ONE of the biggest wine scandals of the past few decades reached its final chapter in a New York court on August 7 last when Rudy Kurniawan was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling fake wine.

The Menu has finally given up his relentless badgering of the UN for some class of international intervention on behalf of the wonderful Deise County to negotiate a return to the stove for his excellent friend Mighty Michael Quinn, formerly award-winning head chef of Waterford Castle for nigh on 20 years. 

CASH-AND-CARRY wholesaler the Barry Group saw profits increase last year in what it described as a tough trading environment.

LEADING Irish wholesale and distribution firm, the Barry Group officially opened a €1.5 million extension to its state-of-the-art central distribution base in north Cork yesterday.

The Barry Group is to open eight new Buy Lo stores by the end of the year and also increase the number of Carry Out off-licences by 52 to 104.

Wholesale distribution company Barry Group today announced pre-tax profits of €3m for 2009, a rise of over 12% on the €2.67m it earned the previous year.

CASH and carry wholesaler James A Barry & Co Ltd has posted after-tax profits of around €2.57 million for the year to the end of January, 2010, according to accounts filed with the Companies’ Registration Office.

THE acquisition of the Carry Out off-licence business is expected to add €42 million to the Barry Group’s turnover.

The Barry Group has today announced its acquisition of the Carry Out off-licence business, which has 52 stores nationwide.

UNCERTAINTY remains over the future of the Carry Out off-licence business, that up until recently formed part of Cork-based group, Galvin’s Wholesale.

DRINK distribution company Barry & Fitzwilliam is hoping to gain control of fellow Cork-based group Galvin’s Wholesale – which went into examinership in September – by the end of this week.

One of the country’s biggest drinks distributors, Galvins Wholesale, has gone into interim examinership as it struggles with a financial burden that includes €6m related to an “excise fraud”.

Carry Out, the Irish off-licence franchise, has awarded the electricity supply rights for its 60 stores to electricity provider Energia in a one-year deal worth €250,000.

Carry Out, the leading Irish off licence franchise, has awarded the electricity supply rights for its 60 stores nationwide to electricity provider Energia, in a one-year deal worth €250,000.

Carry Out, the Irish off licence franchise, has awarded the electricity supply rights for its 60 stores nationwide to competitive electricity provider Energia, in a one-year deal worth €250,000.