Myton Food Group

What Myton Food Group does

Myton Food Group is a UK-based food manufacturing and processing company that operates as the wholly-owned manufacturing arm of Morrisons Supermarket. Headquartered at Cutler Heights, Bradford, the group runs 19 manufacturing sites across England and Wales and employs between 5,001 and 10,000 people. Its portfolio spans seven operating divisions — Meat (Woodhead Bros, Winsford), Chilled Foods (Greenside, Deeside), Bakery and Eggs (Rathbones Bakery, Chippindale Foods), Seafood (International Seafoods at Grimsby, Falfish in Cornwall), Produce (vegetable and fruit packing at Rushden), Horticulture (Flowerworld Derby, Lowlands Nursery Spalding), and Pet Food Kitchen — producing fresh meats, fish, bakery goods, cooked meats, eggs, fruit and vegetables, flowers, and pet food. Core technology is industrial food processing and packaging automation, including camera graders for produce quality assessment, fully automated robot packing, Multipond weighing systems for cooked meats, and purpose-built seafood facilities; Morrisons is identified as the primary B2B customer across all divisions.

The company generates revenue through wholesale B2B supply of manufactured and processed food to Morrisons, with pricing not publicly disclosed. Its go-to-market is relationship-based direct corporate sales to Morrisons as the captive anchor customer, supplemented by established supply partnerships with over 2,700 British farmers and 70+ partner fishing vessels. The business model is anchored in vertical integration from farm to store, with full traceability (notably the Elite Beef integrated dairy-beef supply chain tracking 16,000+ calves from birth to slaughter), and substantial scale advantages: UK's largest fresh chilled food manufacturing site at Greenside, 190,000 sq ft cooked meats facility at Deeside, 100M+ vegetable packs and 200M+ fruit packs annually, 290 tonnes of cooked meats per week, 500+ tonnes of fish per week, and 900+ tonnes of bakery per week. Recent strategy has combined bolt-on acquisitions (Falfish 2021, Lowlands 2020, Chippindale 2018) with sustained capex in automation (£45m in vegetables, £35m in fruit) and sustainability initiatives (BSI-verified carbon neutral eggs, EUDR compliance, Harper Adams School of Sustainable Food and Farming co-founding).

Name

Myton Food Group

Legal name

Myton Food Group

Website

https://mytonfoodgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Manufacturing

NAICS

Food Manufacturing (311), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (31171), Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing (311411), Frozen Food Manufacturing (31141)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013), Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092), Bakery Products (2050), Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030)

akta.pro primary industry

Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood Manufacturing (AFAKACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Frozen Prepared Meat & Seafood Meals (AFANAFAC), Deli Meats & Luncheon Meats (Sliced/Portioned Cold Cuts) (AFANAEAD), Breakfast & brunch prepared items manufacturing (AFAKAHAH)

Keywords

• Food manufacturing
• Meat processing
• Seafood processing
• Bakery production
• Fresh produce supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Bradford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Food Manufacturing & Processing: B2B wholesale supply of manufactured and processed food products including fresh meats, fish, chilled foods, bakery, produce, horticulture and eggs to Morrisons supermarket and potentially other retailers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Myton Food Group is a UK-based food manufacturing and processing company that packs, processes, and supplies fresh and chilled food products including meats (beef, pork, lamb), seafood (salmon, whitefish, crustaceans), bakery goods, eggs, fruit and vegetables, cooked meats, horticulture products, and pet food. The company operates 19 manufacturing sites across the United Kingdom, serving Morrisons Supermarket as its primary customer through direct B2B wholesale supply relationships.

Product overview

Myton Food Group is a food manufacturing and processing company operating 19 sites across the UK, rooted in the Morrisons Supermarket business. The company operates as a multi-division food production platform with distinct divisions for Meat (Woodhead Bros, Winsford), Chilled Foods (Greenside, Deeside), Bakery and Eggs (Chippindale Foods, Rathbones Bakery), Seafood (International Seafoods Limited Grimsby, Falfish Cornwall), Produce (vegetable and fruit packing), Horticulture (Flowerworld Derby, Lowlands Nursery Spalding), and Pet Food Kitchen. The portfolio includes acquired brands (Woodhead Bros since 1991, Rathbones Bakery 2005, Falfish 2021) alongside purpose-built facilities, unified by the company's supply chain connecting directly to over 2,700 British farmers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Elite Beef: Integrated beef scheme established in 2013, supplying consistent high-quality beef with full traceability from birth to slaughter through an integrated Dairy Beef Supply Chain with over 16,000 calves.
• Greenside
• RAWW Pet Foods
• Planet Friendly Eggs

Products and services

• Meat Division (Woodhead Bros) Meat processing and butchery division sourcing and processing beef, pork and lamb directly from over 2,700 British farms, with abattoir operations including 1,500+ skilled butchers producing cuts for Morrisons butchery counters.
• Chilled Foods Division (Greenside & Deeside) Fresh chilled and cooked meat manufacturing producing bacon, quiche, pies, sausages, gammon and cooked meats. Greenside is the UK's largest fresh chilled food manufacturing site on 10 acres in Bradford; Deeside is a 190,000 sq ft facility producing 290 tonnes of cooked meats weekly across 17 high-speed production lines and over 90 different products.
• Bakery & Eggs Division (Rathbones Bakery & Chippindale Foods) Bakery operation producing over 900 tonnes of bakery goods weekly including loaves, rolls, crumpets, pancakes, pittas and muffins, alongside egg grading and packing (Lion Mark and carbon-neutral Planet Friendly Eggs) and liquid egg manufacturing for further processing.
• Seafood Division (International Seafoods Grimsby & Falfish) Seafood processing of salmon, whitefish, crustaceans and 56 species of fish at BRC, MSC, ASC approved facilities. International Seafoods in Grimsby employs 450+ people producing 500+ tonnes of fish weekly; Falfish in Cornwall sources from 70+ partner fishing vessels with a 4,500 sqm Redruth site employing 150+ staff.
• Produce Division Vegetable packing (over 100 million packs of potatoes, carrots and onions annually) and fruit packing (over 200 million packs annually covering nuts to salad, citrus, top fruit, grapes and blueberries), using camera graders and fully automated robot packing technology.
• Horticulture Division (Flowerworld & Lowlands) Horticulture production including fresh flowers and bouquets (Flowerworld in Derby since 1975) and a 30-acre outdoor plant nursery (Lowlands in Spalding) producing a variety of outdoor plants in many pot sizes.
• Petfood Kitchen (RAWW Pet Foods)

Quantifiable outcome

• 1899 founding year with legacy of over 125 years in food business
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• School of Sustainable Food and Farming at Harper Adams UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Founding member alongside NFU and McDonald's. The School was set up to provide consistent messages, training, research and skills for current and future generations of farmers in meeting the climate change crisis.
• Map of AgcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2021Industry leading company partnered to develop tried and tested farm emissions measurement system which calculates farm emissions as part of Net Zero Agriculture programme.
• Project UK Fisheries Improvement Project (FIP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Falfish are supporters and funders of Project UK FIP - a multi-stakeholder initiative designed to improve fisheries towards sustainability and MSC certification.
• Elite BeefcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Integrated beef scheme established in 2013 with own integrated Dairy Beef Supply Chain. Works transparently with farmers sharing knowledge and good practice. Over 16,000 calves in the supply chain with full traceability from rearer to finisher.

Scale indicators18 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Nomad Foods: Europe's largest frozen food company (Birds Eye, Findus, Iglo) producing frozen fish, vegetables and prepared meals for European retailers. Comparable frozen food manufacturing scale and category overlap with Myton's produce and fish divisions, though broader geographic footprint.
• Premier Foods plc: UK-listed ambient food manufacturer behind brands such as Mr Kipling, Bisto, and Batchelors. While not a direct competitor on fresh/chilled, Premier is a significant UK food manufacturer with similar grocery retailer customers and complementary packaged food categories.

Direct peers

• Bakkavor Group: The UK's largest provider of fresh prepared food (chilled meals, salads, desserts, bread, pizza) to major grocers including Tesco, Sainsbury's, and M&S. Bakkavor's model of dedicated multi-category manufacturing for grocery retailers is the closest direct analogue to Myton's Morrisons-focused operating model.
• Hilton Food Group: UK-listed meat packing and food solutions business that partners with retailers (Tesco, Ahold Delhaize) for central meat-cutting, packing, and prepared protein products. Closely comparable to Myton's Winsford and Woodhead meat processing operations.
• Tulip Ltd: UK subsidiary of Danish Crown and one of the largest pork and bacon producers in Europe, supplying major UK retailers with fresh and processed pork products. Direct competitor in cooked meats and pork processing to Myton's Deeside and Woodhead operations.
• Greencore Group: UK and Ireland-based convenience food manufacturer serving leading grocery retailers with sandwiches, salads, chilled meals, and prepared foods. Comparable B2B contract-manufacturing model with significant single-customer retailer exposure.
• Sofina Foods: UK and Ireland food manufacturer with pork, poultry, seafood, and bakery operations serving major retailers and foodservice. Comparable multi-protein, multi-category UK private manufacturer with similar grocery-retail customer base.
• Young's Seafood: UK's largest seafood supplier producing branded and retailer-label frozen, chilled, and prepared fish products. Direct peer for Myton's Grimsby International Seafoods and Falfish divisions across salmon, whitefish and value-added seafood categories.
• 2 Sisters Food Group: One of the UK's largest food manufacturers, supplying pies, bread, chicken, frozen and chilled foods to grocery retailers. Comparable multi-category private food manufacturer with similar scale and UK retailer customer base.
• Cranswick plc: UK food producer focused on pork, sausages, cooked meats, and continental products supplying major UK grocers. Direct overlap with Myton's Woodhead Bros (meat) and Deeside (cooked meats) operations, including the value-added prepared meats category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

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Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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