Company type | Private limited company |
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Industry | Farming Food products |
Founded | 1950 |
Founder | Bernard Matthews |
Headquarters | Great Witchingham, Norfolk, England |
Key people | Robert Burnett (Chief Executive Officer) |
Products | Turkey products |
Revenue | £341.4 million (12 months ended 1 July 2012)[1] |
£5.3 million (12 months ended 1 July 2012)[1] | |
£2.0 million (12 months ended 1 July 2012)[1] | |
Owner | Ranjit Singh Boparan |
Number of employees | 2,575 |
Website | www.bernardmatthews.com |
Bernard Matthews Foods Limited[2][3] is a British farming and food products business with its headquarters in Great Witchingham, Norfolk, England, which specialises in turkey products.
Founded by Bernard Matthews in 1950, it has 56 farms throughout Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire farming nearly 7 million turkeys each year.[4] It also has poultry production operations in Derby and Sunderland. The company breeds and rears both indoor and free range turkeys on its farms, and is an integrated agricultural business.