Local Business from Cavan participating in the Food Academy Start Programme 2015

Four local businesses are participating in this year's Food Academy Start Programme with Bord Bia, Supervalu and LEO Cavan.

Pictured below:

Hyland Brewing Company; Mary Ellen's Meadow Cordials; Barry John's Sausages; O' Cléirigh Brewing Company.

The Food Academy Start Programme is a new initiative, introduced in 2014, aimed at supporting and nurturing start-up food businesses.

The programme is delivered through workshop style training which is designed by Bord Bia and Supervalu. It is also supported by Supervalu in the context of retail expertise and providing a route to market.

Co-ordinated by Local Enterprise Offices nationwide, the programme is designed to guide companies from start-up to their first retail listing.

Intensive workshops provide companies with long-term business supports including consumer insight, technical advice, resource planning, commercial advice and marketing development. The output has a core commercial focus whereby all participants have the opportunity to pitch their product or idea to Supervalu, with a view to securing an initial local listing and the potential to build from there. A suite of follow-up supports is exclusively designed by Bord Bia under the Food Academy Banner to ensure the continued development of the participant companies.