- CEO
- Steinthor Skulason
- Full Time Employees
- 446
- Sector
- Distribution services
- Industry
- Food distributors
- Address
- Reykjavík Iceland
- IPO Date
- Jul 11, 2011
- Business
- Sláturfélag Suðurlands svf. is an Iceland-based cooperative enterprise engaged in the slaughtering, processing, manufacturing, importing, and distribution of food products and agricultural supplies. The company operates through core business divisions focused on meat processing, wholesale food distribution, and agribusiness. Its product and service offerings comprise fresh, frozen, cured, and smoked meats, including lamb, beef, pork, and poultry; processed meat specialties such as traditional hot dogs, sausages, hams, bacon, salamis, and pates marketed primarily under the flagship SS brand; convenience and prepared foods, including chilled entrees, ready meals, pizzas, and portioned culinary products; animal feed, grain blends, and farming inputs for livestock producers; and third-party food wholesale and logistics services, encompassing the import and nationwide distribution of international ambient, chilled, and frozen grocery brands to retail supermarket chains, restaurants, hotels, and institutional catering operations. Sláturfélag Suðurlands svf. conducts its manufacturing and abattoir operations in Hvolsvöllur and maintains central distribution facilities in Reykjavík, serving markets across Iceland. In recent developments, the company has implemented technological modernizations across its primary meat processing and packaging lines in Hvolsvöllur to improve automation and yield efficiency, expanded its portfolio of value-added convenience foods and ready-to-eat meal solutions to capture shifting retail consumer demand, upgraded its centralized cold-chain logistics capabilities to support growing third-party agency import operations, and executed facility enhancements aimed at energy efficiency and sustainable resource utilization across its production network. Founded in 1907, Sláturfélag Suðurlands svf. is headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland.