Business

Forest Feast of export sales

PORTADOWN based Forest Feast which produces dried fruit and nut products, is celebrating a year of export success reporting a 58 per cent increase in international sales on last year. The business secured new retail and foodservice customers in the USA, the Baltics, Greece, Uruguay, Croatia, Switzerland, Finland, Angola and Norway during 2013 and strengthened its established presence in markets including Russia and Brazil. Lorraine Hall, sales and marketing director of Kestrel Foods which owns the Forest Feast brand said: "Significant wins this year included retail supply contracts with Globus Supermarkets in Switzerland, Stockmann Supermarkets in Finland and Meny Supermarkets in Norway, as well as a foodservice distribution contract which has made our products available on Estonian ferries and in top end delicatessens across Estonia and Latvia."