Brown Brothers
Brown Brothers is the original business in what is now Browns Food Group. It began as the Brown family's butcher's shop in Biggar in 1885, and moved to a new factory in Dumfriesshire in 1993.
Today it specialises in quality cooked and sliced meats: whole muscle joints (including QMS-approved meats), added-value slicing to 5mm or 10mm, shredded and diced meats such as pulled pork, shredded chicken and shredded beef, and slicing logs made to customers' specifications.
The site grew in phases from 35,000 sq ft (1996) to 150,000 sq ft (2014), with laser slicing lines, high-speed slicers and thermoforming. An extension of just under 5,000 m² was opened by the Princess Royal in March 2024.
- Part of the business
- Manufacturing
- Since
- 1885
- Company
- Browns Manufacturing Limited (formerly Brown Brothers Manufacturing Ltd)
- Website
- brownbrothers.netLive (checked 9 October 2026)Live; its home page still leads with a COVID-19 notice.
Shown on the brand's own website, not yet verified: BRCGS Food Safety, Red Tractor, RSPCA Assured, Investors in People Silver. We'll list accreditations on the Quality page once we've seen current certificates.
Covered by the group's 2026 Modern Slavery Statement.
To confirm with Browns: Please confirm the description, the 150,000 sq ft figure and the accreditations shown on brownbrothers.net.
Sources: brownbrothers.net (About, Products) · Our Story · News, 2022 and 2024 · Companies House SC105710
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