„Wierzejki” Meat shop was established in 1991. The owners and founders are: Jan Zdanowski and Marek Zdanowski The firm undertakes slaughtering, sorting and production of a wide range of meat, ready-to-cook foods and their sale. We hire more than 400 people and we are one of the biggest private establishments of its type in Podlasie. Our high quality products allow us to constantly gain new clientele nation wide as well as abroad. Our products are sold to almost all known chains of wholesale trade in two states of Mazowsze and Lubelszczyzna. “Wierzejki” has won a lot of awards for its high quality products. It has been announced the champion of the Agro-League ( Agro-Liga ) and awarded at the national championships called “The Polish Food Producer” ( Polski Producent Żywności). In the year 2003 our products were twice awarded in the competition “products of the best quality” organized by the Institute of Meat and Fat Industries in Warsaw. At present a new production unit is under construction. It will consist of a slaughter house (slaughter of the cattle, horses, poultry as well as ostriches), a sorting-unit and a production unit for pork butcher’s meat and other ready-to-cook meat products (including a section of regional products made according to old traditional Polish technology). The new unit is completely in accordance with the EU standards. While designing the unit, special care was taken keeping in mind production for export to western as well as eastern markets. Being situated near the eastern – Polish border (about 60 km) has resulted in long term, stable trade contacts in Ukraine and Byelorussia. Our firm is interested in purchase of high quality pork meat, which would increase the general level of meat in our products. At present “Wierzejki” has about 40 brand shops in Mazowsze and Lubelszczyzna (including a few in Warsaw).