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Meat Merchant Peter Hannan on Quality, Attention To Detail & Chance Encounters

Published: March 18, 2024, 5 a.m.

Peter Hannan is a Meat Merchant who supplies 400+ restaurants throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe, including some of the biggest names in the industry.

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In this episode, we talk about:

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  • How he started out in the meat business
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  • (Aka, butchering lambs for his mum's mate's freezer as a boy)
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  • Moving to America at 19-years-old to learn from the masters of his industry
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  • Becoming the highest-paid executive in Ireland by the age of 22
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  • Setting up his own business
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  • The decision to focus on quality rather than quantity
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  • Why attention to detail is the most crucial thing in business
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  • Buying 5 tonnes of salt from Pakistan
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  • How one smoke break changed his business forever
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  • And advice he'd give to his 18-year-old self
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Check it out.

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https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/peter-hannan-meat-merchant

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Hannan Meats: https://www.hannanmeats.com/