Lidl and Lakeland sign €1m-plus contract extension

Lidl Ireland has signed a new contract extension worth more than €1 million with Lakeland Dairies.

This new deal will see the Killeshandra based dairy Co-Op supply a core range of ice cream products including an exclusive festive Deluxe ice cream range to Lidl stores nationwide this Christmas. Lakeland Dairies currently supply an existing assortment of Irish butter and milk products to Lidl Ireland and Northern Ireland stores that is worth over €18 million.

The latest deal expands the range of locally produced Irish ice cream products to 10, in addition to an increase of exports to selected Lidl stores in the Czech Republic alongside its already existing export of long-life milk to Lidl stores in Great Britain.

The latest deal will see Lidl’s Ice Cream range sourced from the processing plant in Killeshandra, while their Irish Creamery Butter is sourced at the production facility in Co Monaghan and the supply of Flavoured Milk and UHT Milk from their plant in Newtownards Co Down.

Tommy O’Donoghue, Head of Consumer Foods, Lakeland Dairies said: “We are delighted to expand our product range with Lidl and secure this latest deal.”