We have received a Silver Award for our Zizzi Slow Cooked Pork Belly in the BPEX Foodservice Pork product of the Year competition 2013 Best Innovative Pork Product

This is the 1st award of the year for Cross Hands and we hope to continue and improve on our success of last year

Dawn Meats are delighted to announce that they have been shortlisted by the Green Awards 2013 judging panel, chaired by Mr Duncan Stewart, in two categories, the Green Large Manufacturer category and Green Food Producer category. 

Dawn Meats Environmental Manager, Mr Charlie Coakley, said that he and all the team were honoured to be amongst the shortlist with international giants such as McDonalds, Musgrave’s and GSK, and are looking forward to the awards ceremony on 18th April.

Dawn Meats have a strong environmental sustainability policy and are committed to continual improvement in this critical area of our business.

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Thanks to Pearse Kelly of Teagasc for his contribution to our Christmas Newsletter. We hope you find his article on Forage Quality useful and interesting.

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We were delighted to be shortlisted as finalists in two categories at the recent Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Awards.

The annual awards are intended to encourage, recognise and reward excellence in energy management in the industrial, commercial, community and public sectors.

The awards focus on individuals, groups and organisations who demonstrate a commitment to include energy management as part of their overall management structure and provide an opportunity for organisations, regardless of size, to gain public recognition for their achievements in reducing energy use and emissions. This is the eighth year of this national initiative which is the only awards scheme recognising best practice in energy performance, management and design.

Dawn Meats were nominated in the following categories:

- Energy Efficiency Award – Large Users
- Sustainable Energy Innovation Award

Congratulations to all the winners on the night!

The Dawn Meats team pictured with Mary Kennedy, from L to R: Tom Hyland, Donal Coughlan, Brian Cloonan, Niall Browne, Charlie Coakley, Philip Tallon and Francis Dwane. 

In mid October, Dawn Meats exhibited at SIAL, Europe's premier food fair which welcomed visitors from around the world to Paris.

At SIAL, Ireland's unique natural sustainable credentials in beef production were to the fore.

We were delighted to welcome An Taoiseach Enda Kenny to the stand where he savoured our specially prepared beef canapés created by our New Product Development Chef David Angell.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny sampling our spiced pulled beef with horseradish and beetroot relish

An Taoiseach Enday Kenny with Niall Browne, CEO and Paul Nolan, Group Development Manager, Dawn Meats.

Above: Members of team 3 in the Dawn Meats ‘Apprentice’ style challenge pictured with MEP for Agriculture at the National Ploughing Championships in Heathpark, New Ross. 

(Front row from Left - Ger Kennedy, Fintan Purcell, Mairead McGuinness, Eddie Condon, back row from left - Celia Cathelin, John Tarmey.) 

The Premium Butcher mobile shop visited the ploughing championships in New Ross as part of this years ‘Apprentice Challenge’. The challenge is part of the Dawn Graduate Development programme being run by the Irish Management Institute with 20 Dawn graduates from a variety of business areas and sites taking part. The course covers a range of business subjects and incorporates practical exercises such as this and is customised to ensure it is relevant for the Dawn business and is aimed at developing the graduates. 

The challenge which is part of the programme was run over the three days of the ploughing championships with a team on each day running The Premium Butcher mobile shop. The objectives for each team were to sell as much meat as possible on the day and to increase sales and awareness of The Premium Butcher website. The teams were also attempting to get as many people as possible to subscribe to the monthly newsletter and download the new Premium Butcher App. All involved found it an interesting challenge and despite being exhausted at the end, thoroughly enjoyed the experience which gave them the opportunity to meet with many interesting people such as Mairead McGuiness who is pictured above. 

The 10% discount which was offered to promote the website on the day is available to all until the end of November using the below code online at www.ThePremiumButcher.ie.  

Code:  “Ploughing 3”

Online 10% discount promo code valid until Nov. 30th

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