Pilgrim's UK
Matt Casey has extensive experience in the food industry, with a focus on innovation and development. Matt currently holds the position of Head of Customer & Culinary Innovation at Pilgrim's UK. Prior to this, they served as the Head of Innovation and NPD at Dalehead Foods, where they drove food values, innovation, and delivered new product development across the company. Before joining Dalehead Foods, Matt worked as the Development and Innovation Controller at Dalehead Foods (Pilgrims Pride) and as an Innovation Manager at Dalehead Foods. Matt also gained experience at Bakkavor, where they held various roles, including Senior Development Manager and Business Development Manager, managing teams and developing products across multiple retailers. Earlier in their career, Matt worked at Youngs Seafood Limited as a Development Manager and at Geest as a Product Development Manager and Development Technologist. Overall, Matt Casey has a strong background in leading innovation and development efforts in the food industry.
Matt Casey attended the University of Leeds from 1998 to 2001, where they earned a Bachelor of Science degree with second-class honors (2:1) in Food Science. Prior to that, they attended The Queen Katherine School in Kendal, but no specific degree or field of study was mentioned.
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Pilgrim's UK
Pilgrim’s Pride Ltd. is one of the UK’s leading food companies, supplying innovative, quality fresh and cooked products to retailers, wholesalers and food service outlets. Our business framework puts people, customers, products and efficiency at the heart of everything we do, all with a view to growing responsibly. We provide consumers with a huge variety of food products including fresh pork, bacon, sausages, gammon, cooked and canned meats as well as savoury snacks such as scotch eggs and cocktail sausages. We are also Britain’s biggest pig farmer and largest producer of free range and organic pigs, ensuring we can offer full confidence and traceability throughout our supply chain, from farm to fork. In fact, not only are we committed to quality and care, we exceed many recognised industry standards. Within our product portfolio we are proud to have a number of well-known brands including Danepak, Alf Turner, Grillstock, Adams, Spam, Stagg Chili and Plumrose.