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Tandragee-based White's Oats secures Tesco porridge deal in Scotland

Stuart Best, left, of White’s Oats in Tandragee with Tesco’s Sean Largey
Stuart Best, left, of White’s Oats in Tandragee with Tesco’s Sean Largey Stuart Best, left, of White’s Oats in Tandragee with Tesco’s Sean Largey

PORRIDGE producer White's Oats has secured a deal to supply Tesco stores in Scotland with its cereal products.

The Tandragee-based firm said the success followed major investment in new product development and a packaging redesign.

The company, which is this year celebrating 175 years in business has developed a range of porridge, granola and toasted oat snack products.

It already sells across Britain and Ireland and exports to the United States, Asia and the Middle East.

White’s business development manager Stuart Best said: “At White’s we are really delighted to have been given the opportunity to develop our business with Tesco in both Ireland and Scotland.

"With increased availability in Scotland, we look forward to growing our business by meeting the needs of Tesco shoppers.

“We are focused on developing and bringing to market nutritionally balanced oat cereals which taste good and allow consumers to pursue healthy active lifestyles whatever their needs- it’s a sector that we are committed to championing.”

Tesco's commercial manager in the north Sean Largey added: "The White’s Oats brand is testament to the strength of the Northern Irish food sector and a great example of a local company that Tesco is honoured to support.

"White’s has been part of the Tesco Northern Ireland success story since we first opened our doors in Belfast in 1996 and it is really rewarding to see them develop their business with this contract to supply our stores in Scotland."

White's Oats employs more than 50 staff at its Co Armagh base and is a subsidiary of the Fane Valley Co-operative Society.