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Moy Park, part of the Brazilian Marfrig Group and a leading poultry processor, is the biggest Northern Irish manufacturer. The company, headquartered at Craigavon, county Armagh turned over more than ?1 billion and had pre-tax profits of over ?24 million last year.

Boilie, the unique Irish goat’s cheese pearls from Fivemiletown Creamery in Northern Ireland, has been listed by caterers at Manchester United and will feature in the banqueting menu for the recent big match at Old Trafford with Chelsea.

Elmgrove Foods, the Northern Irish producer and exporter of beef, lamb and pork offal products to customers across the world, has won a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise.

The company gained the award in the International Trade category for a significant increase in sales to countries worldwide where there is a tradition of using the whole animal.

Strong competition has failed to prevent Strathroy Dairy, the Northern Irish dairy business in from more than doubling its annual pre-tax profits.
The business, which processes and supplies dairy products across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, has also posted a slight rise in turnover.

A record number of entries have been lodged by Northern Irish artisan food and drink companies for this year’s UK Great Taste Awards. A total of 627 products have been entered in the UK Guild of Fine Food’s prestigious event – up a record 29 per cent on the previous year.

A start-up business in Newtownards has overcome the reluctance of banks to invest in new food enterprises by raising ?80,000 through crowdfunding to become Northern Ireland's first raw-milk blue cheese manufacturer.

UK pub chain JD Wetherspoon has been Tempted? by a unique craft cider developed by dj’s juice and cider, the Lisburn artisan producer

A Sweet Summer Cider has been created under the successful Tempted? brand by dj’s for the chain’s upcoming Cider Festival in July. Cider lovers will be able to taste the quality of the new Tempted? product in the chain’s 900 pubs during the two-week festival.

Fivemiletown Creamery, the Northern Irish artisan cheese producer, has won a listing from top on-line retailer OCADO for its range of award winning and unique Boilie goat’s cheese.

OCADO shoppers are now able to enjoy Fivemiletown’s three traditional Irish Boilie hand rolled products – original goat’s cheese pearls with herbs and garlic infused oil, goat’s cheese pearls filled with basil pesto and goat’s cheese pearls filled with tomatoes and herbs.

Crossgar Poultry, the leading Northern Irish processor, has rebranded its range chicken range and gained Bord Bia accreditation to grow sales throughout Ireland.

The company, part of Crossgar Foodservice, which is based at Seaforde in Co Down and is now owned by Sysco Corp., has launched a fresh corporate identity and new packaging of its extensive range of fresh poultry products.

Peter Hannan, founder and managing director of Hannan Meats, the UK Supreme Champion in the recent Great Taste Awards, has been named Northern Ireland Entrepreneur of the Year in the prestigious Aer Lingus Viscount Awards for business achievement.