Lloyd Maunder
Lloyd Maunder are an
History
FJP Maunder established a
In the interwar period, the company expanded quickly in both its meat processing capacity, and its retail division. The company expanded into the production of lamb, beef and sausages. Like many butchers it suffered during World War II with rationing of meat (at the start of the war most was imported), but as it was based where many of the farm producers were located, managed to survive in good shape through its long-term relationships.
Present
Lloyd Maunder began processing chicken in 1958, which by the 2000s at the Willand plant had become the dominant part of the company's output and turnover. In January 2008, the company sold the division to 2 Sisters Food Group.[1]
In 2005, the company had bought Dewhurst Butchers Ltd an MBO based in Tunbridge Wells Kent who had purchased it from the receivers of the Vestey Group in 1995. They went into administration in 2007, Also in 2008 former Lloyd Maunder director Andrew Maunder set up a new limited company (West Country Family Butchers Ltd) and purchased the 14 Lloyd Maunder branded butchers shops, which still trade under the Lloyd Maunder name. This company has since added its own sausage making facility on the outskirts of Exeter.
References
- ^ "2 Sisters Food Group Buys Lloyd Maunder". thepoultrysite.com. 22 January 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
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