Manor Farm is the chicken brand of Carton Bros. and is one of the
oldest family companies in Ireland dating back to 1775. The company
is now in the 8th generation of the Carton family with Vincent
Carton currently Managing Director.
Proud of its Irishness the company employs 650 people directly,
contracts a further 150 farmers and gives indirect employment to
many more throughout the 26 counties. Manor Farm is committed to
this Love Irish Food campaign which will guarantee you the consumer
that Irish products are kept on the shelves and will keep jobs in
Ireland.
During the 1960's Manor Farm were the first to bring the chicken
as we know it today into the Ireland and laid the foundations for
the chicken industry that now exists. During that period most
chickens were grown in the countryside, mainly in Co. Monaghan and
transported to Dublin for slaughtering. Nowadays Manor Farm - with
its unique plant number IE 803 EC - has one of the most modern
processing facilities in Europe producing up to 600,00 birds per
week at its home in the heart of Co. Cavan. The company supplies
its Irish customers from all the major supermarkets, your local
stores and butchers as well as for sale abroad.
Manor Farm is totally integrated with our own feed mill, growing
farms, hatchery and production plant- all here in Ireland. Indeed
the production plant at Shercock has recently completed a major
€13m overhaul and is now one of the most modern and sophisticated
in Europe.
Consistent within Manor Farm at all times is dedication to Quality
and the production of unique and very tasty chicken products from
the best chicken that we ourselves produce.
The company prides itself on the number of Awards consistently
achieved down the years and continues to invest heavily in quality
assurance through its highly trained quality assurance personnel
and quality systems. The range of products we produce within the
company is enormous catering for every customers need. Indeed the
New Product Development Team is constantly producing many new
winning products currently on sale today.
Among the many awards we have are
- Overall National Hygiene & Food Safety Winner 2008
- ISO 22000 - first poultry plant in Ireland to get this
accreditation
- ISO 9001 2000
- B.R.C. issue 4 higher level
- Bord Bía quality assurance scheme on farm and processing (1st
chicken company in Ireland to be accredited)
- Quality mark
- Hygiene Mark
- Winner of the supreme hygiene award within the poultry category
on numerous occasions
The Manor Farm numbers are
- 234 - number of years Carton Group has been established.
- 640,000 - average number of birds processed per week - that's
equivalent to the weight of 130 double decker buses!
- Capability - 1,000,000 birds per week.
- 265,000 square feet - the size of the ultra modern new
factory.
- 4.5kms - size of new on-line chill - equivalent to 10 laps of
an average sized Gaelic football field.
- 3.15 Hours - time from factory entry to dispatch of a packaged
chicken.
- 650 - number of Manor Farm employees.
- 150 contracted farmers.
- 11,000 - birds processed per hour.
- €165m company turnover - €137m of which is spent in the 26
counties.
- €20m - company wages & salaries.
Manor Farm
Shercock, Co. Cavan. Ireland
Tel: 042-9691100
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