Biscuit venture to create 100 jobs
Mr Carey formally launched the East Coast Bakehouse yesterday. When fully up and running early next year, the Drogheda-based business will be the only large mainstream biscuit company manufacturing within Ireland; currently the vast majority of biscuits sold in Ireland are imported.
As part of a €15m investment — set to create 100 permanent jobs — the East Coast Bakehouse will transform a 50,000 sq ft food production facility into a state-of-the-art bakehouse and initially churn out 8,000 tonnes of biscuits per annum in its first two years of life. However, the facility’s capacity can allow for a doubling of that amount.
