Dairy company in the North set for expansion

Dairy business Dale Farm in the North has expanded its business into the Republic, it was announced today.

The company has acquired Superchill Ltd, an ice cream distribution business which has bases in Galway and Letterkenny.

It was a subsidiary of Breeo Foods and is currently a distributor of Dale Farm, Cadbury, Mars, Nestle and Haagan Dazs ice cream products across the north west of the country.

Confirming the purchase, Dale Farm chief executive Dr David Dobbin said: “Ice cream is a core part of our consumer products business and this acquisition is another important step for us in delivering our strategy to grow in added value sales.”

He said the company’s main focus in recent years had been in growing its product sales in Great Britain and Ireland and they had invested heavily in building a first class range of products.

“This acquisition will give us direct distribution of our portfolio of ice cream products into the North West of Ireland helping us to further develop our business in this region.”

The price of the purchase has not been disclosed, but it is known Superchill has an annual turnover from ice cream sales of well over €1m and employs six people.

The newly acquired business will trade as Dale Farm Ice Cream and its current workforce will be retained, said the company.