Sea salt company wins French contract

The West Cork Sea Salt Company has signed a deal valued at €250,000 with French chain Le Comptoir Irlandais.

The company which produces organic sea salt flakes, using century-old salt-making techniques on the Beara Peninsula won the contract after taking part in Food Export Programme run by South and West Cork Enterprise Boards.

Managing director of Irish Atlantic Sea Salt, Aileen O’Neill, said that they were delighted their first major export deal and to enter the continental European market.