Ballymena butchers wins Spar top supplier award

A local company has been named as one of Northern Ireland’s top SPAR suppliers at the Balmoral Show, thanks to its environmentally friendly practices.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th May 2014, 17:12 BST
From left, Gordon McAtamney, K&G McAtamney; David Small, Deputy Secretary, DARD; Neal Kelly, Fresh Foods Director, Henderson Group and Martin Agnew, Henderson Group, at the SPAR Local Suppliers Awards at the Balmoral Show. Photo by Aaron McCracken/HarrisonsFrom left, Gordon McAtamney, K&G McAtamney; David Small, Deputy Secretary, DARD; Neal Kelly, Fresh Foods Director, Henderson Group and Martin Agnew, Henderson Group, at the SPAR Local Suppliers Awards at the Balmoral Show. Photo by Aaron McCracken/Harrisons
From left, Gordon McAtamney, K&G McAtamney; David Small, Deputy Secretary, DARD; Neal Kelly, Fresh Foods Director, Henderson Group and Martin Agnew, Henderson Group, at the SPAR Local Suppliers Awards at the Balmoral Show. Photo by Aaron McCracken/Harrisons

K & G McAtamney Butchery and Deli, supplies SPAR exclusively with a range of tray packed, ready to cook beef, lamb, pork and poultry.

The Henderson Group, owners of the SPAR franchise in Northern Ireland and a platinum sponsor of the Balmoral Show, held the SPAR Local Suppliers’ Awards to mark the excellent produce, practices and ranges of the companies it works with.

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K & G McAtamney won the Tomorrow Matters award, named after the Henderson Group’s own CSR strategy - focussed on People, Planet and Place - for the company which gives back to their own community, the environment and/or encourages team development.

Judges were impressed with McAtamney’s new purpose built, state-of-the-art 18,000 sq.ft. factory in Ballymena which has a full heat recovery system and plans for a biomass boiler.

The workforce has doubled to almost 70, with volumes being supplied to the Henderson Group continuing to increase.

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