Heritage

In 1893 the business was founded when William and Joseph Parker bought a small butchers shop in Belgrave Gate in Leicester.

The business was expanded by buying competitors throughout Leicester and the midlands. The wholesale business was expanded when the brothers started supplying competitor butchers’ shops with meat.

By the 1950s the company had developed its own distribution network to supply its abattoirs.

Mr William Parker laying the foundation stone of the new abattoir for Leicester Slaughtering Co. Ltd. at the Leicester Cattle Market, on Wednesday, February 7, 1962.

The business goes through rapid expansion when it starts to supply the major supermarket chains under the guidance of new Managing Director Bill Parker, Noel Parker’s son.

The company helps pioneer retail packed meats for the supermarkets. The company also moves into property investment and development with the sale of land to London and Edinburgh Trust to build Fosse Park.

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The company moves away from day to day involvement in the meat industry to concentrate on expanding and developing its portfolio of commercial and domestic properties, although remain heavily involved in the meat industry through Randall Parker.