A GWYNEDD butchery has scooped a top national award for the quality of its own-brand meat.

Harlech Foodservice’s Bwydlyn butchery has been named National Foodservice Processor of the Year at the Meat & Poultry Processing Awards 2016.

Bwydlyn-branded meat has proved a huge success for Harlech Foodservice since it was launched in 2012.

It started when the wholesaler bought a butchery business close to its Criccieth head depot and is now worth around £4m a year to the business.

The Meat & Poultry Awards is recognised as the leading awards ceremony in the meat and butchery industry, celebrating excellent and innovation within the sector.

Bwydlyn stocks a range of beef, lamb, pork and poultry products, and sources produce from a number of Welsh farmers and producers.

Butchery manager, Emlyn Roberts, said: “Being crowned champions was a very proud moment and testament to all at Bwydlyn and Harlech for their hard work in 2012."

See the full story in this week’s Meirionnydd edition of the Cambrian News