Goodman acquires sausage-maker
The plant was formerly owned by Freshbake Foods Limited, which went into administrative receivership on June 22 last.
This followed a failed management buy-out of the group which has two other plants in Scotland.
Situated in east Glasgow, the plant employs 230 and has been operating under joint administrative receiver, Ian Bennet from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The Glasgow manufacturing facility is currently a major supplier of frozen sausages to many of the UK’s leading supermarkets and food service companies.
The amount paid was not disclosed, but is believed to be a very good deal for the Irish group.
“We have been enthusiastic to gain a foothold in sausage manufacture, and the Glasgow plant gives us a base from which to quickly expand production in both frozen and fresh sausage manufacture. We see great potential in this sector of the food market.”
The acquisition will further strengthen the group’s involvement in frozen foods, which operates from Wessex Foods in Lowestoft and Silvercrest Foods in Ballybay, Co. Monaghan.
Anglo Beef Processors is a subsidiary of Irish Food Processors, the leading meat processor in Europe with a turnover of more than €1 billion.
ABP has 14 plants in Britain - three in Scotland; three in Northern Ireland; and eight in England - processing both fresh and frozen beef and lamb products.
ABP processes 15% of all British beef and is also a major processor and exporter of lamb. It employs 2000 people in Britain and in Ireland has a workforce of 1500.
