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Managing director of Dunbia, the Northern Irish meat business, Jim Dobson has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to the industry.
Dobson, who owns and runs 10 operating meat plants with brother Jack, has been named in the Meat Trades Daily ‘Hall of Fame’. Dunbia, headquartered in Dungannon, County Tyrone, is the largest lamb processor in Europe and runs beef and pork plants in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Heavenly Tasty Organics, an award winning Northern Irish producer of natural baby purees, is launching its unique range of frozen weaning products in the Republic through the SuperValu retail chain.

Niche Drinks, the Northern Irish cream liqueur producer, saw sales of its unique and highly innovative Shannon’s microwaveable Irish Coffee grow by more than 50 per cent last year.

Two Northern Ireland companies have figured in the prestigious British Pie Awards organised by the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association.

Fivemiletown Creamery, the Northern Irish leader in speciality cheese, helped a top artisan pie maker strike gold in the industry’s equivalent of the Oscars, the prestigious British Pie Awards. And Cloughbane Farm Foods gained a silver award for its chicken pie. Cloughbane is based on a family farm at Pomeroy in County Tyrone.

Leggygowan Farm, a Northern Irish artisan cheese producer, has added a new semi-hard goat’s cheese to its portfolio. Earlier this year the farmhouse cheese business launched Northern Ireland’s first goat’s blue cheese.

Northern Irish healthy drinks producer Squeeze Juice Caf? has seen sales of its fresh wheatgrass juice increase by 40 per cent, mostly from customers in Great Britain, this year.

Good4U, the innovative health food company, goes from strength to strength securing new business with Tesco, Sainsbury’s, M&S and Selfridges in 2012.

The business growth follows the launch of the Super Shoots brand - alfalfa shoots, lentil pea and bean shoots, alfalfa and sango radish shoots, roasted chilli seed mix and roasted seed sprinkle sachets.

Northern Ireland meat processor Linden Foods has been named Manufacturer of 2012 in the prestigious Meat Management Awards.

Bite Group, the Northern Irish convenience food company, has won new foodservice business in the Republic of Ireland that will provide 23 new jobs.

The latest business, worth around ?3 million from a foodservice industry leader, has led to Bite Group extending production and distribution of premium quality convenience foods to an extensive network of cafes, restaurants and corporate canteens in the Republic.

Northern Irish processor Rooney Fish has won contracts with two Japanese companies worth ?500,000.

Rooney Fish, based in Kilkeel, County Down, secured the new business after meeting the buyers at a seafood show in Brussels.