Irish biscuit maker East Coast Bakehouse has started carrying higher levels of product and is stockpiling certain ingredients as contingency measures against a no-deal Brexit, its co-founder has revealed. The UK accounts for half of East Coast Bakehouse’s business, which was established in 2016 by Mr Carey and his wife Alison Cowzer. East Coast Bakehouse also decided to put a greater focus on “high value-added” products for the UK, such as a high protein biscuit and low sugar products. Mr Carey also revealed that East Coast Bakehouse has reached break-even, and is poised to report “positive profitable growth in 2019”. To help manage its growth phase, East Coast Bakehouse plans to appoint a managing director to run the day-to-day operations, with Mr Carey becoming executive chairman.

Source: The Irish Times February 07, 2019 05:36 UTC