Crossgar Food boosts its trade with hospitality and retail

A NORTHERN meat processor, which supplies the HSE and Irish defence forces, has opened up a growing market for Irish Dexter beef sales to up-market hotels, restaurants and retailers across Britain and Ireland.

In 2010, Crossgar Food Services Limited, Co Down, was awarded the €800,000 per-year contract for the supply of meat products to the defence forces, which will run to December 31, 2011. The contract provides for the supply of a wide range of meat products, including beef and bacon, to all major military installations.

Defence Minister Alan Shatter said that the meat products supplied by Crossgar are traceable, quality-assured and certified in all respects, meeting all Irish and EU requirements.