Kepak to acquire majority holding in family-run Cavan pork producer

Kepak Group is to acquire a majority shareholding in pork and bacon producer McCarren & in Co Cavan.

Subject to approval by the Competition Authority, the McCarren family is to remain as minority shareholder, thus continuing a five-generation association.

The management said the future for the business has been put on a more secure footing, supporting the staff of about 180 people and the livelihoods of all the pig suppliers to McCarren.