Food Matters

S3 Ep29: Ashes to Action: The Glenisk Story of Sustainability


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Vincent Cleary is one of Ireland’s original champions of food sustainability. Having taken over the family yoghurt business from his father in the mid 1990s, Vincent knew that organics was the way forward and within a year, Glenisk was a fully organic milk and yoghurt brand that quickly rose to dominate its market in Ireland. 

When a fire destroyed Glenisk’s production facility in 2021, Vincent was faced with one of the biggest challenges of his career: rebuilding a family business that he had been growing for almost 30 years. Today, Glenisk is not only thriving but it’s also accelerating it’s sustainability goals, including plastic-free packaging and a target to become carbon neutral by 2026.

In this episode of Food Matters Vincent tells Mick Kelly of GIY the story of how he built Glenisk in to one of Ireland’s biggest and most trusted organic food brands, how it felt to watch it all burn down in the space of a few hours, and what he did next to try to save the company and build it back up for the next generation. 

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