The winner of the Best New Idea Award in the 2014 Best Young Entrepreneur competition, Philip Martin of Blanco Niño in Tipperary is working to turn his dream into a reality.

No, not turkey and ham — the items that retailers spent the most effort trying to flog in the run-up to last Christmas were biscuits and sweets.

Batchelors and Origin Foods are to merge to form Valeo Foods, it was announced today.