Tayto Crisps is a crisps and popcorn manufacturer within the Republic of Ireland, founded by Joe Murphy
in May 1954. Tayto invented the first flavoured crisp production process. The first two seasoned crisps
produced were Cheese & Onion and Salt & Vinegar.

KP Snacks is a British producer of branded and own-label maize-, potato-, and nut-based
snacks, "Choc Dips" and nuts. The KP originally stood for Kenyon Produce. The company
was founded in 1853 as Kenyon & Son as a producer of confectionery, jam and pickles.
By 1891 the company had become Kenyon & Son and Craven Limited. The company
switched to producing roasted and salted hazelnuts in 1948, expanding to peanuts later.
These were originally produced for sale in cinemas. In 1952 the company introduced
Hercules Nuts and in 1953 the No.1 KP Nuts peanut brand.

The Smith's Snackfood Company is a British-Australian manufacturing company best known
for its crisps (potato chips). Founded by Frank Smith and Jim Viney in the United Kingdom in
1920, the company packaged a twist of salt with its crisps in greaseproof paper bags,
which were sold around London. After establishing the product in the UK, Smith set up the
company in Australia in 1932. It is owned by the American multinational corporation, PepsiCo.
The company produces and markets various snack foods. Smith's Snackvend Stand is
the branch of the company that operates vending machines.

Club is the brand name for a series of Irish carbonated soft drinks produced in Ireland by Britvic
Ireland and previously by Cantrell & Cochrane (C&C). It is bottled by the Britvic plant in Dublin.
The series includes Club Orange, Club Lemon, Club Rock Shandy (a mixture of the orange and lemon
flavours) and Club Apple soft drinks.

Tesco Ireland is the Irish arm of supermarket group Tesco and controlled 28% of the grocery market as
recently as 2012. Tesco Ireland was formed by the Tesco plc 1997 takeover of the Irish retailing operations
of Associated British Foods, namely Powers' SupermarketsLimited and its subsidiaries, trading as
"Quinnsworth" and "Crazy Prices". There are 152 Tesco stores in operation in Ireland as of August 2018

Barry’s Tea was founded in 1901 by James J. Barry, grandfather of Peter Barry. From
the very beginning, quality was at the heart of our family’s business. In 1934, Anthony
Barry was awarded the Empire Cup for tea blending, confirming his expertise in the tea
trade. This tradition of quality without compromise continues to this day.

Lyons is a brand of tea belonging to Unilever that is sold in Ireland. It is one of the two dominant
tea brands in the market within the Republic of Ireland, along with Barry's Tea. It was started by
the Lyons family in Dublin in 1902, with production moving from High Street to Marlborough Street
in 1932 and Goldenbridge, Inchicore, in 1963. The company was taken over by Unilever in 1996
and its products are now produced in England. It was a major advertiser in the early decades of RTÉ
Television, featuring the "Lyons minstrels" and coupon-based prize competitions.

Going from producing relish in her kitchen for local shops and restaurants, to moving into purposely built
kitchens in Little Island, Yasmine Hyde’s company Ballymaloe Foods has quickly grown into a versatile
brand, loved by many. Our use of only the best quality ingredients, traditional cooking methods
and the constant support from our passionate and dedicated team are all to thank for our long-standing
tradition of delivering a wide range of great quality products. We are immensely proud and very
lucky to have such driven staff to whom we owe our success.