A Bristol-based business founded by a former professional rugby player and his two brothers that supplies sausages and bacon to the 海角视频’s major supermarkets has moved its head office to the city’s harbourside retail hub Wapping Wharf.
The Jolly Hog was established by the Kohn brothers after former Harlequins and Bristol lock and Olly Kohn took up sausage-making whilst side-lined with an injury, using a machine he was given as a present.
Along with former ship-broker Max and ex-cabinet maker Josh, the Kohns have overseen the growth of their business venture, with its brand of pork products stocked by Asda, Tesco's, Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Ocado.
The Jolly Hog has sold its wares at events including the Glastonbury Festival and Cheltenham Races and opened its Pigsty eatery in a converted shipping container in Wapping Wharf in 2016. The restaurant houses the very same sausage-making machine Olly used to kick start his second career, from rugby in 2013.
Now the company has relocated its main base, which it calls ‘Hog HQ’ to the mixed-use site, which is home to more than 40 independent businesses and 450 homes, with the latter number set to rise to 600 following its current phase of development.
The business will occupy the unit, also made of former shipping containers, that was formerly home to the Wapping Wharf Living marketing suite on Museum Street, next to the CARGO 2 complex of shops, bars and restaurants.
The pork purveyors were previously based on Gloucester Road but moved into its events storage space in Frampton Cotterell, South Gloucestershire where it has been based since the onset of the pandemic.
The new office will provide work and meetings space, a kitchen, which will be used by the business for food photography and product development, as well as space for entertaining.
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The Jolly Hog co-founder Max Kohn, said: "We are really looking forward to being in Wapping Wharf, the atmosphere down there is amazing. It's also a great food hub and inspiration for our retail new product development.
“The office itself is looking just how we wanted it, and you can hardly miss us if you walk past! The new location will aid our retail business alongside Pigsty and we are really looking forward to that.”
Welcoming the move, Stuart Hatton, managing director at Umberslade, the developer of Wapping Wharf, added. “Pigsty has been part of the CARGO community since the very early days.
“It's been great to see this wonderful independent business go from strength to strength over the years and now expand its presence within the neighbourhood.
We wish the whole team all the best with the exciting next chapter in their Jolly Hog adventures."
The Jolly Hog, which employs a team of 13 staff including the three Kohn brothers, also opened a takeaway outlet called On The Trot at Bath Spa railway station in 2020.
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