Meat processing and food manufacturing
At Kirkconnel, Brown Brothers runs butchery, cooking, high-risk and slicing operations, with laser slicing lines, high-speed slicers and thermoforming. A 2023 extension added Scottish pork butchery capacity, more cooking capacity and a new blast freezer.
Hall's of Scotland's two Prestwick factories can produce more than 1,000 tonnes a week. Fenton Barns makes poultry and Scottish specialities in East Lothian, and FoodPro makes ready meals in Wigan.
- manufacturing sites
- 7
- at Kirkconnel
- 150,000 sq ft
- a week at Hall's, Prestwick
- 1,000+ tonnes
Butchery
Including increased capacity for Scottish pork at Kirkconnel.
Cooking
Roast, steam-cooked, pasteurised, sous vide and slow-cooked.
Slicing and portioning
Laser and high-speed slicing; shredding and dicing to specification.
Packing
Thermoformed retail packs, catering packs and bulk formats.
Chilled and frozen
Blast freezing and IQF production.
Product development
In-house NPD teams and development chefs, working with customers.
To confirm with Browns: Which sites make up the seven manufacturing sites? Please confirm the processes at each.
The businesses behind it
Our sites
- Head office and cooked meat factory
Kirkconnel
Kelloholm, Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, DG4 6RBOur head office, and the Brown Brothers factory where we've made cooked and sliced meats since moving to Dumfriesshire in 1993.
About this site - Hall's of Scotland factories
Prestwick
Prestwick, Ayrshire, KA9 2NSHome of Hall's of Scotland: two factories making sausages, haggis, puddings, burgers and more, chilled and frozen.
About this site - Cooked meat and poultry factory
Fenton Barns
North Berwick, East Lothian, EH39 5AQA 100,000 sq ft East Lothian site with its roots in poultry, now also making haggis, black pudding and marinated ribs.
About this site - FoodPro ready meal factory
Wigan
Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN3 5DQFoodPro's 80,000 sq ft site, making chilled and frozen ready meals: hand-crafted or fully automated.
About this site - Pork abattoir (Quality Pork Processors)
Brechin
Brechin, Angus, DD9 7RUQuality Pork Processors Limited, covered by the group's 2026 Modern Slavery Statement, is registered at the abattoir on Montrose Road.
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