Tesco is discontinuing its 'Irish food' range in the UK
The company has featured the section in British stores since 2011.
UK SUPERMARKET GIANT Tesco has confirmed that it will discontinue its Irish food section in 202 stores across Britain.
The store has already begun phasing out the products, and the process will be completed by the end of July. The story was first reported in UK-based outlet the Irish Post.
Speaking to the publication, Eddie O’Kane from O’Kane Irish Foods, a company that supplies Tesco, said that it was a “strange development”.
“The world foods category has been growing rapidly over the past number of years, in contrast to the overall supermarket trend which has been, at best, very flat.”
The Tesco Irish section has been in place since 2011 and has seen the supermarket chain stocking homegrown favourites like Tayto, Club Orange, Barry’s Tea and Jacob’s Biscuits.
Despite the removal of a specific Irish food section, Tesco has said that it will continue to stock a number of Irish brands in other parts of its supermarket – although it has not made clear which products these will be and what lines will no longer be available.
Although the Irish section is set to go, world food sections will remain in place at the Tesco stores where they are currently situated.
Written by Michael Sheils McNamee and posted on TheJournal.ie
