Ireland has its first dedicated potato supplier to chippers

Much of the potatoes used in chip shops are imported

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Pippa Hackett pictured with Marie Geary, Meadowfresh Farm. The department is encouraging the potato industry to pursue the €20m Irish chip shop sector.

THE hurling rivalry between Waterford and Kilkenny has always been intense, but it is a different story in the food industry when the chips are down as two food companies have recently shown.

Meadowfresh Foods in Tallow, Co. Waterford and O'Shea Farms/Iverk Produce, based in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny, have joined forces to become Ireland’s first dedicated fresh chipping potato packer and distributor.