For the first of this month’s retailer profiles, Kathy Jensen drove through (and over) the heart of the beautiful Sperrins on a gloriously sunny Easter Tuesday to meet up with Pauline Cooper, who owns the SPAR store in the pretty village of Eglinton, just outside Derry.

Having had several retailers extol its products to her recently, Kathy Jensen decided to pay a visit to Cloughbane Farm, just outside Pomeroy, where she met up with mother and son, Lorna and Richard Robinson, to find out more about this rapidly growing farm-based enterprise.

Elevator Promotional Marketing is delighted to be sponsoring the 2009 Ulster Grocer Marketing Awards. We all know this is going to be a tough year commercially and everyone involved in Northern Ireland’s grocery business will be challenged in a variety of ways, as will their consumers.

Ulster Grocer talks to Steven McGarry, Managing Director, Contact Marketing (NI) Ltd.
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