Food producers recognised by SuperValu

Pork product supplier Oliver Carty has won the overall Irish Food Producer of the Year title at the SuperValu Irish Food Producers awards in association with Enterprise Ireland.

The Co Roscommon company was chosen for its considerable investment in new packaging technology, as well as the new and innovative products it has brought to the market this year.

It is a family run business set up by Oliver Carty in 1960 and now run by Oliver’s son Ted, who says it cuts and slices more rashers than any other company Ireland – over 2.5m rashers a week.

There were seven food and beverage winners on the night, selected from hundreds of entries.

The category winners were:

Best Newcomer: Farmers to Market
Best for Quality: Dunn’s of Dublin
Best for Innovation: Oliver Carty
Best Fresh Product: Keeling’s
Best Local Producer: St Tola Goat Cheese
The People’s Choice: Barry’s Tea (Ireland’s favourite Irish brand)

The Irish Food Producers Awards are part of SuperValu’s strategy to support Irish suppliers and producers, which includes sales of over €1 billion worth of fresh Irish food every year.

In 2010, the total purchases of Irish goods and services made by SuperValu was worth over €1.6bn to the Irish economy, serving to both create and protect almost 30,000 Irish jobs in the farm, food and retail sector.

Photo: Martin Kelleher MD SuperValu and Ted Carty of Oliver Carty

Story adapted from Bizstartup.ie