Feldhues Group

Feldhues Fun Foods GmbH is a German-Irish meat processing company and supplier.

"Feldhues" redirects here. Not to be confused with Feldhaus.
Feldhues Group
Founded1960s
Headquarters
Key people
Mike Hamill
ParentGreencore
Websitewww.feldhues-group.de

They manufacture and sell sandwich meat and sliced cheese products which contain printed images, and custom products can be requested.[1]

History

They were founded in the 1960s by Bernhard Feldhues who created the machinery. They opened in Metelen in 1978.[2] Billy Roll was introduced in 1986 at IFFA in Frankfurt and Billy Bear was released afterwards.[3][4] Happy Tractor and Happy Fox were introduced in 2017.[5][1] Their products are created at their Monaghan branch in Ireland.[6][7]

In 2005, Dublin-based company, Greencore purchased the company and it's Irish branch even though it wasn't core for them.[8][9][10] The machinery the company uses was later auctioned.[11]

Pictures of their products became popular online and on Reddit. They are referred to as "face meats” and Billy Roll was dubbed “meat clown".[3][12]

References
  1. Blazenhoff, Rusty (2023-03-13). "Novelty meat logs, you know, for kids". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. "THE FELDHUES GROUP". www.feldhues-group.de. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  3. "Uncasing the Mystery of the Cursed Viral 'Meat Clown'". MEL Magazine. 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  4. "OUR EXPERIENCE". www.feldhues-group.de. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  5. Scott, Ellen (2017-06-29). "Important: The maker of Billy Bear ham also makes 'happy tractor' ham". Metro. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  6. "What is a Billy Roll?". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  7. Bamford2014-07-24T16:07:00+01:00, Vince. "Billy Bear launches into cheese slices". The Grocer. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  8. "Food group to take €40m hit". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  9. Clerkin, David (2005-10-06). "Greencore writes off pizza business". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  10. Smith, Laura (2005-10-05). "Irish group spends £11m on sandwiches". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  11. maria (2018-07-03). "Bidding on machinery for the fish, vegetable and meat processing industry". MSP Magazine. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  12. Sergeant, Emily (2021-10-28). "Americans are confused by British 'face meats' and it's hilarious". The Manc. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
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