Devastating fire burned Glenisk ‘back to the 90s’

Up to the date of the fire, Glenisk was producing 57 different products. Four months after the blaze, the organic producer is back with the return of two products, but with staff “busy trying to get the next range of products” back on shop shelves

The devastating fire destroyed 90% of the organic producer’s facilities in Killeigh, Co. Offaly.
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In the mid-1990s, as Glenisk made its switch to using organic milk for its products, it had two pots of natural yoghurt on offer for customers.

This week, four months after a devastating fire destroyed 90% of the organic producer’s facilities in Killeigh, Co. Offaly, Glenisk’s yoghurt manufacturing business got back up and running with the return of two products. Managing director Vincent Cleary said the fire “burned us back to the 90s”.