Pre-pack fish reels in sales for Keohanes

A novel packaging idea has paved the way to success for Keohane Seafoods, writes Trish Dromey, with the Cork company hoping to grow exports by between 20%-25% in the next three to four years.

Innovative skin-tight packaging has helped Cork company Keohane Seafoods grow a turnover of €11m in four years and scoop the overall Small Firms Association small business award for 2014.

Selling to several multiples in Ireland and to Tesco UK, the company was the first in Ireland to offer pre-packaged skinfilmed fish and the first in Europe to develop microwaveable skin-filmed packs for frozen fish.