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• Family-founded food supplier Scotch Frost collapsed owing almost £10 million.
• Administrators say unsecured creditors are unlikely to recover any of the money owed.
• Falling sales, rising costs and intense competition were blamed for the company's failure.

A UK food supplier that served restaurants and retailers across the country for nearly six decades collapsed owing almost £10 million, with administrators warning that many creditors are unlikely to recover any of the money they are owed.

A newly released administrators' report has shed light on the final months of Scotch Frost of Glasgow Limited, revealing how declining sales, fierce price competition and rising operating costs pushed the long-established business into administration. The company, founded in Scotland in 1967, ceased trading in the closing weeks of 2025, resulting in the loss of all 17 remaining jobs.