Cully & Sully bought by US food firm

Cully & Sully, the Cork-based artisan food producer, has been bought by an American company in a move which will allow the brand to expand internationally.

New York-based organic food specialist, Hain Celestial, has bought the Irish company for an undisclosed sum. Hain sees the deal as a way of gaining a foothold in the Irish food market, but said it will also look to start selling Cully & Sully products in Britain and North America.

Hain Celestial already owns one of Britain’s leading premium soup brands, the New Covent Garden Soup Company. The Nasdaq-quoted group’s chief executive, Irwin Simon, said that management is “excited” about expanding its existing brands into Ireland and selling Cully & Sully’s products — particularly its soup range — into both Britain and the US.