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OLIVER CARTY Ireland’s Trusted Pork and Bacon Supplier
Tradition
“The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive.”
George Santayana
ABOUT OLIVER CARTY
Oliver Carty is one of Ireland’s largest pork and bacon suppliers. We pride ourselves
in offering top quality retailer branded and own branded products in tandem
with Ireland’s largest retailers. Established in the 1950s by the late Oliver Carty, the
company is now owned and managed by Oliver’s son Ted.
Operating from two plants in Athlone with total capacity of 90,000 square feet. Both
of our plants are under the control of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the
Marine, our plant number is IE 784 EC. Our plants are registered with and a member
of the Bord Bia Quality Assurance Scheme and we are a member of Origin Green. We
are accredited to the Global Standard for Food Safety (BRC) and we are a certified
member of the Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association (IOFGA).
Our journey to date has been encouraging, starting out on a small scale with a
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OUR PEOPLE – OUR STRENGTH
“At Oliver Carty we believe in excellence. Quality is at In order to continually improve on and grow our business we constantly invest in
the centre of everything we do. Supplying quality pork the training and skill development of our team. We encourage and support ongoing
and bacon products is a tradition for us – we’ve been employee development ensuring we remain at the fore. We attribute our success to
doing it for over 50 years. A sense of “Irishness” is at the the strong work ethic amongst our 150 highly skilled and dedicated staff and our
cornerstone of our business. desire to continuously improve on our core range of products.
Every week the equivalent of 4,000 Irish pigs are Our staff is diverse and ranges from experts in quality, finance, sales, new product
processed through our plants. Supporting Irish farmers development, human resources to our skilled production operatives. Our product
and Irish jobs in conjunction with our retail partners lies portfolio spans over 160 product lines and we take pride in the knowledge that over
at the very core of our business. 25% of all pre-packaged bacon and rashers sold in
Ireland originates from our plants. Our product range
We attribute our success to the strong work ethic
is diverse and encompasses traditional cured products
amongst our dedicated staff and our desire to
such as bacon joints and rashers along with speciality
continuously improve on our core range of products.
cures and bespoke products like our Great Taste Best
Our combined efforts as a team has enabled our
Irish Specialty Award Winning Smoked Rack of Bacon.
business to grow and deliver on our strategic goal of
championing innovation as the vehicle to meet and
exceed consumer expectations.”
Ted Carty
Managing Director at Oliver Carty
Quality
“Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.”
John Ruskin
OLIVER CARTY PORK CUTS
pork loin
pork
gigot
OUR PRODUCTS
pork fillet
pork leg As Ireland’s leading pork and bacon processing specialists, we have the capability
pork and capacity to process a wide and varied range of pork and bacon products as high
shoulder pork belly
pork ribs volume everyday lines or bespoke premium products.
We continually invest in and upgrade our operations so that we have the most
pork hock efficient and effective manufacturing process. Our state of the art machinery,
complex IT systems, skilled workforce, distribution channels and retail partners
ensure that we are ‘best in class’.
We continue to champion innovation in all of our
products and have won a plethora of awards for our
efforts - such as the Great Taste, “Best Irish Speciality”
OLIVER CARTY BACON CUTS award in 2012, better know as a “Golden Fork” award
that is one of the highest accolades a company can
win in the food business - often referred to the
“Oscars” of the food industry.
back rasher bacon
bacon back collar
ham
streaky bacon bacon
shoulder
gammon
hock
RASHERS PRIMAL
Rashers have been the core of our business for many Primal Bacon cuts have diversified substantially over
years starting off with fixed and variable weight bulk the years with ease of use and convenience being
packed rashers and then moving on to various fixed paramount for retail butchers, especially at Christmas
weight and fixed price packs. Our flavours have also time where the traditional gammon is still a must
diversified from the standard smoked and unsmoked have for the festive dinner. Responding to changing
types to sea salted, maple, cherrywood and honey consumer habits we have launched smaller more
flavoured varieties. Cure types have also changed convenient gammons like our ‘Easy Carve’ and ‘Ham
from the traditional Wiltshire cured products to modern on the Bone’ products.
reduced salt recipes and our award winning dry cured
We have our own smokehouse and only use natural
rashers.
woods like beach, oak and cherry wood in the smoking
process. We also have our own curing facility where
Packaging concepts and capabilities have also changed
various wet cures and dry cures are carefully applied
throughout the years from the standard vacuum pack
to pork to produce bacon that meets and exceeds all
to gas flushed packs and more recently to Darfresh
requirements from the Department of Agriculture,
(skin-pack) variety. In tune with consumer demands
Food and the Marine, Bord Bia Meat Processor Quality
we have recently launched a breakfast meal kit pack
Assurance Scheme and customer requirements by
in Darfresh packaging which we call the “Breakfast
means of tests carried out in our on-site lab and
for Two”, catering for consumers growing demand for
validated externally.
convenience and reduced left overs.
Our Organic and Free Range rashers have won various
prestigious prizes from the Great Taste Awards over
the years.
BACON JOINTS PORK
Bacon joints and ham fillets have become a major Pork is a versatile product that lends itself to many
part of the business over the past few years. We have dishes. Our pork range is diverse, spanning from
a modern production plant with state of the art everyday household favourites such as Pork Loin
equipment to accurately portion and pack all types of Roast, Pork Loin Chops and Pork-Steak to the more
ham fillets and back joints in tailored packaging. adventurous value added options like our Pork Loin
Our value added products in the category have also marinated in a hot Argentinian flavoured sauce or a mild
grown substantially from our dry cured chops with but flavoursome Honey and Mustard marinade.
mustard butter to the traditional gammon steaks
We also supply convenient pork products such as
with fresh pineapple.
our stuffed pork steak options and pork loin ribs that
minimise preparation time and take the hassle out of
cooking an evening meal.
Our pulled pork in a bbq and apple sauce cooks in
self-venting, oven-able thermoforming film, bringing
a whole new level of convenience to our pork range.
This novel packaging ensures that the meat cooks
uniformly. It is clean cooking, the film does not require
piercing and best of all it is suitable for oven-cook or
microwaveable. The end result is a mouth-watering
pulled pork dish infused with a bbq and apple sauce.
Innovation
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower”
Steve JobsACCREDITATIONS AWARDS
BORD BIA Great Taste Awards 2008
• Approved under the Bord Bia Meat Processor Quality Assurance Scheme • 3 Star Gold Organic Dry Cured Loin of Bacon with a Crunchy Citrus Pepper Coating
• 1 Star Gold Organic Sea Salted Dry Cured Rashers
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Great Taste Awards 2011
• Licensed Plant Number IE 784 EC • 2 Star Gold Smoked Rack of Bacon (Primal)
• 1 Star Gold Smoked Rack of Bacon (Pre-Pack)
British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard For Food Safety
Great Taste Awards 2012
• Grade A • 1 Star Gold Organic Dry Cured Loin of Bacon with a Crunchy Citrus Pepper Coating
• 1 Star Gold Dry Cured Smoked Cherrywood Rasher
Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association (IOFGA) • 3 Star Gold Smoked Rack of Bacon (Primal)
• Licence number: 5541 • Best Irish Specialty Golden Fork Smoked Rack of Bacon
Great Tastes 2013
• 1 Star Gold Organic Dry Cured Slow Roast Smoked Bacon Belly
• 1 Star Gold Organic Dry Cured Smoked Bacon Medallions
• 1 Star Gold Organic Dry Cured Smoked Bacon Lardons
National Organic Awards 2008
• Best Organic Meat Product Ireland
The Natural and Organic Awards 2013
• Best New Organic Food Product 2013 Organic Sea Salted Dry Cured Rasher
SuperValu
• SuperValu Supplier of The Year 2007 National Award Winner – Oliver Carty
• SuperValu Irish Food Producer Awards 2011 Best Innovation Award – Oliver Carty
• SuperValu Irish Food Producer Awards 2011 National Overall Winner – Oliver Carty
Blas Na hÉireann
• Blas Na hÉireann 2009, 2010, 2012 & 2013 Winner National Irish Food AwardsINNOVATION AND NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Our award winning innovation and new product development team constantly push the boundaries of innovation to develop creative meal concepts and ready to cook convenience products that give our consumers a real cooking experience that is effortless and rewarding. Pork and bacon processing might not seem like the most obvious place to find new product innovation but it has been central to our success. We have adopted a ‘best in class’ approach to innovation and new product development. Our kitchen is headed by our own developmental chef who oversees research and development, his innovative flair coupled with his extensive knowledge of the meat industry allows us to develop exciting new products. Our development team is multi-functional and comprises of our developmental chef, technical and food safety co-ordinators, sales and marketing team and has a strong input from operations personnel. Our strong focus on innovation and new product development has enabled our business to adapt and quickly respond to changing consumer needs and habits.
ORIGIN GREEN DNA TRACEBACK FIRST TO MARKET WITH DARFRESH PACKAGING FIRST TO MARKET IN EUROPE WITH PORK AND
FOR PORK AND BACON BACON SELF-VENTING OVENABLE FILM
Oliver Carty is an Origin Green Verified Member Oliver Carty is the first processor in Ireland to use DNA
Traceback on pigmeat to give the ultimate assurance to Oliver Carty were one of the first producers in Ireland to Working closely with one of our packaging suppliers
This means Oliver Carty have made concrete and the consumer. introduce Darfresh (skinpack) packaging to Bacon retail we were successful in being the first meat company
verifiable commitments in accordance with the Origin packs, and the first to utilise this packaging as a multi- in Europe to bring this new technology to the
The DNA TraceBack Programme is a scientific means
Green sustainability charter to becoming a more product pack e.g. the Oliver Carty Breakfast Pack which marketplace.
of guaranteeing the Irish origins of pigmeat, whether contains rashers, sausages, white and black pudding in
sustainable producer. it’s fresh or processed. Unlike paper based traceability The constant vent pressure provides for even steam
one convenient pack.
systems which rely on product labels, the DNA release during the cooking process; meaning the meat
See www.origingreen.ie for more details. TraceBack programme scientifically tests pigmeat cooks uniformly, enhancing the meat texture and
FIRST TO MARKET WITH NATURAL CURED RASHER
products and checks them against a National DNA flavour. The heat solidifies the base of the packaging
Database of Irish boars. After many years of research, trial and error and allowing the base film to form into a solid tray during
regulatory compliance we finally launched a rasher the cooking process retaining any cook-out, this can
The National DNA Database was developed in product made with 100% natural ingredients. We were then be used to make a gravy or stock.
conjunction with Irish Pig Producers and the Irish first to market in Ireland with this product. Instead of
Farmers Association. using conventional preservatives to cure bacon we have
developed a bespoke cure utilising a natural celery, sea
salt and sugar blend to achieve the particular colour
and taste that we all love in our rashers!Partnership
“Partnership is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there.
And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don’t have
trust the partnership will crumble”
Stieg LarssonPARTNERSHIPS
Oliver Carty is built on foundations of strong family values and fostering a business VALUE ADD SPECIALIST PARTNERS ORGANIC AND FREE RANGE PARTNERS
ethos based on honesty, trust and reputation. Our philosophy is to form long standing
AVO from Osnabruck in Germany has been in existence Established in 1992 by a group of organic farmers,
relationships with our customers and partners ensuring we share common values and
for over 150 years. With more than 550 employees and Friland, a subsidiary of the Danish Crown Group, is a
goals; this approach has been paramount to our success to date in aligning with
numerous foreign representatives, AVO is one of the specialist in the processing and handling of organic pigs.
like-minded partners.
leading spice specialists in Germany and Europe. AVO
Accountability, credibility and food safety are the core
RETAIL PARTNERS have developed successful partnerships with large
values of Friland. Oliver Carty is proud to work in close
international retail chains and processors globally
From small beginnings Oliver Carty has evolved into a large scale professional outfit, partnership with Friland. Like Oliver Carty, Friland take
including Oliver Carty.
the success of which can be attributed to our long standing partnership with the a responsible approach to the environment, welfare of
Musgrave Group. Since 1995 Oliver Carty has supplied SuperValu and Centra stores With a product range of more than 5,000 products, AVO animals and farmers.
across the country. We are now category partners supplying SuperValu and Centra offers a complete range of:
For further information on Friland visit www.friland.dk.
own label (butcher counter), bacon and rasher requirements across all their stores in • Natural spice condiments
the Republic of Ireland. • Liquid spices and flavourings
• Marinades and dressings
Great tasting, high quality products and a keen sense
of consumer trends are the essential components of
AVO’s success.
For more information on AVO visit www.avo.de.enOLIVER CARTY
Monksland Industrial Estate, Monksland,
Athlone, Co. Roscommon, Ireland
phone: +353 906 492742 fax: +353 906 498 205
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