J AMackay

J A Mackay is a family-run licensed grocer at 4 Traill Street in Thurso town centre, trading as a whisky specialist alongside a general grocery and off-licence counter. The shop stocks Scotch malts, wines, gins and speciality foods, and makes up hampers to customers' specifications using Caithness products. Its trading company, J A Mackay Services Ltd, was incorporated in 2012 and remains active on the Companies House register. The shop's social media regularly features tastings of local items, including Orkney ploughman's pickle cheese and Caithness oatcakes, reflecting an emphasis on north Highland produce alongside national brands. It sits on Traill Street, one of Thurso's main shopping streets, within walking distance of the town's other independent shops. The business trades from this single premises only, with no other branches, continuing as a family concern serving local shoppers and visitors travelling the North Coast 500 through Caithness.