Creamy flavours from Clandeboye Estate, Bangor chosen for yoghurt lovers in Britain
Clandeboye Estate yoghurts from Bangor, Co Down, are now available in Britain.
The yoghurts, produced on the historic estate’s dairy farm, have been listed by Booth’s Country, one of England’s most successful family-owned supermarket chains.
The new business represents an important stage in Clandeboye’s focus on extending sales in Britain, a key market for the producer of creamy gourmet yoghurts.
Clandeboye produces the yoghurts mainly from high-quality milk from the estate’s pedigree Holstein/Jersey herd. A new creamery was completed in 2021 to enable the company to quadruple production for the planned expansion to Britain. A major warehouse is currently being completed as part of this expansion. Patrick Black, Clandeboye’s commercial manager, says: “We’re incredibly excited by the listing of our products in Booths, a very significant order from a supermarket chain in Britain. “The renowned, family-owned food and drink retailer operates 28 stores across Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumbria, and Yorkshire. This is a fantastic step forward for our brand, and we’re delighted to be bringing the taste of Clandeboye to even more yoghurt lovers across Britain,” he adds.
Booths, a high-end retailer, was founded in Blackpool in 1847 “to sell the best goods available, in attractive stores, with excellent assistants.” It aims to offer customers high-quality food and drink, with a strong emphasis on fresh, local produce
The breakthrough retail deal also follows a listing of the yoghurts by Dunfermline –based Cress Company, one of the leading food distributors in Britain.
Booths is listing Clandeboye’s award-winning Indulgent Greek Style yoghurts in its main dairy section. These include the recently launched flavours of apple and cinnamon crumble and raspberry and white chocolate.
Clandeboye, the only significant producer of yoghurt here, has widespread sales across the region with all the main supermarkets, including Marks and Spencer, as well as hundreds of convenience stores, delis and farm shops. It also has substantial business in the Irish Republic.