National butcher and bakery award wins for Lanarkshire food firms

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Two Monklands businesses won top awards at prestigious national industry awards ceremonies.Jordan Shaw won the young butcher of the year title at the UK-wide Smithfield awards – where his employer S Collins & Son of Muirhead also took two gold prizes for its products.Monklands bakery JB Christie then collected three honours, including a national silver award and a best-in-region gold, at the Scottish Baker of the Year Awards.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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