Longford Green Isle Foods, a leading Consumer Foods company recently announced that the company will make a significant investment of €30m across its operations in Ireland which will result in an additional 115 jobs over the next 5 years.

The investment programme, supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through Enterprise Ireland will position the company for future growth in Ireland and overseas.

As a result of this investment, an additional 50 jobs will be created at the company’s pizza production facility in Longford and an additional 65 jobs in its pastry production plant in Portumna. Further growth will be supported across its operations following on from today’s announcement. This investment also secures the jobs of the 700 people currently employed by Green Isle.

Green Isle Foods, a leading Irish frozen foods company, is part of the 2 Sisters Food Group which has a total turnover of £3billion with approximately 24,000 employees worldwide. The company operates in some of the most dynamic and fast moving categories of the food industry and represents household names such as Green Isle, Donegal Catch and Goodfella’s.