WOW! German retailer announces a whopping €17m contract with Tipperary company
Big money!
Lidl Ireland has announced a new contract worth more than €17 million with a Tipperary company.
The deal with Honeyvale Foods will see a range of premium Irish pork and bacon products supplied to more than 217 Lidl stores.
Founded in 1940, Honeyvale is part of the family-owned Brett Group that started as a small agricultural merchant selling to farmers in Kilkenny and Tipperary.
It has grown over the years to what is now an international supplier of premium pork and bacon.
Fourth generation in the family business, brothers David and John Brett, now operate Honeyvale’s two sites in Cahir and Clonmel.
The 15 year partnership between Lidl Ireland and Honeyvale has grown from strength to strength.
Honeyvale supply Lidl’s 217 stores in Ireland and Northern Ireland, as well as all of its 900 stores in Great Britain.
The relationship has facilitated export deals to countries including Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Portugal, Slovenia and Poland.