Examiner appointed to food producer

The High Court has appointed an interim examiner to an award-winning Tipperary food manufacturing company that employs 18 people.

McEvoy Family Foods Ltd, which produces fresh soups, sauces, and garlic breads for Supervalu, Lidl, and others, got into financial difficulties due to factors which include high start-up costs, lack of bank funding, and bad debts.

The managing director is Gary McEvoy, whose wife Jane was a contestant on the UK version of The Apprentice earlier this year. She also works for the company, the court heard.