Author: Niall McCool

M&S raises the stakes with unrivalled new British beef traceability campaign

From corned beef to fillet steak, every single piece of beef that M&S sells has two things in common – it can be traced back to the farm and animal it came from AND it is British Marks & Spencer has launched a new, summer-long food marketing campaign that shines a spotlight on M&S’ unrivalled beef…
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Musgrave Invest In ‘Fresh For You’ Range

Earlier this year, leading retailer Musgrave announced a £100 million commitment to the local food and drink industry, as well as a £10m investment into its store network, across Northern Ireland. To date, the company has spent £17m developing its own brand range, Fresh for You, which is available in leading convenience retailers, SuperValu, Centra…
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Kettyle’s Outstanding Great Taste Record Continues

Great Taste, the world’s most coveted food awards, which celebrates the very best in food and drink, has announced the Great Taste stars of 2017. Out of over 12,366 products to be judged, Kettyle Irish Foods, part of the Linden Food Group was awarded five 1-star Great Taste awards for their Salt Moss Aged Dirty…
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Linden Foods Scoop Major M&S Award At ‘PLAN A 2025’ Launch

Linden Foods the County Tyrone based meat manufacturer have been presented winners of the ‘Wellbeing and Leadership Award’ at the recent M&S Plan A 2025 launch in front of leading retailers, suppliers and manufactures from the UK food industry. The Marks & Spencer Plan A 2025 is a new eco and ethical programme, which is…
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Fane Valley & ABP Agree To Extend Joint Venture Arrangements To Linden Foods

Fane Valley Co-op and ABP Food Group have today announced plans to extend their joint venture relationship to include Linden Foods, the UK based meat processing business of Fane Valley. The partnership will see ABP Food Group take a 50% stake in the Linden Foods company. An agreement in principle has been reached by both…
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Linden Express Their Appreciation To Temple Grandin

Linden Foods the Dungannon-based meat processor paid tribute to pioneer and animal welfare expert, Dr Temple Grandin at the ‘Building Capacity Conference’ for Autism recently at the sold-out event at Titanic Belfast. The Co. Tyrone manufacturer who employs over 1000 people and is part of the farmer’s co-operative Fane Valley became headline sponsor for the…
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Guinness® and Kettyle Irish Foods™ Celebrate Their New Partnership

Guinness® and Kettyle Irish Foods™ celebrate their new partnership with an event in the Open Gate Brewery Last night, Tuesday April 4th, multi award winning meat supplier, Kettyle Irish Foods™ celebrated their new partnershipwith beer giant, Guinness® with an exclusive event in the Open Gate Brewery, St. James’ Gate. Attended by guests from every touchpoint…
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Linden & Kettyle Scoop Prestigious NIFDA Awards

Linden Foods & Kettyle Irish Foods picked up two prestigious NIFDA Awards and a ‘Highly Commended’ for their innovative and locally produced products.   Dungannon based Linden Foods won best product for a large company with their LIDL N. Ireland dry-aged steak range and a second place ‘highly commended’ for their M&S lamb crown. The…
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Linden Beef Farmers Visit The Dobson AA Farm

Linden Foods recently organised an Aberdeen Angus beef workshop event at the Warringstown farm of John Dobson, with over 40 farmers from across N. Ireland in attendance. Guest speakers included, Matthew Armstrong from Fane Valley Feeds and Donald Mackey from Fane Valley Stores. They covered topics such as animal nutrition and animal health. A farm…
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Turf & Clover Gourmet Burgers of Distinction

Linden Food Group, the leading Northern Irish meat processor has launched a 20-strong range of gourmet burgers for both retail and foodservice under its established Turf & Clover – Honest Irish Meat brand. Linden Foods, which is based in Dungannon, county Tyrone, has created the luxury range of burgers in different and unique flavours using…
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