d, will use the new space to push forward its Net Zero 2030 goals, including renewable energy and waste-reduction initiatives.<\/li>\n<li>The expanded site includes training, cupping\u00a0and community event spaces, strengthening Dear Green\u2019s commitment to speciality coffee, education and local impact across Scotland.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ONE of Scotland\u2019s best-known coffee brands have moved into a new roastery that expands its capacity fivefold as it doubles down on sustainability and community impact.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Green Coffee Roasters, founded by Lisa Lawson in 2011, has relocated to a 13500 sq ft warehouse on Brook Street, Bridgeton \u2013 a space five times the size of its previous site near the Barras, which will help it continue to pioneer speciality coffee\u00a0in Scotland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The move marks a new chapter for the independent B Corp-certified business, which is working towards becoming Net Zero by 2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lisa, who began her coffee career while living in Australia before returning to Scotland, said:\u00a0 \u201cWhen I started Dear Green, speciality coffee culture hadn\u2019t kicked off in Scotland yet, but I was inspired by my experiences in\u00a0 Australia and by the emerging specialist coffee scene around the world. I borrowed the money for a small roaster and the rest is history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been great achievements and challenges along the way. Throughout our 14 years we\u2019ve remained steadfast in our commitment to providing the highest quality coffee possible, while serving our community and being mindful of our environmental impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis move proves that a small, values-driven business can grow and still hold onto its high standards in coffee roasting, customer focus, and purpose. It finally gives us the space to further invest in our coffee programme and to act on the sustainability goals we\u2019ve had for years: from renewable energy and waste reduction to opening our doors wider to the community that\u2019s supported us from day one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis move is essential to not only expanding our capabilities as a coffee roastery but also to achieving our goal of becoming Net Zero by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The relocation follows a period of steady growth and international recognition. Last year Dear Green became the first European roastery to win Roast Magazine\u2019s prestigious Micro Roaster of the Year award. It also recently recertified as a B Corp with one of the highest scores in the country, reaffirming its commitment to transparency and ethical business practices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a class=\"mks_button mks_button_medium rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/premierconstructionnews.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #FFFFFF; background-color: #000000;\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoying this article? Sign up for our FREE newsletter!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the past decade, Dear Green has recorded consistent year-on-year growth, with sales rising steadily as demand for responsibly sourced, small-batch coffee continues to climb. What began as a one-person operation now supplies caf\u00e9s, restaurants, offices and retailers nationwide \u2013 including The Social Hub, Jupiter Artland, Brushworks, and Cafe Strange Brew \u2013 \u00a0while direct-to-consumer sales, which surged during lockdown,\u00a0 remain strong, accounting for around a third of total revenue.<\/p>\n<p>The business is forecasting 30% growth for the current financial year, supported by new production capacity, leaner systems and the expanding home-barista market.<\/p>\n<p>The refurbished 1940s warehouse, once part of the city\u2019s textile industry, now houses a modern roasting and packaging facility alongside dedicated training, cupping and event spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Located among artists\u2019 studios, workshops and creative businesses, the Bridgeton site places Dear Green at the heart of the area\u2019s wider resurgence \u2013 a neighbourhood long associated with Glasgow\u2019s industrial heritage and now home to a growing creative community.<\/p>\n<p>The company, which employs ten people, has added two new team members since the move and plans to hire additional senior roles in 2026 to support further expansion.<\/p>\n<p>Despite already roasting more than 63,000kg from 40 different producers worldwide, and training over 300 baristas across the country, the new facility \u2013 and growing team \u2013 will allow the business to go further still.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The team is now working with advisers from Scottish Enterprise and Business Energy Scotland to support a growth strategy and explore options for air-source heat pumps and further waste-reduction initiatives, with updated carbon-footprint data due to be published at the end of the financial year.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Green donates 2% of its turnover annually \u2013\u00a01% to social-justice initiatives and 1% to environmental projects \u2013 through its partnership with 1% for the Planet. Its supported organisations include Bute Forest, Bike For Good, Greenheart Growers, World Coffee Research, The King\u2019s Trust, Glasgow\u2019s food banks and a coffee seedling project in Uganda with Agri Evolve. Click-and-collect is now available at the new roastery, and with the move complete, Dear Green\u2019s training and events programme will resume early next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a class=\"mks_button mks_button_medium rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/premierconstructionnews.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #FFFFFF; background-color: #000000;\" rel=\"noopener\">Want to get more great stories from across the hospitality industry sent straight to your inbox? Click here to sign up for our weekly newsletter!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dear Green Coffee Roasters have moved into a new 13,500 sq ft roasters in Glasgow, increasing production capacity&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,12,75856,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-591951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-premier-hospitality","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115608036582365127","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}