Feldhues Group
Feldhues Fun Foods GmbH is a German-Irish meat making and packing company. Their meat contains printed pictures of characters which can be requested by a customer.[1]
History[change | change source]
They were found in the 1960s by Bernhard Feldhues. They opened in the town of Metelen in 1978.[2] Billy Roll was introduced in 1986 at IFFA in Frankfurt and Billy Bear was given to the public.[3][4] Happy Tractor and Happy Fox were added to their product family in 2017.[5] The meat is made in Monaghan at their factory in Ireland.[6][7]
In 2005, Greencore bought the company but did not show much interest in it.[8][9][10] The machinery was later sold.[11]
Pictures of the meat was posted on Reddit. They are called "face meats” and Billy Roll became known as “meat clown".[12]
Other websites[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Blazenhoff, Rusty (2023-03-13). "Novelty meat logs, you know, for kids". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ "THE FELDHUES GROUP". www.feldhues-group.de. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ↑ "Uncasing the Mystery of the Cursed Viral 'Meat Clown'". MEL Magazine. 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ↑ "OUR EXPERIENCE". www.feldhues-group.de. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ↑ Scott, Ellen (2017-06-29). "Important: The maker of Billy Bear ham also makes 'happy tractor' ham". Metro. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ↑ "What is a Billy Roll?". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ↑ Bamford2014-07-24T16:07:00+01:00, Vince. "Billy Bear launches into cheese slices". The Grocer. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Food group to take €40m hit". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ Clerkin, David (2005-10-06). "Greencore writes off pizza business". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ Smith, Laura (2005-10-05). "Irish group spends £11m on sandwiches". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ↑ maria (2018-07-03). "Bidding on machinery for the fish, vegetable and meat processing industry". MSP Magazine. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ Sergeant, Emily (2021-10-28). "Americans are confused by British 'face meats' and it's hilarious". The Manc. Retrieved 2023-04-24.