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Kilkenny producer seals spud-tacular €100m deal with supermarket giant

By Kilkenny Now 10th March 2022 Post a comment

Kilkenny-based Iverk Produce has secured a masive €100 nillion deal with Aldi Irleand to supply the supermarket giant with potatoes. The Piltown fruit and vegetable supplier gas partnered with Aldi since 1999 and currently supplies its Irish stores with potatoes and carrots. As part of the new contract extension, Iverk will supply 24,000 tonnes of […]

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Dressing for success: Popular Kilkenny restaurant relishes ‘best of best’ accolade

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2021 0

A well-known Kilkenny restaurant has been named as one of Ireland’s ‘best of best’ food producers. The Fig Tree on the High Street is one of just six food and drink producers from across the country named as Grow with Aldi winners for 2021. Now the Fig Tree’s Honey & Cayenne Dressing €2.99 and Original […]

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Objection throws plans for new supermarket development in Kilkenny town into doubt

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2021 0

Plans to build a new supermarket in the centre of a Kilkenny town are up in the air after an objection to the development was lodged with the national planning agency. Last month German discount retailing giant Aldi was granted planning permission by Kilkenny County Council to build a new store in Castlecomer. The planned […]

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Nice try! Kilkenny school scoops €10,000 in rugby competition

By Kilkenny Now 22nd November 2020 0

A Kilkenny school has just scored a cool €10,000 in a nationwide competition they try-ed very hard to win. Graignamanagh Boys National School is one of 10 primary schools around the country that received €10,000 from Aldi and the IRFU as part of their ‘Adli Play Rugby’ sticker competition earlier this year. Aldi Play Rugby […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: It’s hard to get the measure of drinking at home

By Kilkenny Now 18th September 2020 2

Pessimists, we are told, always see the glass as half empty; for optimists it is half full. But it seems we are all a bit optimistic when it comes to pouring wine. A survey has discovered that what most of us regard as an average glass is about 50% bigger than the standard measure you would buy in […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: A vintage written in the stars

By Kilkenny Now 3rd July 2020 0

If you have a birthday coming up soon you might want to celebrate with “a heady red wine that can wrap you in rich, gooey warmth … or a luxurious, full-bodied white”. Why? Because your star sign is Cancer (June 21 to July 22) and Cancerians are “governed by sensation—they feel deeply, love strongly and […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: When it’s time to reach for the rosé

By Kilkenny Now 5th June 2020 0

The lovely weather seems to have abandoned us but Met Eireann says it should soon be back, so don’t put away the barbecue just yet. When the sun comes out we reach for the rosé.  It’s Ireland’s favourite summer wine and, although I’m not a big fan, I have to admit it goes well with […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: Keep the price down and the heat up

By Kilkenny Now 15th May 2020 0

I have been complaining about the number of wine-makers who have hijacked a particular day to promote their product. An email that goes one better has just dropped into my basket. Apparently the week beginning May 25 is National Barbecue Week.  I hope it keeps fine for them. Recent good weather and lockdown has meant that, […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: Sauvignon Blanc, your day has come

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2020 0

The old proverb insists that every dog has its day. Soon we’ll be able to say the same for wine. There are special days for Beaujolais, Pinot Grigio, Merlot and Malbec. And today (May 1) is International Sauvignon Blanc Day. It’s a marketing ploy, devised in New Zealand, which hardly seems necessary since Sauvignon Blanc […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: On tap and poured at your door

By Kilkenny Now 17th April 2020 0

Time was when the milkman would deliver a pint of the white stuff to your door. Now a pub in Belfast is delivering pints of the black stuff. You phone the Hatfield House bar and pay for your order by card. They come to your house in a van fitted with a portable tap system, […]