Perfecting a Delicious and Versatile Selection over 70 Years Sausages, hotdogs, meatballs, and patties to name a few; for 70 years Blakemans have been the leading manufacturer and supplier of chilled, cooked, and frozen quality sausages and meat products, supplying them to caterers, takeaways, wholesalers, and retailers alike.
J
ames Blakeman began his business back in 1953
“For as long as I can remember, we have been working
after becoming a master butcher and he soon
tirelessly to produce the best meat products on the market
gained notoriety for his butchers’ style sausages
for our ever-loyal caterers, takeaways, retailers and
and his traditional Cumberland whirls. He quickly
wholesalers across the country.”
managed to earn himself a wealth of loyal customers and a reputation for the quality and flavour of his offerings. The most famous of all of the Blakemans products is the humble catering sausage, adored by their loyal clients
“It is thanks to the constant demand to provide for our customers that we have been able to put the time into expanding our range. We are always looking to improve, develop and expand and luckily the team are never short on ideas!”
and their customers alike. Developed during the cod wars
The ever-growing range at Blakemans creates limitless
to give chip shops an alternative offering when supplies
opportunities for businesses to expand both their markets
of fish were hard to come by, the sausages needed to
and their menu’s. Premiumisation and customisation are
be cooked in the frying ranges of the chip shops, which
at the heart of consumer demand and this range enables
would cause traditional sausages in natural skin to burst.
businesses to turn a simple sausage into a luxury hotdog
After extensive trials with a synthetic skin producer, Mr
(for example) with the simple addition of a soft brioche
Blakeman had cracked it, and the rest is history. James
bun, sweet and sticky onions, smoky gooey cheese and a
Morris, Head of Business Development said,
squirt of whichever sauce tickles your fancy.
“Everybody knows that our speciality is catering
Or why not experiment with their growing range of
sausages, they’re our ‘bread and butter’ so to say and it is
sausage patties, adding a quick turnaround ‘breakfast on
great that after nearly 70 years, the traditional recipe that
the go’ to your offering? Simply re-heated and sandwiched
took Mr Blakeman so long to develop is still loved by our
between a traditional English muffin with a fried egg and a
loyal and new clients alike.”
slice of strong cheddar – so good that you’ll never visit the
Not stopping here, Blakemans cemented their place in
golden arches again!
the market going on to produce a pre-cooked range. A
Regardless of how you choose to serve up, something
delicious and versatile selection of meatballs, pork patties,
always guaranteed is the quality, value and the no mess,
pigs in blankets, stuffing balls and sausages (both whole
no fuss, no waste guarantee of the Blakemans pre-cooked
and sliced), cooked for convenience and individually frozen
range.
locking in every inch of the much loved Blakemans taste. James said,
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