BARRY’S Tea has a significant presence in the Irish market accounting for 39% of all retail sales which totalled €80 million last year.

THE Batchelors food company, which was bought by the Barry family and Bank of Scotland just over a year ago, recorded a fall in profits just in its last financial year.

Britain's Northern Foods said trading over Christmas was good and it was making headway in its aim of stabilising second-half profits at the previous year's level after a first-half profits fall.