Lakeland Dairies sells stores for €20m

Lakeland Dairies has sold its 16 agri-trading outlets under the co-op's restructuring programme announced earlier this year.

The stores at Losset, Templeport, Corrigan, Kilnaleck, Grousehall and Carrickallen in Co Cavan, and at Gortermone, Co Longford, have been purchased by the tenants who have been operating the stores on a franchise basis for a number of years.