Kens Meat Market was founded in 1973, becoming Clifton Quality Meats in 1996 after re-locating to a state of the art premise, to where it remains to operate to this day.

In January 2003 the company merged with R. Benson Catering Meats Ltd purveyors of quality meats dating back to the early 1900’s.

Under the leadership of the Rigby family who have been farmers for over 100 years, the company continues to employ its family values that have been at the forefront of its success.

In 2002 the company expanded from its Blackpool site to obtain a purpose built unit at Leeds. Our delivery areas are now expanding from the North West to the borders of Scotland and down to Home Counties, across from Wales to Humberside

In 2007 we launched our own branded product, Northern Gold Beef and Northern Gold Lamb; you can find more information on these products via the Northern Gold link on the home page.

The company has in excess of 60 employees within the two main sites. All employees are trained in Basic Food Hygiene and/or National Vocational Certificate level 1 and 2 with Supervisors and senior management trained to NVQ level 3 and HACCP Principles.

The main site is accredited by EFSIS to the BRC (British Retail Consortium) standard Grade B, and also STS (Support Training Services) as well as being a member of the NACB National Association of Catering Butchers). We hold a fully approved cutting plant licence E.C Number 4820, and are regularly monitored by the Meat Hygiene Standards on behalf of the Food Standards Agency and in accordance with Food Standards Regulations 853/2004 the E.C Directives.

. All areas are temperature controlled and monitored by high tech systems providing complete cold chain throughout production to delivery vehicles. We have a full written procedures and a HACCP Plan in place which is reviewed on an on going basis and put together by a full cross-section of the employees and an external verifier, thus ensuring full compliance.

All suppliers are E.C approved, and are be able to demonstrate total traceability from procurement through to delivery.

The company’s customer base includes many large institutions through to smaller independent customers, where the finished product is prepared to their individual specifications, and the company continues to grow due to the high standards we set.