Supplier development programme to help food firms generate sales

Seventeen food companies have signed up for the third annual Bord Bia/Tesco supplier development programme, an assisted route into Irish and overseas outlets.

The 33 companies who have participated in the seven-month programmes since in 2012 have collectively recorded €16m worth of sales to Tesco stores. Over a quarter of this revenue was generated in the UK.

This year’s export participants are Chia Bia, Green Saffron, Connacht Gold, Rye River Brewing Co/ McGargles, and Yeats Country Foods. The national participants are Broderick’s, Blue Haven, Carlow Brewing Company (O’Hara’s), Paganini, Kinsale Gourmet, O’Hanlon Herbs, and Waldron Meats.