Our Heritage
“My family has been making sausages for over 100 years, we are proud of what our small team achieves every day.I am sure my grandfather would approve of the time, care and attention we put into our wonderful sausages.”
Charles Ernest Baughan opens first shop with his wife Mildred helping
His eldest sons Jeffrey and Donald join the business; his daughters Marjorie and Muriel look after the younger sons John (Jack) and Reginald (Bacchus).
The business expands and diversifies. With some 20 shops selling meat, meat products and bakery items. Charles’s other sons go their own way, Jack to become a refrigeration engineer, Bacchus to join the RAF.
Purpose built factory is built to manufacture savoury baked products for van sales and national distribution.
Baughans sold to Freshbake.
Charles Douglas Baughan the son of Bacchus, and grandson of Charles joins Steve Turton, a well-regarded butcher in Exeter – again with a long family history in butchery. Together they grow Westaway Sausages.
Steve and his family leave to concentrate on butchery and Charles and his family take over the Westaway brand.
Westaways add both frozen and fully cooked ranges to their chilled production.
Agreement reached to manufacture Westaway branded items under licence in Hong Kong for distribution in East Asia and China.
Westaways awarded UK packaging innovation of the year for their certified compostable packaging.
Westaway awarded a Judges Special award at the UK Food and Drink Manufacturers Awards for their sustainable packaging.
Winners of the Taste of the West’s Champion Sausage of the Year with Hogs Pudding.
Westaways are the winners of the Meat, Poultry & Seafood Manufacturing Company of the Year at the Food Manufacturers Excellence Awards 2023
We see strong growth from both retail and foodservice sectors in the UK as customers align to brands with the same values that they hold. We hope to further reduce the size of our carbon footprint & hope to inspire others to do the same.