Gressingham Foods

What Gressingham Foods does

Gressingham Foods is a UK-based supplier of duck and poultry products serving three end markets: retailers, manufacturers, and caterers. Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Woodbridge, the company operates with 501 to 1,000 employees, placing it in the mid-market segment of British protein processors. Its core business is the production and supply of duck and other poultry, leveraging a recognized UK duck brand and a multi-channel distribution model that spans grocery, industrial ingredient customers, and food service operators.

The company's product offering centers on duck and poultry rather than a software or technology platform, and no proprietary technology stack, AI capabilities, or digital product surface is disclosed in the available data. Revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed; pricing is not published, and the website (gressinghamduck.co.uk) was inaccessible during data collection, preventing confirmation of e-commerce, product catalog, or digital channel detail. The company remains privately held, with no public ticker or disclosed parent company, and no subsidiaries, investments, or funding rounds are on record in the input data.

The only material recent strategic action on record is the December 10, 2024 acquisition of Central Foods, a UK foodservice distributor, for an undisclosed amount. This move deepens Gressingham's exposure to the catering channel and consolidates its position across the retail, manufacturing, and foodservice verticals. Beyond this transaction, no further M&A, leadership changes, product launches, partnerships, regulatory actions, or geographic expansions are documented in the source material, and there are no named customer logos, segment-level revenue splits, or pricing benchmarks to triangulate scale.

Name

Gressingham Foods

Website

https://gressinghamduck.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Gressingham Foods is a UK-based supplier of duck and poultry founded in 1971, serving retailers, manufacturers, and caterers from its base in Woodbridge with 501-1,000 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Poultry and Duck Processing

NAICS

Poultry Processing (311615), Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers (42444)

SIC

Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015)

akta.pro primary industry

Duck & Goose Production (Waterfowl) (AFAEADAG)

Keywords

• Duck products
• Poultry supply
• Meat processing
• Food manufacturing
• Poultry wholesale

Headquarters

HQ city

Woodbridge

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel

Core offering

Gressingham Foods is a UK-based processor and supplier of duck and poultry products, selling into retail grocery, food manufacturing, and catering channels. Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Woodbridge, the company operates a 501–1,000 person organization focused on branded and processed poultry output for business customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Duck and Poultry Products Processed duck and poultry items produced by Gressingham Foods and sold to retail grocery, food manufacturing, and catering business customers. The product range sits under the Gressingham duck brand and is supplied to downstream buyers in the United Kingdom.

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Tyson Foods: Largest US poultry and protein producer serving retail, foodservice, and industrial customers worldwide; useful broad incumbent benchmark for category economics and global dynamics.
• Pilgrim's Pride: One of the world's largest poultry processors and owner of Moy Park; relevant as the parent of a direct UK peer and as a global incumbent benchmark for processing scale.
• JBS: Largest global meat and poultry processor with diversified retail and foodservice channels; provides broad-incumbent benchmarking for scale, cost competitiveness, and category dynamics.
• Maple Leaf Foods: Canadian protein and poultry producer with branded and prepared poultry products; relevant as a diversified poultry peer across retail and foodservice channels.
• 2 Sisters Food Group: One of the largest UK food manufacturers with deep poultry processing supplying grocery and foodservice customers; a clear incumbent peer given overlapping retail and caterer channels.
• Cargill Protein & Food: Global agribusiness with a sizable European protein and poultry footprint; relevant as a broad incumbent in animal-protein supply chains comparable to Gressingham's vertical profile.
• Cranswick plc: Major UK food producer with significant poultry (alongside pork) operations serving retailers and foodservice; comparable in customer base, channel exposure, and integrated UK processing footprint.

Direct peers

• Moy Park: UK and Ireland-based poultry processor (owned by Pilgrim's Pride) supplying retail and foodservice; directly comparable in product category, geography, and channel mix.
• Bernard Matthews: Iconic UK turkey and poultry brand serving retail and foodservice; directly comparable as a UK heritage poultry brand competing in similar end markets to Gressingham.
• Cherry Valley Farms: UK-based duck breeding and production company focused on the waterfowl category; directly comparable to Gressingham's duck heritage and core product specialization.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/remarkableduck
• Facebookfacebook.com/gressinghampeople

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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