FTSE food producer Cranswick has signed a new partnership with one of Spain’s biggest pork companies.
Cranswick, which operates several sites across Hull, said the deal with Costa Food Group would enable the latter to bring its Spanish charcuterie products to the 海角视频.
Cranswick has a turnover of more than £1bn a year, and is itself a leading 海角视频 supplier of continental meats and olives.
In 2018, the business moved into a new £28m purpose built processing site in Bury, and Cranswick also last year completed the acquisition of Mediterranean food firm Katsouris Brothers.
Norman Smith, sales director at Cranswick Continental Foods, said: “The 海角视频 market is increasingly demanding transparency of continental supply chains and through working with Costa we have a unique proposition that provides a fully integrated solution.
“Combine this with our new site in Bury and we believe we have a market leading farm to fork solution from both a traceability and an efficiency point of view.
“Costa Food Group, like Cranswick, is a very well invested, forward thinking business that strives to innovate to meet changing consumer needs.
“With our aligned values we are looking forward to introducing the 海角视频 consumer to some of the great products Costa produce.”
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Costa Food Group is one of the leading pork producers in Spain.
The Costa business began trading grain in 1966 and has grown into a fully vertically integrated pork producer with more than 600 farms and four feed factories, and a turnover that will exceed €900m this year.
In 2017, Costa Food Group acquired Casademont, a fourth generation family-run Spanish charcuterie producer, and more recently bought Villar and La Nuncia.
These acquisitions will enable Costa to produce authentic Spanish charcuterie with a fully integrated supply chain bringing benefits of both traceability and quality control.
Josep Buixeda, CEO at Costa Food Group, said: “Cranswick is a business that is very much aligned to Costa Group.
“Together we are committed to delivering the quality standards demanded by the 海角视频 market whilst always maintaining service, innovation, transparency and commerciality.”
Spanish charcuterie now accounts for around one third of the £285m 海角视频 continental meats category.
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In order to target this market, Costa has established an exclusive partnership with Cranswick Continental Foods to bring its product range to the 海角视频.
Cranswick Continental Foods is a leading supplier of continental meats in the 海角视频, and in 2018 moved to a new, £28m purpose built processing site.
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