Sysco announces acquisition of Scottish specialist meat supplier Campbell’s Prime Meat

29th October 2024

Sysco GB, the market leading foodservice provider, has today announced that it has acquired Campbell’s Prime Meat, the leading specialist meat and fish supplier in Scotland.

Campbell’s Prime Meat currently employs 325 people at its Linlithgow site in Scotland. It has built an enviable reputation over the past 100 years, providing top quality meat, fish and deli products to food businesses and consumers in Scotland and through online sales across the UK.

Commenting on the acquisition, Paul Nieduszynski, CEO of Sysco GB, said: “We are delighted that Campbell’s Prime Meat will be joining Sysco GB. It is a great business with a fantastic reputation for producing high quality meat, fish and deli items, combined with exceptional levels of service and championing independent customers in Scotland. We believe that it is a brilliant fit for Sysco and will bring a huge benefit for our customers by strengthening our Scottish proposition.

“We’re very keen to work with high quality and complementary businesses like Campbell’s Prime Meat, which can add value to Sysco and enhance our customer proposition. We look forward to welcoming Campbell’s Prime Meat colleagues to the Sysco family.”

Campbell’s Prime Meat will continue to operate as a separate business but will now have the support and strength of Sysco which will bring opportunities for a broader range of products for the enlarged Sysco GB group and access to new customers within the Sysco ecosystem.

Christopher Campbell, CEO of Campbell’s Prime Meat said: “Sysco is the perfect partner for the next stage in Campbell’s Prime Meat development. Over the past century, we’ve worked tirelessly to build a reputation as the leading catering butcher in Scotland, and we’ve been impressed at how Sysco wants to support and encourage us to continue that journey.

“With the additional route to market that Sysco offers, we can bring our quality meat, fish and deli products to an entirely new audience. We are very much looking forward to an exciting new phase in the company’s development.”

Campbell’s Prime Meat is a long-established family business. Thomas Campbell, Christopher Campbell's grandfather took up his craft as a butcher in 1910. More than a century later, the passion for quality Scottish produce and the dedication to quality, freshness and craftmanship remains at the heart of the Campbell’s Prime Meat story.