The Dawn Group was established in 1980 in Waterford, Republic of Ireland. It is one of Europe's leading food processing companies. It forms part of the Queally Group, Ireland's largest privately owned agri-business.

The Group processes 500,000 cattle and 1,500,000 lamb per year, from which it produces 200,000 tonnes of added value meat products, including 55,000 tonnes of consumer packs which are delivered daily to Europe's leading retail outlets.

Dawn operates technically advanced slaughter, de-boning, shelf-ready retail packing and cooking facilities strategically placed throughout Europe. With regards to its range of consumer and convenience products the Dawn Group operates an efficient new product development department in a number of it's value-added food operations that produce convenience, burger, speciality and cooked foods.

Our retail packing plants are located throughout Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales and produce shelf ready retail packs of all species for the Irish and UK multiples for daily delivery.

Dawn's distribution and sales operations are located in Ireland, France, Italy, Holland, Spain and the UK.
Employing 2,600 people, we are experienced in supplying fresh vacuum packed and frozen meat products of the highest quality to over 40 countries worldwide.

Group Headquarters is situated in Waterford, Ireland.

Mission Statement
The Dawn Group is dedicated to being the low cost, value for money supplier to our customer's world-wide, achieving this through:

 Our People
 Our Product Development
 Our Close Relationships with both our customer and our Suppliers.
 Our Production technology and by continuously raising our Quality standards.

A policy of hands on management has enabled the implementation of stringent quality procedures and a guarantee of products that comply with the exacting standards demanded by our customers.

The key to growth has been our investment in people, process technology, research and new product development.

Product design and development, modern and efficient production techniques that meet the specifications of our customers in terms of food safety and quality are the keys to our success.

As a Group, we have kept these core beliefs at the forefront of our strategic thinking and our emphasis on food safety ensures that the quality of our product is second to none.

The Group's strategy for the future will be to continue development of our core divisions with a customer driven approach, thus enhancing our reputation as a highly competitive, quality food producer.