About
Plukon Food Group is a European food manufacturer headquartered in Wezep, the Netherlands, specialising in poultry processing, fresh convenience meals, salads, meal components and alternative proteins. Founded in 1894, the business supplies commercial customers in retail, foodservice and food manufacturing. Its activities encompass poultry slaughtering, cutting, further processing, cooking, freezing and packaging, alongside vegetable preparation and meal production. The group reports 44 locations across the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland, France, Spain and Denmark, and turnover of approximately €4 billion in 2025. Its network includes poultry slaughterhouses, processing and packing operations, convenience-food facilities and hatcheries, making production and processing central to its business rather than standalone trading.
Products
The poultry portfolio includes fresh and frozen chicken, whole birds, breast fillets, thighs, bone-in cuts, chicken specialities, and cooked or precooked products. The group also supplies turkey products. These ranges serve both retail and professional foodservice requirements, with different processing activities distributed across specialised facilities. Beyond poultry, Plukon manufactures chilled ready meals, ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat dishes, steamed meals, pasta salads, vegetable salads and main-course salads. Vegetable processing includes washing, cutting and packing fresh produce for convenience meal components, salads and other chilled products. Its Dronten operation specialises in these activities, while Wezep combines fresh chicken processing and packaging with meal production. Alternative proteins form another established product group. Through its investment in J.A. ter Maten, Plukon also participates in processing poultry raw materials and co-products into inputs for further manufacture by the human-food and pet-food industries. This industrial activity is distinct from its finished convenience-food ranges.
Export markets
Europe is Plukon’s principal sales region, with confirmed business across Western, Northern, Central and Southern Europe, including the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its Dutch poultry facilities supply European retail and foodservice markets, while the Ommel operation specifically serves British and Irish foodservice customers. Fresh vegetable mixes, meals and salads are supplied to markets including the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Denmark and Sweden. Beyond Europe, the group’s Maasmechelen subsidiary lists poultry export destinations in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa. Ter Maten also exports poultry-derived industrial products outside Europe. The company therefore serves both finished-food distribution channels and international business-to-business markets for poultry products and processing materials.
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