Irwin’s is Northern Ireland’s largest independent bakery and supplies a range of traditional Irish breads to supermarkets throughout the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Founded in Portadown in County Armagh in 1912, as of 2017 the company reportedly had 337 employees and a turnover of approximately £29 million.[1]
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The business was originally founded by W.D. Irwin as a grocery retailer. His wife and sister-in-law were home-bakers, who began to bake cakes and bakery items for the shop. Additional bakers were later employed to cope with the increasing trade. In 1965, Irwin's launched Nutty Krust, a brand of plain or batch bread which went on to become "one of Northern Ireland's most popular grocery products".[2] The company is still owned by the Irwin family.[1]
25% of Irwin's products are sold in Great Britain, 12% in the Republic of Ireland and the rest is sold in Northern Ireland.[3][4] The company has reportedly been "steadily increasing the popularity of Irish bread products" in Britain.[5]
References
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- ^ "Irwin's Bakery". Woman's World - National Federation of Women's Institutes. Archived from the original on 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ^ "Vicery blog site". Archived from the original on 2007-10-30.
- ^ "Profile - Brian Irwin WD Irwin & Sons Ltd". The Irish Times. 2007-07-07. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011.
- ^ "WD Irwin and Son Bakery, Production Line Upgrade". foodprocessing-technology.com. Retrieved 2010-04-16.