Irish private-label ready meals maker Ballymaguire Foods is opening a plant in Lusk to help the company expand in the UK.
The new food plant, which is set to create 100 jobs, will take nine months to complete. The new jobs and investment will be used to expand the company’s presence in the UK, it said, with an initial focus on "bespoke food and meal products with inherent 'Irishness'". It will also target expansion in the catering and foodservice sectors in Ireland.
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MD Ed Spelman said: "This is a really exciting time for Ballymaguire Foods as we reach a landmark in our growth and development with strong plans and targets now in place to expand production over the next five years. Our production capability will now grow to over 500,000 meals per week and this will mainly be used to fuel the opportunities we see in the UK and add to our existing business there.
"We managed to buck the trend during the recession, as we used it to find new opportunities and successfully grow. We are now backing ourselves with this new investment which will help us continue to improve and innovate new food products."
Ballymaguire supplies private-label food to Tesco in Ireland, Aldi and Lidl.
