UK giant Howdens Kitchens sold on Clonakilty blackpudding and sausages site’s sizzle

Kitchen company with 860 stores come to Cork and takes over Little Island unit previously used to make Clonakilty blackpudding,  sausages and bacon products

Sold on the sizzle: Howdens has taken 11,000 sq ft at Unit 3 Little Island Business Park

INTERNATIONAL kitchen-making and sales company Howdens is to take over a large, former Cork food production unit, previously used for two decades by Clonakilty Food Company to manufacture its famed black pudding and sausages ranges, among other bacon products.

On the ball: Clonakilty Food Co moved to this €7m new facility in West Cork having manufactured in  Little Island from 1999 to 2017