Ah here.
Poland-packed, pacific pollock pretending to be paddies?
i-Fish writes:
Called into local Tesco on Monday evening and lifted a box of fish branded “Donegal Catch”. What a misrepresentation – Alaska pollock caught in the Pacific and packaged in Poland! Hasn’t ever came close to anywhere in Ireland. Needless to say I put it down and bought chicken instead.
Thanks Bebe
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The chicken was also probably plucked and packed in Poland.
All the fish from Irish waters is caught by Dutch supertrawlers – the quotas and all that.
Won’t be long till the atlantic is barren, then they’ll regret catching massive amounts of fish and using most as pet food.
Our own supertrawlers have played a big part in destroying the worlds stock.
https://britishseafishing.co.uk/atlantic-dawn-the-ship-from-hell/
Next you’ll be telling us that Jacobs USA Biscuits aren’t made in the USA!
Are Nice biscuits made in Nice?
And the chicken in a bucket of KFC is Sherlock masquerading as Kentucky.
* Shercock
Donegal Catch is a brand name of a fish processor. It tells you nothing about the actual origin of the product nor does it claim to. To think otherwise is pure naivety as I’d say knowing their range that very little of it is landed in Irish ports let alone caught in Irish waters. Hate to break it to you but the term “fresh fish” is a complete misnomer as well today.
Expect another attack of the vapours if they find out that Irish Spring is neither Irish nor springy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Spring
It doesn’t smell like Teen Spirit which is a different brand altogether.
I realise there is already a chocolate bar called Catch, but couldn’t they be less geographically specific? I was of the belief their fish was caught off the Donegal coast and now feel hoodwinked. Back to fish fingers, I guess.
You know what’s in fish fingers, yes?
Fish fingers are from golden-crumbed hand-shaped fish who can instantly regrow new ones.
What about cod balls?
Nothing can stop what is crumbing?
Now on fhile. In a fhiling chabhinet.
Back in the day ” the hidden persuaders” was required reading.
At least they’re upfront about the species.
Unlike the “cod” sold in most chippers.
An if anyone really believes “Dublin Bay Prawns ” are of BAC origin then I’ve got a non vax Covid solution for you. Only products carrying the Bord Bia Origin-Ireland stamp are produced entirely from Irish produce so if you’ve ever wondered why Galtee bacon doesn’t have one ……well then maybe ask Knud Larsen in Copenhagen.
who are they trying to cod?
Never mind the pollocks………….
Shush now
and keep this to yerselves lads
but Donegal Catch, and Green Isle Foods, aren’t even Irish owned
I went a-looking and the latest I could see was a purchase of Green Isle, including Donegal Catch, by Maurice Hickey, previously of Largo Foods/Tayto and the government backed Ireland Strategic Investment Fund from Boparan Holdings/ 2 Sisters in 2019.
It gets confusing after that and was giving me a headache! Did Green Isle sell the Donegal Catch brand to another company and who owns Green Isle now? How did Hickey and the ISIF fare in their investment I wonder!
Blue Giant?, who owns them?
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/blue-giant-sales-stay-chilled-through-pandemic-meltdown-hhm869z2b
Bosparan /2 sisters spun off Green Isle,
But, and am open to correction, hung onto the Donegal Catch brand, although it is licenced to the Green Isle buyers, who manage the franchise I suppose, from the Donegal Catch HQ in Sligo.
Green Isle returned to Kildare from where they were mainly a Pizza Toppings factory that Bosparan acquired originally.
Whatever tis today, in fairness, I doubt much of their core ingredients were ever in Donegal waters
What a minefield the food industry is with respect to who makes what, in what country, with what sourced products, and who is the actual parent owner – when you do find out it’s not long before the answers change again.
I guess then that Blue Giant is the name of the investment group that bought Green Isle Brands which covers Green Isle Foods and Donegal Catch.It’s unknown if ISIF have divested themselves of the deal or are still involved. I wonder when getting involved was there a proviso that Donegal Catch would support Irish fishing enterprises, or that Green Isle would only use Irish grown veg.
https://isif.ie/news/isif-backed-acquisition-of-green-isle-foods-and-donegal-catch
“ISIF is the single biggest investor while other investors include Mr Hickey, Ray Coyle, a highly regarded Irish entrepreneur and former founder of Largo Foods, and a number of other private investors. The transaction was supported with bank debt provided by Ulster Bank.”
Flynn O’Driscoll blog piece
https://fod.ie/latest-news/flynn-odriscoll-wins-two-awards-in-finance-dublins-deals-of-the-year-2020/
Also, a fairly high chance that slave labour was involved, though that would also be true if any of it actually was Irish.
Paddyhats imported from China and sold in tourist souvenir shops around O’Connell Street.