Delivering great quality and great taste

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“375,000birds processed a week!”

As part of our ongoing commitment to the highest possible standards, HIGHBURY is pleased to have been awarded BRC Higher Grade A Accreditation for our state of the art production facility —giving our customers peace of mind and confidence in our service and products.

Hello and welcome to HIGHBURY

Highbury Poultry is a chicken processing business based in rural Shropshire. Trading for well over half a century, Highbury Poultry has earned a reputation for producing quality fresh and frozen British chicken. In the last 50 years the business has grown and developed with the ever changing marketplace, without compromising our traditional values. It is now a modern manufacturing and distribution operation employing 150 people with a turnover in excess of £35m per annum. Being part of a large group has allowed an ongoing programme of continual investment in processing and infrastructure that has delivered greater efficiencies in the business. This in turn has allowed us to ensure that the standard of our process remains ahead of our competitors and surpasses our customers’ expectations.

If you are looking for a quality producer tocomplement your business then look no further than Highbury Poultry. We offer fresh and frozen quality British chicken from a modern production facility witha reputation for taste and quality second to none.

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Barry HigginbottomManaging Director

Barry Higginbottom

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Agriculture

It stands to reason that the best quality chicken can only be derived from the best quality raw materials and a team of experts constantly working to improve the process.

Working in unity with our partner growers, Highbury’s agricultural specialists are constantly striving to improve feed rations, conversion ratios and welfare and production standards throughout theentire rearing process.

By understanding both the technical and commercial aspects of rearing poultry, Highbury’s agricultural team works tirelessly to create the right environment to ensure the best quality poultry at an affordable price.

All our farms are managed to the strict ACP (Assured Chicken Production) standard and

all qualify to use the Red Tractor logo as a sure sign that we treat welfare and quality with a high priority.

With approximately 70 houses predominantly in the Shropshire area, Highbury Poultry has access to approximately 2.25m chickens at any one time, with approximately 80% sourced from Shropshire and no chicken more than two hours from the processing unit.

Catching, collection and transportation of chickens from farm to processing unit is all under the control of the Highbury Poultry management team, ensuring our approach to welfare is followed all the way through the supply chain. Using our own catching teams and collection vehicles we can ensure the highest standards of bio security are rigidly enforced, ensuring wholesome chicken is delivered to our customers.

Our dedicated team of growers, feed millers and agricultural technical experts work together to consistently deliver high welfare, high quality and wholesome chicken to our customers on a daily basis.

All farms are fed by our associated company feed mills. This means we can be confident that chickens grown by our partner growers are consistently fed a nutritional diet that ensures our welfare and quality standards are not just met, but often exceeded.

“Delivering high welfare standards”

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Production

A highly invested modern production facility with the capability of slaughtering up to 375,000 chickens per week on a single shift, Highbury Poultry is one of the country’s few independent poultry processing units. Situated in Whitchurch, Shropshire, we are very well located to pick up all the major distribution links across the country.

Set up to consistently produce market leading quality with an effective and efficient cost base, Highbury Poultry is well placed to service the whole fresh chicken market with one of the freshest products available in the poultry sector.

Highbury Poultry is a dedicated and certificated Halal processing unit that has acquired BRC higher level accreditation and is Red Tractor approved, making it one of the country’s leading suppliers of chicken products with an impressive shelf life.

Focused at this time on the provision of whole fresh chickens, we are always looking for opportunities to add value to our business and our customers. We will continue to invest to deliver the products and services our customers require.

“We are able to provide trussed (string tied), tray wrapped or loose whole fresh chickens in cardboard or plastic trays in a range of weights. Highbury Poultry should be your number one choice for whole fresh chickens.”

“Dedicated to serving the whole fresh chicken market”

With a dedicated and loyal team of production, distribution, engineering, quality assurance and hygiene operatives, Highbury Poultry is able to offer a variety of quality whole chickens up, down and across the country generally with 24 hours of leaving the growing unit.

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Distribution

Here at Highbury Poultry we operate our own distribution fleet covering much of northern England, Midlands, London and south Wales. Our fleet is operated on a flexible 24-hour basis with the capability of making overnight deliveries to meet our customers’ requirements.

In addition to our own fleet we also have the capability of making next day deliveries to all parts of the United Kingdom using our links with major national logistics companies specialising in food distribution.

All our deliveries are made using modern refrigerated vehicles with 24 hour temperature monitoring and support to ensure quality and customer satisfaction. In addition and if required we are able to efficiently track all orders transported using third party logistics companies to ensure the process runs smoothly and to the satisfaction of our customers.

We operate a Standard National Operator’s Licence and we are therefore in a position to offer our customers an opportunity to use our fleet to assist in their own distribution at highly competitive rates. All such deliveries are made on vehicles benefiting from temperature data recording, which can be downloaded and checked regularly to ensure food safety standards are met.

Our whole fleet is maintained to the highest standards with inspections every six weeks to ensure their safety, efficiency and reliability.

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“Our quality management system is the foundation by which all employees work.”

Highbury Poultry has the following accreditations:

BRC – British Retail Consortium (Global Version 6)

The British Retail Consortium developed and introduced the BRC Food Technical Standard in 1988 to be used to assess manufacturers of own label products for retailers. Before too long, this standard was adopted by many other organisations in the sector and became a symbol of best practice in the food industry. We are audited against the global standard on an annual basis.

Assured Chicken Production (ACP) Standards

ACP is an industry-wide initiative that addresses all the important issues concerning the production of chicken.

It is an independently assessed assurance scheme designed to deliver confidence to the consumer. Standards have been written to include best practice in food safety, bird health, nutrition, welfare and traceability to achieve high levels of food safety and environmental care. The standards are validated annually by regulatory body, CMI.

Red Tractor

Assured Food Standards (AFS) is the independent organisation set up to manage the Red Tractor mark.

The ACP is a wholly owned subsidiary of AFS for the production of assured chicken. AFS defines the standards for ACP and licenses Highbury annually.

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Our process is audited annually to ensure that our products conform to Islamic Shariah law and can be certified Halal. Part of this process

involves the auditing of our slaughter methods on an annual basis to ensure we are complying with the required standard.

Quality assurance and accreditation

Highbury owes much of its success to the quality of its finished products. Quality is a commitment by everyone here at Highbury: it is built into the very core of our procedures and systems.

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“The transport department at Highbury Poultry is proud of its focus on customer service and always aims to exceed customers’ expectations.”

Product offer

Highbury Poultry currently processes up to 375,000 birds per week on a five-day production schedule. We deliver fresh quality products to the marketplace and our core business is wholesale. We are known in the marketplace as a quality producer with a great tasting product. The ability to consistently supply the required product is key in our business.

We have a dedicated sales team that are available five days a week who are friendly, courteous and knowledgeable about the product they are selling. Here at Highbury we focus on a line of core products that we are confident not only meet our customers’ requirements, but surpass them. We do not see the people who buy from us as customers but more business partners moving forward together.

We specialise in whole-bird production, though we are able to offer a limited range of additional products.

Our basic range is:

Loose whole-birdsString tied whole-birdsTray wrapped whole-birdsWing on double breast frontsDouble legsSingle legs

We typically produce chicken of variable sizes from 1 to 2.3kg.

We are also capable of the ‘extra special’. We work with our partners to produce Christmas roasters, growing our chickens up to 7kg for that special occasion.

We can offer fresh liver in 2.5kg bags as well as in a frozen format.

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Associated companies “Christmas roasters

available up to 7kg for that special occasion.”

Meadow Vale Foods Ltd Units 18 & 19, Wilkinson Court, Clywedog Road South, Wrexham Industrial Estate, Wrexham LL13 9AE, United Kingdom.Customer Service tel: 0845 00 30 300 web: www.meadowvalefoods.co.uk

Country Style Chicken Ltd. Units 32, Five Crosses Industrial Estate, Minera, Wrexham LL11 3RD,United Kingdom.Customer Service Tel: 01978 757799

LLoyd’s Animal Feeds Ltd The Mill, Morton, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 8BH, United Kingdom.Customer Service tel: 01691 830741

GRH Food Company Ltd. Cromlech Fields, Y Ffor, Pwllheli, Gwynedd LL53 6UW, United Kingdom.Customer Service tel: 01766 810062 web: www.grhfood.co.uk

Ready Foods Ltd Unit 3, Cibyn Industrial Park, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 2BD, United Kingdom.Customer Service tel: 01286 662910web: www.readyfoods.co.uk

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MTA Foods LtdUnit 9, Wilkinson Court, ClywedogRoad South, Wrexham Industrial Estate, Wrexham LL13 9AE, United Kingdom.Customer Service tel: 01978 666175web: www.meetthealternative.co.uk

HIGHBURY POULTRY FARM PRODUCE LTDManor House Lane, Higher Heath, WHITCHURCH, Shropshire. SY13 2HJ Tel: + 44 (0)1948 840261 Fax: + 44 (0)1948 840513 email: sales@highbury-poultry.com

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1 Unless expressly agreed in writing by a Director of the Seller this Contract and any future contract between the Buyer and the Seller shall incorporate the Sellers’ Standard Terms and Conditions of Trade (“the Terms”) as set out below without exception or amendment.

1.1 For the avoidance of doubt the Seller’s sales representatives have no authority to accept, vary or amend any of the Terms.

1.2 If a Buyer’s document contains terms and conditions additional to or at variation from these Terms every additional varying term or condition shall be of no effect.

2 The Buyer hereby admits and agrees that he has not and shall not be entitled to rely on any representations or warranties, whether written or oral, given by the Seller, its servants or agents save for those contained in the Terms as set out below and save for written representations signed by a Director of the Seller, but nothing in these Terms affects the liability of either party for fraudulent misrepresentation.

3. The price of goods shall be the Seller’s quoted price or where no price has been quoted (or a quoted price is no longer valid) the price quoted in the Seller’s published price list current at the date of acceptance of the order and payment by the Buyer to the Seller shall be cash on delivery unless otherwise agreed. Prices are (unless otherwise stated) quoted net of all taxes, imports and levies which are or may from time to time be levied by any Government, Statutory or Local Authority and such additions (if any) shall be charged at the rate prevailing on the date of delivery or invoice as the case may be.

3.1 The Buyer shall be liable to pay the Seller interest at the rate of 4% above HSBC plc’s base rate from time to time on any sum owed to the Seller from the Buyer and such interest shall be calculated payable from the date when any such sum was due to be paid until the date when payment is made.

The Seller reserves the right, by giving written notice to the Buyer at anytime before delivery to increase the price of the goods to reflect any increase in the cost to the Seller which is due to any factor beyond the control of the Seller (such as without limitation any increase in packaging, insurance or transportation costs, increase in the costs of labour , materials or other costs of manufacture) any change in delivery dates quantities or specifications for the goods which is requested by the Buyer or any delay caused by instructions of the Buyer to give the Seller.

3.2 In the event that any variation is agreed between the Buyer and the Seller regarding payment terms, which results in credit terms being extended to the Buyer this variation will cease and the amount of any debt owed will be payable forthwith on the occurrence of any of the following:

3.2.1 Non-compliance by the Buyer of any statutory demand;

3.2.2 The appointment of any receiver/liquidator over the Buyer’s assets;

3.2.3 Issue of execution or distress against goods or property of the Buyer;

3.2.4 The Buyer makes any arrangements with the Buyer’s creditors; and

3.2.5 Any monies are unpaid more than 14 days after the agreed variation from the Terms.

3.3 Any payment which results in a cheque being referred to the drawer for whatever reason will incur the Buyer a charge of £30 per cheque so referred.

3.4 In the event of any order being cancelled by the Buyer, the Buyer shall indemnify the Seller against all loss (including profits) costs (including labour and overheads) and all other expenses and damages incurred by the Seller in connection with the order and its cancellation.

4 Risk of damage to or loss of the goods shall pass to the Buyers:

4.1.1 in the case of goods to be delivered at the Seller’s premises, at the time when the Seller notifies the Buyer that the goods are available for collection; or

4.1.2 in the case of goods to be delivered otherwise than at the Seller’s premises, at the time of delivery or, if the Buyer wrongfully fails to take delivery of the goods, the time when the Seller had tendered delivery of the goods.

4.2 Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk in the goods, or any other provision of these Terms, the property in the goods shall not pass to the Buyer until the Seller has received in cash or cleared funds payment in full of the price of the goods and all other goods agreed to be sold by the Seller to the Buyer for which payment is then due.

4.3 Until such time as the property in the goods passes to the Buyer, the Buyer shall hold the goods as the Seller’s fiduciary agent and bailee, and shall keep the goods separate from those of the Buyer and third parties and properly stored, protected and insured and identified as the Seller’s property, but the Buyer may resell or use the goods in the ordinary course of its business.

4.4 Until such time as the property in the goods passes to the Buyer (and provided the goods are still in existence and have not been resold), the Seller may at any time require the Buyer to deliver up the goods to the Seller and, if the Buyer fails to do so forthwith, enter on any premises of the Buyer or any third party where the goods are stored and repossess the goods.

4.5 The Buyer shall not be entitled to pledge or in any way charge by way of security for any indebtedness any of the goods which remain the property of the Seller, but if the Buyer does so all moneys owing by the Buyer to the Seller shall (without limiting any other right or remedy of the Seller) forthwith become due and payable.

5 The Seller shall have the right to exercise a lien over any goods or materials in its possession belonging to the Buyer and to sell any such goods or materials at the best market price

reasonably obtainable if any accounts, invoices or debts due from the Buyer to the Seller remain unpaid after the due date for payment and the Seller shall have the right to apply the proceeds of such sale to any debt or liability due to the Seller from the Buyer.

6 Any goods supplied or to be supplied to the Buyer shall be at the Buyer’s Risk from the time when the Seller notifies the Buyer that the goods are available for collection or from the time of delivery whichever shall be the earlier.

7 Time for delivery by the Seller shall not be of the essence of the contract unless otherwise specified in writing. Nothing shall entitle the Buyer to claim or receive damages from the Seller for damages or loss suffered by the Buyer as a direct result of, or consequential upon, any delay by the Seller.

8 In the event of any goods sold or agreed to be sold by the Seller not complying with the express terms or the contract of sale, the Seller will replace the defective goods free of charge and without making any charge for transport, handling or other costs to the Buyer or will refund all payments made to the Seller by the Buyer, in respect of the defective goods.

8.1 In the event of any breach of Contract by the Seller the remedies of the Buyer shall be limited to damages and in no circumstances shall the liability of the Seller exceed the price of the goods. Except in respect of human death or personal injury caused by the Seller’s negligence the Seller shall not be liable to the Buyer by reason of any misinterpretation or any express or implied warranty condition or other term or for negligence or any duty at common law in respect of any consequential loss or damage, whether for loss of profit or otherwise, costs, expenses or other claims for consequential damage arising our of or in connection with the supply of the goods or their use or resale by the Buyer, except as expressly provided at clause 8.1 hereof.

8.2 If goods are sold for a particular purpose which has been made known to the Seller, and proved to be unfit for such purpose, the Seller will at its sole discretion replace the defective goodsfree of charge, delivery, handling or other cost to the Buyer or will refund all payments made to the Seller by the Buyer, in respect of goods which prove to be unfit for such purpose. Such as aforesaid all and any express or implied conditions, statements or warranties, statutory or otherwise are hereby excluded. Price of any goods sold or offered for sale by the Seller is based upon the foregoing limitations upon its liability.

8.3 Any claim by the Buyer which is based on any defect in the quality or condition of the goods or their failure to correspond with specification shall (whether or not delivery is refused by the Buyer) be notified to the Seller within 7 days from the date of delivery or (where the defect or failure was not apparent on reasonable inspection) within a reasonable time after discovery of the defect or failure. If delivery is not refused and the Buyer does not notify the Seller accordingly the Buyer shall not be entitled to reject the goods and the Seller shall have no liability for such defect or failure, and the Buyer shall be bound to pay the price as if the goods had been delivered in accordance with the Contract.

8.4 The Seller shall not be liable to the Buyer or be deemed to be in breach of the Contract by reason of any delay in performing or any failure to perform any of the Seller’s obligations in relation to the goods if the delay or failure was due to any cause beyond the Seller’s reasonable control. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing the following detailed in clause 8.6 shall be regarded as causes beyond the Seller’s reasonable control.

8.5 In the event of War, Atomic Explosion, Earthquake, Flood, Storm or other acts of God, strike, lock outs, plague, epidemic or disease or other matters beyond the Seller’s control which damage or impede the Seller’s ability to perform its part of the contract the Seller shall be entitled to cancel this contract by written notice to the Buyer of their intention to do so and the Seller shall not thereupon be liable to the Buyer for any loss or damage sustained by the Buyer, howsoever caused.

9 The Seller may apply all or any part of any sum owing by the Seller, its subsidiaries, or associates to the Buyer in relation to any matter whatsoever in or towards payment of any sum owing to the Seller here-under. For this purpose reference to the Seller or the Buyer includes any company which is for the purposes of the Companies Act 1985 a holding company, subsidiary or associate of the Seller or the Buyer respectively.

9.1 The Seller may appropriate any payment made by the Buyer to the Seller against amounts that have owed by the Buyer to the Seller for the longest period not withstanding any prior appropriation of that payment by the Buyer.

10 The Buyer shall not be entitled to withhold payment of any amount payable under any Contract to the Seller because of a disputed claim of any nature nor shall the Buyer be entitled to set-off any amount payable under any Contract to the Seller.

11 No waiver by the Seller of any breach of the Contract by the Buyer shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.

12 If any provision of the Contract is held by a court or other competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part the validity of other provisions of the Contract and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected.

13 In the event of default of payment by the Buyer to the Seller under any Contract for any reason (for the avoidance of doubt including without limitation bankruptcy, insolvency or re-financing) then the directors of the Buyer if it is a limited company or public limited company shall jointly and severally undertake to indemnify the Seller and guarantee payment immediately on demand for any debts owed including all costs and expenses incurred by the Seller in recovering the said sums owed.

14 Any notice required to be given by either party to the other under these Terms shall be in writing addressed to that other party and sent by recorded delivery or by facsimile to its registered office or such other address as may at the relevant have been notified pursuant to this provision to the party giving the notice.

15 All Contracts will be construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the Buyer hereby agrees that the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any claim brought by the Buyer against the Seller but that the Seller shall be entitled to bring a claim against the Buyer in any court of competent jurisdiction.

16 Where any conflict exists between the Terms and Additional Special Terms and Conditions the latter shall prevail.

ADDITIONAL SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1 Claims

1.1 No claim shall be made by the Buyer against the Seller in respect of visible faults unless notice thereof is given to the Seller within 48 hours of delivery and such notice is confirmed in writing within 7 days of delivery.

1.2 No claim shall be made by the Buyer against the Seller in respect of invisible faults unless notice thereof is given in writing sent to the Seller’s premises within 7 days of removal of the goods from the Buyer’s premises or public cold store and unless the goods shall have been kept in such cold store at a temperature not higher than minus 18 degrees Celsius at any time (in the case of frozen foods) and between zero and plus 5 degrees Celsius in the case of chilled foods.

1.3 In respect of both visible and invisible faults the Seller shall be under no liability to the Buyer whatsoever unless the Seller, having been given the opportunity to inspect the goods has been unable to replace any found to be defective within 7 days of receipt of notice given (10 days in respect of overseas customers). Faulty goods so replaced shall be re-delivered to the Seller on request.

1.4 No claim will be accepted if the other party carries out repairs itself or brings about changes in the nature, composition or packaging of the goods delivered, or has these carried out or brought about by third parties, or if the goods delivered are used improperly or for any purpose other than that for which they are meant or are maintained and/or stored improperly or contrary to any agreed or legal regulations or if the defect of the goods can be ascribed to the other party in any other way.

2 Quantity - The Seller reserves the right on accepting orders to deliver (whether in any particular weight range of the goods ordered or in the total number of goods ordered) such numbers of the goods as shall not vary by more than 10% (either more or less) from the number ordered and the Buyer shall pay to the Seller for the number so delivered.

3 Offers - All offers are made subject to contract. Orders must be confirmed in writing to the Seller.

4 Delivery and Risk

4.1 The risk for in the goods will be transferred to the Buyer as soon as they leave the place of production or storage when they are loaded in to the means of transport.

4.2 The times of delivery mentioned in the offer and agreed are stated approximately. The Seller will not be liable for any damage as a result of late delivery.

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF TRADE OF HIGHBURY POULTRY FARM PRODUCE LTD (“THE SELLER”)

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Highbury Poultry Farm Produce Ltd must be notified in writing of any change in company status i.e. unlimited to limited etc. Prior to any subsequent transactions being made. The credit terms of Highbury Poultry Farm Produce Limited are 21 days from date of invoice

Highbury Poultry Farm Produce, Manor House Lane, Higher Heath, Whitchurch, Shropshire SY13 2HJ United KingdomTel: 00 44 (0)1948 840261 Fax: 00 44 (0)1948 840513 Email: sales@highbury-poultry.com web: www.highbury-poultry.com