Wholesale

There are only a handful of truly national meat wholesalers in the UK but there are literally hundreds of smaller firms that classify themselves as working in the sector. In fact more than 1,300 are thought to operate around the country, most trading purely at a local and regional level.


  • (17-06-2008)

    The ongoing struggles of the pork sector has claimed another victim, with Wylye Valley Foods shutting its doors.

  • (13-05-2008)

    The sausage sector has found itself facing huge hikes in hog casing prices, and with no end in sight to the price rises, and fears supplies will run short, does this mean the sector will have to re-evaluate the role collagen plays within the market,..

  • (18-02-2008)

    Manchester Rusk Company Ltd (MRC) is responding to the growth of internet shopping by launching a new online shop for its delicious Flava-it™ brand of marinades and coaters.

  • (31-01-2008)

    A service took place last week in respect of the two brave firemen who lost their lives and the approximate 1,000 fire fighters from 58 London Fire Stations who fought the Poultry Market fire on 23 January 1958.

  • (07-01-2008)

    A firm of family butchers has closed a Black Country shop after more than three decades of business.

  • (07-01-2008)

    Roberts of Port Dinorwic Ltd has a new team at the helm following the retirement of Wyn Roberts from the family run business.

  • (04-01-2008)

    New Covent Garden Market is to host the largest meeting in modern times of food producers local to London.

  • (14-12-2007)

    A prominent Midlands meat processing company has finalised a deal to invest in a Manchester retail packing business.

  • (13-12-2007)

    Up to 120 firefighters have spent the night dealing with a major fire at the Randall Parker Foods factory in northwest Hampshire.

  • (12-12-2007)

    Three years ago, one of the largest meat players in the world quietly set up shop in the UK.

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