Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed)
10:40 am
Mr. Niall O'Connor:
I will answer the question about produced and packed products by way of the example of coffee. Clearly, coffee beans do not grow in Ireland but we have a relationship with Bewleys in Dublin. Bewleys source coffee beans for us, to our specification. They bring them into their site in Dublin, roast and grind them to our specification, pack them and deliver them to our distribution centre in Naas, from where they are passed on to our stores. Those coffee products clearly state "Produced in Ireland".
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