Our business is rich in history, dating back to the 1800s.
1888
Robert Galloway opens the first butcher's shop in Glasgow
1926
JW Galloway specialises in manufacturing for butcher shops
1953
The company grows to 54 shops in West of Scotland
1960s
Ian Galloway establishes Scotbeef Ltd., the UK's first online slaughter facility and integrated meat plant
1962
Scotbeef starts supplying Marks & Spencer with canned beef products such as Corned beef
1981
Scotbeef moves to a new primary slaughter site at Bridge of Allan
1982
Scotbeef opens a new retail processing site in East Kilbride that uses supply controlled atmosphere packaging technology
1992
Scotbeef starts the Cardona Aberdeen Angus pedegree herd
1993
First to market the Aberdeen Angus brand to UK retail
1994
Polmadie site opens to produce Burgers and Value Added meat products.
Launch of Ready to Roast convenience range
1996
Launch of BeefTrack™ and LambTrack™ traceability systems
2000
New highly modernised beef slaughter line at Bridge of Allan
2006
State-of-the-art 120,000 sq ft retail processing site at Queenslie
2008
Acquired Vivers Scotlamb to grow the lamb export business
2012
Acquisition of Scotbeef Inverurie site and the DNA authenticity is introduced for Aberdeen Angus
2014
Launch of Sous-Vide Technology for slow-cooked range
2016
Wolverhampton high care opens and DNA traceability is introduced for all beef
2017
Scotbeef begins the partnership with Five Guys
2018
Wolverhampton highcare facility - launch Recipe Dish Range
2020
Telford site opens
JW Galloway e-commerce website launch