Co Down-based consumer foods producer Around Noon eyes targets

Newry, Co Down-based consumer foods producer Around Noon is looking for further acquisitions in the UK following its purchase of the UK-focused ‘Chef in a Box’ premium snack business from Donegal Investment Group for an undisclosed sum.

The family-owned company has been in business for 25 years and employs more than 300 people. Its main business is the supply of food-to-go products for the likes of Starbucks and Henderson Group, which operates the Spar and Vivo convenience retail chains in the North.

It also supplies a number of cafes in the Republic.