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Invest Northern Ireland |
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Bedford Square,Bedford Street,Belfast,Northern Ireland,BT2 7ES.
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Tel: 02890 239090 |
Fax: 02890 436536 |
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The Northern Ireland Agri Food Sector
The Agri-Food sector in Northern Ireland is one of the
most important contributors to the Northern Ireland
economy in terms of revenue and employment and is
Northern Ireland’s largest manufacturing industry. In
2009 the industry was worth £3.2billion and exports grew
by an impressive 27% to £876million (2008).
Nearly two thirds of food and drink from Northern
Ireland is now bought by retailers and food service
organisations in other parts of the UK and increasingly
further afield.
Buyers in virtually all the leading grocery retailers,
including Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda, Waitrose and Morrisons,
now look regularly to Northern Ireland for a broad range
of fresh, frozen, chilled and processed products, from
fresh meat, dairy and bakery to ready meals, convenience
foods. Niche products are also to be found in the food
halls at Harrods, Fortnum and Mason, Liberty and Harvey
Nichols.
Northern Ireland’s reputation as a source of quality
foods is also spreading worldwide. Wal-Mart, Safeway,
Carrefour, Auchan, SuperCor, Spinneys, Mercadona are
among a growing list of international retailers shopping
regularly in the region. Dutch supermarket chain Albert
Heijn is a longstanding customer particularly for beef
and lamb from Northern Ireland farms.
The region can point justifiably to a great many success
stories – red meat being bought by Europe’s top
retailers; cheese and tea going to the US; porridge oats
to the Arabian Gulf and Hong Kong; dried fruit and nut
snacks to Singapore, Dubai, the Netherlands and
Switzerland; pork sausages, health foods and toasted
oats to Spain; milk powder to China, Africa and Central
America; coffee to the US, Saudi Arabia and North
Africa; potato crisps to Australia; and dry cured bacon
to Belgium.
About Invest NI (Northern Ireland Naturally)
Invest Northern Ireland, the region’s main economic
development agency, has a dedicated Food Division which
delivers fully integrated and responsive services to
over 300 local food and drink companies including advice
on account management, design, product development,
packaging, supply chain and productivity.
Practical support schemes range from assistance to
export through trade missions and exhibitions and ‘meet
the buyer’ events with key buyers in both food retailing
and food services to business development programmes
including help to companies in achieving essential
quality accreditations demanded by major retailers.
Among the most successful initiatives is the Food Sector
Marketing Advisers scheme that is helping Northern
Ireland companies increase business in GB and
international markets.
Four Food Sector Marketing Advisers utilise market
knowledge and their network of contacts to assist local
companies pinpoint and secure new orders by brokering
face-to-face interviews between the companies and food
retailers including multiple chains and organisations
supplying restaurants, hotels, cafes and canteens. They
also
co-ordinate Invest NI’s programme of ‘meet the buyer’
events. These events have brought key buyers from Great
Britain, the Republic of Ireland, other parts of Europe,
the US and India to Northern Ireland for one-to-one
meetings with local food companies.
www.buynifood.com – Invest NI’s dedicated food and drink
web site features over 200 Northern Ireland food and
drink companies across a range of sectors including
Baked Goods, Confectionery, Dairy, Dried Goods, Drink,
Fish, Food Service Providers, Fresh Produce, Meat and
Non Food.
Invest NI’s Food and Drink Sector Tendering Programme
and alert service has been designed to encourage and
assist local food and drink companies to compete more
effectively for substantial public sector contracts in
the RoI. As well as business in the Republic and Great
Britain, the marketing initiative is now yielding orders
from the US.
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Invest NI’s Food Sector Marketing Advisers for the UK
and Republic of Ireland markets include: Robin Barnett
T: 078 1717 3513,
robin.barnett@invetni.com;
Michelle Charrington T: 078 1717 3514,
michelle.charrington@investni.com;
Karl Devlin (Scotland / North England) Mob: 07767
393316, karl.devlin@investni.com;
Shane McArdle in the Republic of Ireland, Mob: 07817
173516, shane.mcardle@investni.com
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ABP Ltd
Currently one of the largest beef companies in Europe
and from its production sites in Newry and Lurgan, ABP
supplies the UK’s thriving retail market delivering
frozen and fresh beef and lamb products to retail
multiples and wholesalers in the form of primal cuts or
consumer ready packs. ABP’s comprehensive range
includes: mince, diced, sliced, steaks, roasts and
joints.
ABP’s Foodservice Division delivers high quality beef
and lamb products tailored to customer requirements in
the catering sector across Europe.
C&J Meats
Established in 2001, C&J Meats based at Kilmore in
County Armagh produce retail ready joints, diced
products and quality vacuum packed beef primals from its
EC approved red meat processing facility. All carcasses
are hand selected from top U/R Grade steers and heifers,
with a Fat Class 3/4 , and within the weight range
300kgs to 420kgs. Customers include retailers,
wholesalers, caterers and manufacturers within the UK
and mainland Europe.
Crossgar Foodservice / Crossgar Poultry
As one of Ireland's foremost foodservice companies
Crossgar Foodservice supplies an extensive range of
poultry, meat, chilled, frozen, grocery and non-food
products to some of the leading government bodies,
contract caterers, hotel groups and restaurants in
Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
A state-of-the-art, purpose built, meat factory in
Downpatrick and a new distribution centre in Seaforde,
ensures that Crossgar Foodservice can provide a genuine
one-stop-shop for its customers. The Provenance
Collection currently includes two Great Taste Award
winners - Dexter Beef and Lissara Farm Free Range Duck.
Doherty & Gray Ltd
Established in 1954, Ballymena based Doherty & Gray
operates from a modern EC approved plant and specialises
in the supply of chilled beef & lamb and branded and
“own label” sausages and burgers to supermarkets,
catering companies and the independent retail butcher.
The company exports its range to the UK, Ireland and
Continental Europe. A range of exceptional quality
products are marketed under the brand names of “Hulls”,
“Prima Valley” and “Saints & Scholars” mainly to stores
in Great Britain and the Irish Republic and boxed beef
under the Doherty and Gray “Gold Star” brands.
Dunbia operates across ten sites in the UK and Ireland
and from sales offices throughout Europe. Dunbia serves
every market sector including the UK’s largest multiple
retailers and food manufactures, and exports a wide
range of Beef, Lamb & Pork products to a vast customer
base in over fifteen countries.
Elliott’s Tradition Ltd
Founded in 1990 Elliott’s Tradition Ltd manufacture
burgers and sausages and distribute many other products
including an extensive portfolio of poultry products
from fresh, frozen, cooked and value added. Brand names
include Elliott’s Burgers, Elliott’s Sausages, Elliott’s
Goujons, Elliott’s Breaded Fillets etc.
Europa Foods Distribution Ltd
Established in 1996, Europa Foods offer a wide range of
products including fresh pork sausages, chicken, beef,
fish and turkey in both vacuum and controlled atmosphere
packaging to the both catering and retail sectors.
Europa Foods are Northern Ireland agent’s for the famous
Clonakilty Black and White pudding. Europa Foods also
exports bacon to Turkey and the West Indies.
Eurostock Foods NI Ltd
Eurostock Food Group Ltd is a leading supplier of frozen
meat products to the retail, wholesale and foodservice
sectors. The company was founded in 1985 and comprises
of two manufacturing sites – Eurostock Foods Newry in
Northern Ireland, and Eurostock Foods Hindley in
Lancashire, England. Eurostock supplies many leading UK
multiples and foodservice clients.
Finnebrogue
Founded and owned by Denis Lynn, Finnebrogue supplies
the finest quality home-reared venison products for
retail and high end restaurants across the UK, Ireland
and Europe. The company also supplies top quality pork
products, including a range of Rankin Selection Sausages
to Waitrose & Tesco NI.
The company also supplies all the premium own-label
sausages to Marks & Spencer in UK and Ireland. Recent
innovation has seen Finnebrogue launch of a number new
stuffing products into Marks & Spencer stores.
Finnebrogue also manufacture Jimmy’s Classic Free Range
Pork Sausage in a collaboration with Jimmy Doherty,
Jimmy’s Free Range Pork Sausages are available in Tesco
stores throughout the UK & NI. In addition, Finnebrogue
can supply catering or bulk packed 3rd party sausages.
Finnebrogue’s ethical family food brand The Good Little
Company supplies Good Little Sausages and Great Big
Sausages to Waitrose, Tesco NI and selected Spar stores
in NI.
Flynn’s Fine Foods
Fermanagh-based Flynn’s Fine Foods has been supplying
both the retail and catering sectors throughout Ireland
for over 30 years and currently supplies a range of
premium retail packs of sliced cooked meats; retail
packs of sliced bacon and breakfast products; retail
packs of fresh meats and a range of retail frozen foods
products to the main retailers and symbol groups
throughout, Northern Ireland and the Republic of
Ireland. Flynn’s range can also be found in ASDA stores
in the UK and also as far afield as Dubai.
Foyle Food Group is one of the largest beef processing
companies in Ireland and supplies a range of vacuum
packed beef primal cuts and vls; a full range of
Aberdeen Angus and Certified Hereford products; carcase
beef; beef offals & a full range of 5th quarter
products. Comprising Foyle Meats, Omagh Meats, Donegal
Meat Processors, Foyle Proteins and Hilton Meats
Cookstown, the Group has developed a solid reputation
for the production of high quality fresh beef products.
The company supplies Tesco in the UK and Ireland, Coop
in Scandinavia, Albert Heijn in the Netherlands and ICA
Supermarkets in Sweden.
Freeza Meats
Freeza Meats specializes in the manufacture of frozen
burgers for a large number of major food distributors &
retailers throughout the UK. Freeza Meats predominantly
use forequarter flank and steak cuts to give the best
taste and texture. More lean cuts are used in Freeza
Meats’ Aberdeen Angus, restaurant quality and low fat
products.
The extensive range includes over 30 beef, pork and lamb
recipes. Freeza Meats has invested £3m over recent years
in its modern EU approved factory.
Hewitt Meats
Established over 30 years ago, Hewitt Meats is a
privately owned company based in County Armagh and
produces a range of beef products including quality
primal cuts; P.A.D Meat, diced/sliced beef; minced beef
and a full range of retail packed meats (gas flushed).
Clients include major and independent supermarkets both
in the UK and Europe, top quality catering butchers,
manufacturers and Q Guild retail butchers.
Hilton Meats
Established in 1985, Hilton Meat Products Ltd is the
UK’s only dedicated offal factory. Operating from a
modern EC- approved plant in County Antrim, the company
produces liver, hearts and kidneys from beef, pork and
lamb to strict hygiene and quality standards. Fresh
offal’s are purchased daily from EC-approved plants,
ensuring top quality and continuity of supply.
Hilton Meat Products supplies the major UK supermarket
multiples including: Tesco GB, Tesco Ireland, Asda,
Sainsburys, Somerfield, Co-Op and Dunnes Stores.
Kettyle Irish Foods
Kettyle Irish Foods supply mature aged beef and lamb
cuts, Fermanagh Chicken, Banquet Royale Rose Veal,
Silverhill Duck and Fermanagh Bacon to foodservice
customers throughout Northern Ireland, the Republic of
Ireland and the UK.
Kettyle Irish Foods Banquet Royale Rose Veal Stock is a
traditionally-made veal stock in 5kg pouches and is
available fresh or frozen.
Linden Foods
Linden Foods has developed into a market leader within
the Northern Ireland fresh meat processing industry,
sourcing and processing top quality beef and lamb. Part
of the Linden Food Group it currently services a wide
range of retail multiples, convenience food
manufacturers, the catering and foodservice sectors, and
the wider meat packing industry in UK and Europe.
Linden Foods portfolio of products ranges from full
primals and retail packs to individual fixed weight
portions of steak cuts. From Aberdeen Angus and Extra
Matured Beef to Gourmet Style Burgers and Banquet Royale
Rose Veal.
McWhinney’s Sausages
McWhinney‘s manufacture traditional Irish pork sausages
for foodservice and retail markets. McWhinney's Premium
range has 70% quality meat content and is the highest
meat content of any sausage manufactured for the Fish &
Chip Shop market. The company’s new Vintage Sausage is
packed with 80% pure pork meat and is ideal for the
higher-end food sector. All of McWhinney's sausages will
cook from frozen in deep fry and will not burst or bend
during cooking, or shrivel in the holding cabinet.
In the past decade McWhinney’s has expanded into
mainland Europe, North America and the UK, where it now
has established a network of 45 distributors.
Part of the Marfrig Group, Moy Park offers a range of
primary, further processed and ready to cook chicken
products to retail and foodservice customers across
Europe.
VION Food Group Cookstown
The Cookstown business was founded in 1937 and became
part of VION Food Group in late 2008. The “Cookstown
Sizzle” has been the brands best known strap line since
1968. The company's current VIP - (Very Important Pork)
multi media campaign has increased market share across
all categories. Cookstown is available in all good
retailers throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic
of Ireland.
Recently Cookstown has brought focus to the Foodservice
and Manufacturing sectors by establishing a Foodservice
Sales Team to service the Island of Ireland.
Western Brand Poultry Products NI Ltd
Located in Lisnaskea in County Fermanagh, Western Brand
Poultry Products NI Ltd
already has an established and growing customer base for
branded and own-label products amongst the UK’s
mid-sized independent and symbol supermarkets, such as
Nisa, Booth’s, SPAR and Netto.
Western Brand also supplies a six-strong range of frozen
chicken products made from either whole breast fillets,
whole breast muscle or minced breast meat, delivering a
moist and tender taste and texture.
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