A Castletownbere based seafood company is celebrating after landing a €500,000 deal with Lidl to supply brown crabs to 800 of its stores in Spain and Portugal. Shellfish Ireland, which employs around 150 people in Castletownbere, landed the deal due to their relationship with Lidl Ireland, and will now see its produce shipped from West Cork to depots all over Spain and Portugal. The deal is the result of efforts to open up new avenues for Irish suppliers in the seafood area in Lidl's international markets. This contract signing with Lidl represents a great opportunity for our fourth generation, family run business which is based West Cork in Castletownbere. "It is fantastic also to see a large international retailer like Lidl show such confidence in Irish companies," he said.

Source: Irish Examiner July 17, 2019 06:00 UTC