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The company supplies a range of approximately 50 foodservice menu items
and 14 types of frozen pastries.
As well as buying-in raw materials, the company distributes products for
other producers, principally Kepak beef and lamb and McCarren’s bacon.
Sectors served
The company serves both the retail and foodservice sectors.
Key foodservice customers include large hotel and restaurant chains.
Opportunities for Irish food and drink suppliers
The company is always open to new products to add to its range of raw and
cooked meat products for the foodservice sector.
Purchasing policy
Many of the fresh meat products distributed by Farmhouse Food are
manufactured by the company itself.
Its purchasing policy for bought-in products is based on two criteria – that
the product is Irish, and, in the case of meat products, that it is Bord Bia
Quality Assured.
Supplier requirement and ordering procedure
Suppliers of meat and poultry must source products under the Bord Bia
Quality Assurance Schemes. The company does not conduct its own audits
of suppliers.
Geographical spread
The company operates from its purpose built production and distribution
facility at Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath.
It uses its own fleet for chilled and frozen distribution. It also uses other
companies for distribution from time-to-time. Distribution is nationwide,
daily.
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