Where is gressingham duck from

The story of the brand begins when Gressingham's founders, Maurice and Miriam Buchanan, moved from Northern Ireland and started their farm in Debach, near Woodbridge. MORE - Are you game for a wild boar burger? Suffolk food firm puts unusual meats on Asda BBQ menu The company, now run by the couple's two sons, William and Maurice, still has its Debach headquarters as well as running a larger operation at Redgrave, in north Suffolk.

Maurice built two sheds by hand and started farming chickens, but the couple soon realised they wanted to try something different. Over the following two years, they perfected the breed and the remarkable Gressingham Duck was born. William, who studied business at Reading University, and went to work at Sainsburys as a poultry buyer for a year before leaving to start up the duck business with his brother and father, says the family and the brand retain a strong affinity for the place where the Gressingham journey began.

There is a fantastic farming community and so many brilliant small to medium sized up and coming food brands, not to mention all of the top quality restaurants and pubs which is where we started off selling our products.

The company works closely with local chef Vernon Blackmore who helps develop new recipes for the Gressingham website and recipe guides. Gressingham also hosts many of its staff celebrations in his restaurants. We use Suffolk based marketing, design and PR agencies to help us strengthen and grow our brand," William explains. Today, Gressingham has 16 company-owned commercial duck farms and 22 contract commercial duck farms across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. We breed, hatch, and rear our ducks on Red Tractor assured farms which means they are regularly, independently audited across a wide range of standards covering animal welfare, bio security, food safety, stockmanship and the environment.

We believe our approach in farming our ducks, in accordance with Red Tractor, provides the best possible outcomes for the health and welfare of the flock. Our Story. The two brothers were appointed as directors to Autumn Foods Ltd in March last year, and a new company, Autumn Foods Holdings Ltd was incorporated in January last year. Autumn Foods then bought Reids of Norwich in December in a bid to 'further enhance its position as a leading provider of poultry and meat produce to the worldwide wholesale market', with Geoffrey and William Buchanan appointed directors on December Speaking at the time of the Reids of Norwich deal, Geoffrey Buchanan said: 'This is the second deal we have completed with the Grant Thornton advisory team in a year and should effect a step change in our business, allowing us to achieve new levels of growth.

Gressingham Foods, originally Green Label Foods, has gone from strength to strength in recent years to become a national brand and is a principal supplier of duck to the UK retail sector. The family business is the only company in the world licensed to produce Gressingham Duck, a cross-breed of wild Mallard and Pekin.

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