Selling up doesn't mean selling out

Over the last decade, Cullen Allen and Colum O’Sullivan have been through it all: the idea, the start-up, the research, the early days, the success, the expansion, and most recently the sale of their company.

Better known as Cully & Sully, they are the men behind the food company of the same name who can today walk into most major supermarkets in the country and see their range of pies, hotpots and soups stocked in the fridges.

Earlier this year, they were faced with the decision which must be the envy of many successful entrepreneurs and decided to sell Cully & Sully to American-based Hain Celestial who specialise in natural and organic food and personal care products.