Aldi supplier from Co. Offaly wins big at the Great Taste Awards

A food producer for Aldi from Offaly is among 54 people who have won awards for the company at the 2021 Great Taste Awards.

Announced virtually on 21 September, the winning supplier from Co. Offaly at the 2021 Great Taste Awards is Carroll Cuisine, who won for their Thick Cut On The Bone Ham product.

Speaking about the success at this year’s awards, John Curtin, Group Buying Director of Aldi Ireland, said:

“The entire team at Aldi is extremely proud of our success at this year’s Great Taste Awards. We take pride in sourcing as many locally produced and Irish made products as we can, and to see these products winning awards on an international level is something that we, and our amazing suppliers should be very proud of.

"We know that our customers want to purchase products that not only taste great, but that are grown by and sourced from farmers and producers in the local community.”

Having had a very successful year at last year’s awards, the Aldi team is thrilled to have secured their position of Ireland’s leading private label range. The Great Taste Awards, organised by the Guild of Fine Food, is the acknowledged benchmark for find food and drink. Since 1994, over 150,000 products have been put through the robust Great Taste Awards judging process, with each product that is entered fastidiously blind-tasted by a selection of some of the best chefs, retails, restauranteurs, and food critics, who look for truly great tasting products, regardless of branding or packaging. As the world’s largest and most trusted food and drink awards, these accolades cement Aldi’s place as the top performing Irish supermarket, where local products and Irish provenance feature heavily on shelves throughout the year, as part of the retailer’s core and Specialbuys range.