Cuinneog Featured on RTÉ's Nationwide February 8, 2012

Cuinneog is delighted to be featured in the latest Nationwide episode, broadcast on February 8, 2012, along with a number of other successful family run businesses throughout the country. Click here to view the RTÉ Player link for the episode, we hope to have a full clip embedded soon. Our segment begins at approximately 18.40 in the episode.
 

Taoiseach helps Cuinneog celebrate 21st birthday

Taoiseach Enda Kenny led the congratulations for Cuinneog Ltd., Balla, Co. Mayo, who are celebrating twenty one years in business this month. The birthday party took place at Café Rua, Castlebar and included celebration of their two gold stars presented at the 2011 Great Taste Awards earlier this year. Cuinneog also launched their new branding and packaging which will make the butter and buttermilk more visible on supermarket shelves countrywide. Cuinneog’s award winning products are Cuinneog Irish Farmhouse Country Butter and Cuinneog Buttermilk.

The Taoiseach is a particular fan of Cuinneog Buttermilk and took the opportunity to toast the celebrations with a glass full of creamy buttermilk. He said, “It really is the taste that makes the difference. I was at the State Banquet for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in May and had the pleasure of seeing Cuinneog products there. You can’t get on a stage like that without having excellence as a hallmark”.

The Taoiseach also spoke about the importance of small business to the economy, saying, “Despite our economic difficulties, we must look at every new job we create as being a step in the right direction. It is SMEs and micro enterprises which are the areas of real growth for this country. That’s businesses like Cuinneog”.

Speaking at the event, Seamus Mulligan, Business Development Manager, Cuinneog said, “All of us at Cuinneog would like to thank our many thousands of customers for their loyal support as well as all the stores that stock our products. We are also very grateful to our skilled and dedicated staff and quality suppliers. We could not have reached this business milestone of 21 years without them.”

Tom and Sheila Butler founded Cuinneog Ltd. in 1990 in Shraheens, Balla, Co Mayo. They drew on their family history of butter production, using traditional recipes and methods. Today, although the business has expanded and changed, they remain loyal to the traditional processes. The production cycle takes four days and Cuinneog is the only company producing fermented butter in Ireland. Cuinneog is a valuable employer in the local area.

Cuinneog Launches New Branding

To celebrate their 21 years in business, Cuinneog have launched new packaging. Both Cuinneog Butter and Cuinneog Buttermilk now come in attractive burnt orange packaging bearing the slogan ‘Cuinneog ... for the flavour’. The instantly recognisable Great Taste Award logo is also featured.

Cuinneog Fit for a Queen

Remember Cuinneog is “fit for the Queen” and was served at the table of Queen Elizabeth 11 on the occasion of the State banquet in her honour during her visit to Ireland.

Great taste awards for Cuinneog Irish Farmhouse Country Butter and Buttermilk

Cuinneog Irish Farmhouse Country Butter received its fourth Gold Great Taste Award with awards in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Cuinneog Natural Buttermilk also received a Gold Great Taste Award. This is the first Buttermilk to receive a Gold Great Taste Award according to the Guild of Fine Food.

Euro-Toque Award

Cuinneog is one of the few recipients of a Euro-toque Award from the European Community of Chefs in recognition of excellent quality standards, traditional and artisan production methods and outstanding contribution to Irish Food. Cuinneog Launches unique Round Bar. The Cuinneog Round Bar was created for Great Chefs with the assistance of Great Chefs.

The round bar contains the exact same butter as our flat bar in retail and is ideally sized to generate 33 portions of 7g which is the typical size of a portion of butter on the restaurant table. Wastage can be virtually eliminated by using the round bar and the customer will experience the most traditional and unique flavoured butter available in Ireland.

Cuinneog Launches 4 litre Buttermilk

Cuinneog Natural Buttermilk is now available in a convenient 4 litre bottle specifically for the Restaurant, Bakery, and Food Services sector. This is exactly the same Buttermilk as that which has been produced for retail sales over the past 21 years. Cuinneog Natural Buttermilk is as versatile as it is delicious. This natural low fat product contains less than 1% fat, is rich in lactic biotics and contains similar healthy ingredients to those found in Natural Yoghurt. Because it’s a Cuinneog buttermilk, the flavour is rounded and easy to adapt as a baking ingredient or to make a delicious and healthy smoothie.

Cuinneog take part in British Ambassitors Garden Party.