Celebrating its 75th year in business, family-run food distribution company, MKG Foods, has remained strong in the face of competition, not to mention significant challenges from recessions and Brexit to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Market Information Coconut Over the past year, coconut prices have risen due to factors such as lower harvest yields, increased global demand and rising production expenses. These challenges have directly impacted costs, making it necessary to adjust our pricing to maintain product availability and quality. The main factors driving price increases are as follows: • The … Read more
This article first appeared in CLH News, issue 253 Three may be the magic number, but for the hospitality industry, it proved unlucky when the Government’s budget unveiled a triple-wham-my of bad news. Having benefited from a 75% reduction in business rates for well over a year, this will now drop to 40% (capped at … Read more
Market Information Rising Cod & Haddock Prices Amid Barents Sea Quota Cuts The 2025 Barents Sea cod and haddock quotas have been slashed, driving prices for frozen headed and gutted (H&G) fish to record highs. Norway and Russia have set a total allowable catch (TAC) of 340,000 metric tons for cod, down 25% year-on-year—less severe … Read more
Market Information Bacon The recent Foot & Mouth outbreak in Germany has resulted in the borders being closed to all non-EU countries which obviously includes the UK. The knock-on effect of the German border closure will mean less raw material and inevitably higher prices, at this moment, it is only affecting the streaky prices but … Read more
MKG is delighted to announce we are returning to the Lincoln area in February 2025 for another roadshow food-tasting event.
MKG is delighted to announce we are returning to the Lincoln area in February 2024 for another roadshow food-tasting event.
We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. We join the Royal Family and the nation in their grief and offer our condolences to the Royal Family. In order to enable our staff to mourn her and as a mark of respect to Her Majesty The Queen, MKG Foods will be closed … Read more
December 2020 The UK and EU reached a Trade and Cooperation agreement that comes into force at 11pm UK time on 31st December 2020. In terms of the three key areas identified below in our last update below, this mitigates most immediate concerns. The new agreement is tariff and quota free and the markets have … Read more
Our telesales team are now back operating at weekends Sunday 6pm-10pm to assist you with ordering stock for the week. You can now call Sunday and have your delivery with you Monday.
I hope you are all staying safe and that you and your families haven’t been affected directly by the dreadful Covid-19 virus. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have been. We remain ready to support you however you are returning to business. We understand that you may be opening in a phased or … Read more
We have been donating our near end of date food to local food banks. Through our online ordering system, you too can donate to those in need by adding a food bank product to your order. We drop off donations once per week to various points around the midlands. FOODBANK SUPPORT SCHEME In this difficult … Read more