Business

Lisburn-based Irwin's division wins industry awards

Ross Irwin, production manager at Howell's; councillor William Leathem from Lisburn & Castlereagh Council; and Stephen Harte
Ross Irwin, production manager at Howell's; councillor William Leathem from Lisburn & Castlereagh Council; and Stephen Harte

A LISBURN-based division of Irwin's bakery has won two national industry awards.

Howell House, the cakes and biscuits division of Irwin's, won 'Ambient Supplier of the Year’ from AF Blakemore - the UK’s largest Spar wholesaler and a ‘Local Shop Quality Food Award’ for Spar own label Luxury Lemon Drizzle Cake at the Local Shop Quality Food awards

Howell House production manager, Ross Irwin said:

“We want to recognise our staff in Howell House and say a big thank you for all of their hard work and dedication in delivering such a high-quality product in large volumes to SPAR. The Local Shop Quality Food awards are renowned for recognising excellence in new product development – the whole team should be very proud of their achievements.”

Howell House was acquired by Irwin’s Bakery in 2006 in order to introduce a specialist hand-made cakes and biscuits manufacturing division to the overall Irwin’s business.