In 1992 the Eskort Co-operative celebrated 75 years of marketing quality products to the South African and International Markets, as well as being recognised as a major leader in the development of a stable South African Pig Industry. In 1997 an automatic bacon slicer and packer was installed. Further significant acquisitions of technology and machinery continue to be made each year to provide modern production procedures that focus on quality products and leading food safety standards.
In 1998 Eskort Bacon Co-operative converted to a Limited company, controlled by supplier shareholders.
Since 2000, the Eskort product portfolio has been extended into the Fresh Pork market with products such as Spare Ribs, Bacon Cherry Sticks, Marinated Rashers and Smoked Eisbein being marketed at the Eskort Butcheries situated in Heidelberg and Estcourt. Many of these products including Gammons are packed under the labels of South Africa’s leading retailers and Eskort produces a range of products endorsed by Weigh-Less.
2008/9 Recent product launches have included the popular Eskort Marinated Boneless Ribs (2008) and the new Golden Crumbed range of family meals (2009).
Eskort is actively involved in social projects in local communities. The company supports the Shalom Childrens Ministries in Heidelberg and, in Estcourt, the company supports the Bhekuzulu Self Sufficient Project that cares for HIV sufferers, orphans and displaced children in the Estcourt community. Eskort is the proud sponsor of the Eskort Cavanaugh Marathon and, for the first time this year (2009), successfully introduced Eskort Rib Burgers sponsorship at the School Easter Rugby and Hockey Festivals held at St. Stithians College in Randburg and King Edward VII in Houghton.
The staff complement at the factories in Estcourt and Heidelberg now exceeds 600 people.
As Eskort moves towards one hundred years of producing a range of top quality Chilled Processed and Fresh Pork products, the focus will remain on meeting the needs of our consumers in every way possible.

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