Raymond Coyle of Largo Foods

John O’Donovan

Thursday 31 January 2013

This months business person of the month is Raymond Coyle

Raymond Coyle the CEO of Largo Foods and the iconic Tayto brand is the first Business Person of the Month for 2013.  Largo Foods is an Irish company and is the leading manufacturer and distributor of premium snack foods (crisps, snacks, peanuts and popcorn) in Ireland, supplying branded and own label products to Ireland, the UK, Continental Europe, Australia, Asia and Middle East.  Largo Foods has production facilities in Ashbourne, Co. Meath, Gweedore, Co. Donegal and Barnsley, UK. The Co. Meath factory produces their potato based products and the company are very proud of sourcing over 30,000 tonnes of potatoes from Irish farmers annually, which equates to approximately 10% of the nations’ annual potato crop. They source most of these potatoes from Irish farmers in Meath, Dublin, Louth and Wexford.  Bobby will speak with Raymond this Sunday to discuss his life and career.
 
You can listen to an interview with Raymond on Newstalk Radio on Sunday morning from 9am.
Congratulations Raymond from Tyrone GAA.