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17/04/2014
Golden Cow Announce 23 New Posts In Portadown
Golden Cow is providing 23 new jobs in Portadown with assistance from Invest Northern Ireland's Jobs Fund as part of a £2.5 million expansion.
The expansion will see the plant, part of Kerry Group, manufacture two innovative products, LowLow Snack Packs and Matteson's Chicken Dippers, for major retailers in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
Invest NI has offered the company £100,000 through its Jobs Fund to support the creation of the 23 new jobs.
Speaking following a visit to the company, Brian Dolaghan, Invest NI's Director of Business and Sector Development, said: "This is an important strategic investment by Kerry Group, which has owned Golden Cow since 2001, in the development of this manufacturing operation in Portadown.
"The investment, which we are assisting, is a substantial endorsement of this plant and the wider Northern Ireland food sector.
"The diversification into snack foods is also significant in that it widens the plant's portfolio and positions it to bid for further new product opportunities developing from Kerry Group's longstanding focus on convenience and snack foods for key markets abroad."
(CD/MH)
The expansion will see the plant, part of Kerry Group, manufacture two innovative products, LowLow Snack Packs and Matteson's Chicken Dippers, for major retailers in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
Invest NI has offered the company £100,000 through its Jobs Fund to support the creation of the 23 new jobs.
Speaking following a visit to the company, Brian Dolaghan, Invest NI's Director of Business and Sector Development, said: "This is an important strategic investment by Kerry Group, which has owned Golden Cow since 2001, in the development of this manufacturing operation in Portadown.
"The investment, which we are assisting, is a substantial endorsement of this plant and the wider Northern Ireland food sector.
"The diversification into snack foods is also significant in that it widens the plant's portfolio and positions it to bid for further new product opportunities developing from Kerry Group's longstanding focus on convenience and snack foods for key markets abroad."
(CD/MH)
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