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A Northern Ireland bakery company has just secured its first listings in the UK multiple and independent retail sector and sales are on a real roll! Located in Loughgall, County Armagh, Braeside Country Pies' products are now being distributed by Cambridge-based Fordham Fine Foods and Devon Cakes of Ottery St Mary, with both companies having already taken several orders each since April.

There's an extra treat in store for visitors to Dublin Zoo ??“ delicious Belgian chocolate lollies shaped like various zoo animals and birds, hand-crafted by Belfast-based Baxter Murrary Creative Chocolate.

A series of production investment projects over recent months by Northern Ireland based Willowbrook Farm has resulted in substantially increased business for the company with a leading UK-wide supermarket group of over 4,000 stores, as well as allowing Willowbrook to enhance and extend its already extensive product offering.

Following a major refurbishment and enhancement of its production facilities in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, Orchard County Foods, the leading producer of branded and own label freshly cut fruit on the island of Ireland, is focusing on cementing its position in the booming ready-to-eat fruit snacks market with the launch of its own Simply Fruit brand.

Following on from the launch last September of its Jimmy's Classic Free Range Pork Sausage in a collaboration with Jimmy Doherty, Northern Ireland based Finnebrogue has just added to the original 60g dinner sausage with the introduction of Jimmy's Free Range Pork Chipolatas into Tesco stores throughout the UK.

Showcased for the first time last October at Anuga, Northern Ireland based IQ Brands' innovative new functional fruit juice drink, Umego, is quickly proving a huge success in the market, with the company having recently secured distribution agreements with three of the UK's leading fast food distributors ??“ Friar's Pride, Henry Colbeck Ltd and The Middleton Group.

Northern Ireland-based Euro Shellfish has recently launched an extended range of fish and shellfish products for the wholesale and foodservice sectors.

Moon and Spoon of Warrenpoint, an award winning specialist in healthy meals for young children, is being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to expand sales in the Republic of Ireland and further afield.

Executive Ministers Arlene Foster, MLA Enterprise, Trade and Investment, and Michelle Gildernew, MP MLA, Agriculture and Rural Development, today launched a joint strategy for the local food industry.

Linwoods in Armagh is being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to expand export sales as part of a £4.3 million expansion programme.