Doherty Meats, a household name in Derry, is to exhibit at one of the world’s biggest food fairs this spring.
The four-day Alimentaria is Spain’s premier food fair is expected to attract in the region of 150,000 visitors when it takes place from 31 March to 3 April next.
Held every two years, it is recognised as one of the most important food and drinks trade shows in the world, attracting almost 4,000 exhibitors from the major international operators in food and drink manufacturing, distribution and trade.
James Doherty (Meats) Ltd. is one of Ireland’s oldest meat processors, producing a range of sausages, minced beef products, bacon, hams and puddings.
With origins in retail butchery going back to the early 19th century, it remains family owned and managed – now into the sixtth generation.
James Doherty opened his butcher’s shop in Derry in 1830. The business was continued by his son and grandson and by 1945 comprised a small retail chain owned by Thomas J Doherty. In that year our current chairman, James Doherty, joined his father and began a process of expansion and development into processed beef and pork products.
Today the company is managed by James Doherty’s sons, Seamus and Ian. In 2010 the hand-over to a sixth generation began.
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