JG Pears

JG Pears is one of the United Kingdom's leading processors of animal by-products and food waste, operating from its original family farm base at Penistone in South Yorkshire. The business began in 1972 as a Pears family livestock farming operation and diversified over the following decades into the collection and processing of animal by-products and surplus food. Today the group combines nationwide collection services with modern, biosecure processing plants, taking material that would otherwise be incinerated or sent to landfill and converting it into high-quality finished products. The company's core activity is the collection and processing of animal by-products across Categories 1, 2 and 3, together with catering and food waste. Its fleet of dedicated vehicles serves customers ranging from family-run food shops and butchers to industrial-scale abattoirs, poultry processors and the catering industry. Category 1 and 2 material is handled through group company P Waddington & Co [1947] Ltd, while Category 3 by-products and surplus food are processed into rendered and purified oils and high-protein meals. JG Pears sells its finished products to customers around the world. Its premium-grade meals and purified fats are used as core ingredients by manufacturers of petfood and aquaculture feed, while its fuel-grade oils, fats and meat and bone meal (MBM) supply the biofuels sector. Through the group company Tigerfert, it also produces a range of natural, renewable organic fertilisers that help farmers improve yields and soil quality. The group states that it operates under a net zero carbon footprint across its activities, and its combined heat and power plant generates renewable energy from Category 1 MBM. Still family-owned, JG Pears describes itself as a family business whose family now includes a group of companies, customers and suppliers worldwide and a large workforce across its sites. It has grown both organically and through acquisition, investing continuously in its plants and positioning itself as a trusted supplier and business partner in the agricultural and food industries. The original Penistone farm remains part of the business and houses the group's head office.

The story of JG Pears begins in 1972, when the Pears family developed a livestock farming business in and around Penistone, South Yorkshire. Over time the family farming operation diversified into animal by-product and food waste collection services, moving the business into a new area of activity that would come to define the group. As the collection side of the business grew, JG Pears added by-product processing facilities to the group's portfolio, giving it complete control of an end-to-end collection and processing service. The original family farm at Penistone remained part of the business, continuing the group's farming heritage and eventually housing its head office. The group expanded both organically and through acquisition, continuously investing in each of its plants. This investment supported the development of modern, hygienic processing facilities using cutting-edge techniques to handle material in a biosecure environment. The company grew into one of the largest businesses in the UK animal by-products sector and became a major employer in the areas where its main sites are based. By 2022 the company was marking 50 years of operation, celebrating the period 1972–2022 under the themes of being sustainable, innovative and biosecure. Its activities by then spanned nationwide collection services for farmers, abattoirs, meat processing plants and the catering industry; the processing of Category 1, 2 and 3 animal by-products and food waste; the production of premium-grade meals and purified fats for petfood and aquaculture feed; fuel-grade oils, fats and MBM for biofuels; and organic fertilisers through the group company Tigerfert. The group also operated a combined heat and power plant generating renewable energy from Category 1 MBM, and stated that it operated under a net zero carbon footprint across the group. Throughout its history JG Pears has remained a family business, though its "family" now includes a group of companies, customers and suppliers worldwide and a large workforce across its various sites. Category 1 by-products are collected and processed through group company P Waddington & Co [1947] Ltd.

• 2022

  JG Pears celebrates 50 years of operation (1972–2022).

• 1972

  Pears family develops a livestock farming business in and around Penistone, South Yorkshire.

• The family farming business diversifies into animal by-product and food waste collection services.

• Two by-product processing facilities are added to the group, giving complete control of end-to-end collection and processing.

A family-owned, biosecure and environmentally-focused UK processor of animal by-products and food waste, supplying premium feed ingredients, fuel-grade products and fertilisers to global customers.

• Animal and aquaculture feed ingredients

  Premium quality rendered and purified oils and high-protein meals manufactured from Category 3 by-products, used as core ingredients by manufacturers worldwide.

• Fuel grade products

  High quality fuel grade oils and fats for biofuels plus fuel grade MBM.

• Tigerfert fertilisers

  Natural renewable fertilisers made by JG Pears group company Tigerfert, helping farmers improve yields and soil quality.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2020.10.12

  JG Pears acquires P Waddington[6]JG Pears收购P Waddingtonbioenergy-news.com

  JG Pears acquired P Waddington, including its main processing facility in Bradford and two collection centres operated under the FM Caine brand.

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