Country Crest, the north Dublin family-owned agri-business, and Tesco Ireland have confirmed a further extension of its almost 20-year relationship until 2020. \ Maxwell Photography
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The Hoey family’s Dublin-based firm Country Crest has signed up to a new €60m deal with Tesco Ireland to supply all potatoes, onions and sweet potatoes to the supermarket’s 149 stores and online outlets.
The contract is an extensions of the 20-year relationship between Country Crest and Tesco and includes more than 65,000t of fresh produce. That includes:
Over 20,000t of potatoes annually
4,300 tonnes of onions including 2.5m shallots
930t of sweet potatoes.
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The fourth generation of the Hoey family, brothers Michael and Gabriel, established Country Crest to grow and pre-pack fresh potatoes for the retail sector.
Tesco Ireland’s commercial director Sheila Gallagher said the company’s long history of partnering with Country Crest has helped to provide the confidence potato growers and the whole potato industry needed to invest and innovate for the future.
Gabriel Hoey, Country Crest, said the business now employs over 120 people in its production, farming divisions and sourcing directly from a further 30 farming families across Ireland.
“We’re delighted to continue that until 2020,” he added.
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The Hoey family’s Dublin-based firm Country Crest has signed up to a new €60m deal with Tesco Ireland to supply all potatoes, onions and sweet potatoes to the supermarket’s 149 stores and online outlets.
The contract is an extensions of the 20-year relationship between Country Crest and Tesco and includes more than 65,000t of fresh produce. That includes:
Over 20,000t of potatoes annually
4,300 tonnes of onions including 2.5m shallots
930t of sweet potatoes.
The fourth generation of the Hoey family, brothers Michael and Gabriel, established Country Crest to grow and pre-pack fresh potatoes for the retail sector.
Tesco Ireland’s commercial director Sheila Gallagher said the company’s long history of partnering with Country Crest has helped to provide the confidence potato growers and the whole potato industry needed to invest and innovate for the future.
Gabriel Hoey, Country Crest, said the business now employs over 120 people in its production, farming divisions and sourcing directly from a further 30 farming families across Ireland.
“We’re delighted to continue that until 2020,” he added.
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