Ornua acquires UK-based cheese ingredients firm

Ornua, Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, has signed an agreement to acquire FJ Need (Foods), a Cheshire-based cheese ingredients company.

Need is a family-owned business, established in 1973 by John Need and now run by his son and daughter, Paul and Tracey.

It has a staff of 100. The acquisition, subject to British competition approval, is part of Ornua’s strategy of further strengthening its core businesses in Germany, North America and Britain.