These are the dog days of mid-February. New year, new you is long gone, helped on its way by the box of Scots Clan that somehow managed to escape the feeding frenzy at Christmas time. Spring is coming, but not yet. It’s still dark when we get up in the mornings, and by 6pm at night. The kids start “why do we have to get up for school every morning?” by Tuesday, and it goes downhill after that.

The Jacob Fruitfield Food company has been selected to distribute the premium Lir Chocolates brand in the Irish retail market.

The Jacob Fruitfield Food Group has bought the Real Irish Food Company today.

Fruitfield Foods Ltd has announced the acquisition of W&R Jacob, the biscuit business owned by the Danone Group in Ireland.