BANGOR food producer Clandeboye Estate Yoghurt is anticipating a period of significant growth following confirmation of a deal worth a potential £500,000 a year with Aldi.
As Northern Ireland’s only yoghurt producer, it will be supplying the retail chain across the Republic with a range of flavoured Greek yoghurts created exclusively for Aldi using the milk from the estate’s award-winning herd of Holstein and Jersey cows.
The new yoghurts will be retailed under Aldi’s successful “Specially Selected” line of premium private label products that have been created with the aim of adding a little bit of affordable luxury to the weekly food shop.
Following taste tests to create exclusive flavours, the new 200g yoghurts in three varieties - raspberry and white chocolate, mandarin and lime, and Alphonso mango and nectarine - will be hitting the shelves in Aldi stores across Ireland from this week.
“We're delighted to be joining Aldi’s ‘Specially Selected’ family,” says Bryan Boggs, manager of Clandeboye Estate’s yoghurt business.
“Clandeboye Estate Yoghurt has been stocked in Aldi and performing well for over a year. It’s a great boost to the business to be identified for Aldi’s own brand premium range which includes products sourced from some of the best speciality food producers across Europe.”
The company estimates that the Aldi contract could potentially be worth around £500,000 a year, with supply extending to Aldi’s 129 stores across Ireland.
The financial boost will allow plans to progress to expand the business with the building of a new production facility which not only provides increased capacity but will further its commitment to improving it environmental footprint by making use of the estate's anerobic digester for energy requirements.
