Dawn Meats buys West Devon Meat

Irish meat processor Dawn Meats has bought West Country abattoir West Devon Meat.

The abattoir, which opened in 1967, is adjacent to Hatherleigh market in Devon.

Dawn Meats is one of Europe’s largest food processing companies and processes more than 500,000 cattle and 1m lambs a year

“We’ve had a fantastic relationship with Dawn Meats in continental Europe over many years and it’s great news for our farmer suppliers of both cattle and sheep that Dawn Meats is investing in the south-west of England to enhance their UK procurement network,” said Arthur Cleave, procurement manager at West Devon Meat.

“We are very excited to be able to offer West Country beef and lamb, which has a great reputation, to our new and existing customers and look forward to working with our new staff to grow the business in Devon,” said David Fleetwood, operations director at Dawn Meats UK.