The Mad Butcher Group has sold its sausage company to Tegel Foods.

Mad Butcher chief executive Mike Morton said the sale, unconditional from November 1, was for an undisclosed sum but included the manufacturing plant, capable of producing 80 tonnes of sausages a week.

"Basically, the sausage company was limited in it's growth potential," Mr Morton said. "We had constraints on the factory reaching its full capability. It needs a capital investment to get it to the next level."