TD welcomes Dawn Farm Foods procurement of major contract with Subway and calls for North Kildare Food Hub

Fianna Fail TD, Frank O'Rourke, has welcomed the announcement by Naas based Dawn Farm Foods that it has secured a major contract to supply its food products to fast food giant, Subway. The company secured the contract with Subway against strong competition from the UK, Italy and Germany which will ensure Dawn Farm Foods as the chosen partner supplier for Subway until 2024.

The North Kildare TD has also called on the Government to designate Naas and surrounding areas in North Kildare as a Food Hub.

“In 2010, Dawn Farm Foods secured a €700m contract with Subway. This is effectively, as I understand it, a renewal or extension of that contract. However, the success of Dawn Farm Foods in securing this contract reflects the success of the company in these challenging and changing economic times” said Deputy O'Rourke.

“This is great news for the company, its management, the employees and the wider area of North Kildare. It will give the industry here a vote of confidence in the midst of much international uncertainty.”

He added that, since his election, he has campaigned for the area of North Kildare to be designated as a Food Hub. Naas and surrounding areas are home to many Food related companies, which have strong brands, amongst them Kerry Food, Dawn Farm Food and Queally Group who have secured this contract. Other companies in the area include Tara Vale Foods, Green Isle, Brady Farm Food located in Timahoe, and Ballymooney Foods located in Clane.

Deputy Frank O'Rourke

"I have seen first-hand the investment these companies have made, and continue to make, in terms of product development, technology, human resources and infrastructure. The agri-food sector is Ireland’s largest indigenous industry which employs over 175,000 people with a yearly turnover of €11bn highlighting its importance to the economy" he concluded.