From van boy to national account manager, Gerry Cassidy has seen a lot during 40 years in the Irish bakery industry. He talks to Ulster Grocer…

It’s now a decade since the French siblings spotted a business opportunity in their home village of Clough in County Down – and the thriving Mace store that the trio established there on a former tile showroom site at the Castlewellan Road has grown its profits every year since.

This month, Trade People has been talking to Garvan Hegarty, proprietor of SuperValu in Fintona, the current Supervalu Store of the Year. Garvan has been running the store alongside his wife, Karen, for the last four years

This month, Trade People meets Mervyn McCaughey, managing director of Fivemiletown Creamery, producer of award-winning Irish traditional cheeses…Tell us a little about yourself and how you became…

There was a record entry to this year’s Ulster Grocer Marketing Awards and the judging panel had a particularly difficult morning at the Wellington Park Hotel in Belfast when they met to decide on winners in each of the six categories.