Pauline Clarke of Kookee
Here at Talk of the Town we like to help out local businesses in any way we can.
Usually that is simply by promoting their services or letting people know of an event coming up. We like to help in any way we can but often you do not know what impact a story has. Therefore it warmed our hearts when we learned last week that a recent article had led to a lucrative contract for one local business.
Back on September 2nd we did an article on local SME Kookee scooping two Great Taste Awards for its Oatmeal and Chocolate Cookie Mix and for its Triple Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix.
That article caught the attention of Vine House Catering in Darver, who subsequently placed an order for 1,000 cookies a week with Kookee’s Pauline Clarke.
Pauline told Talk of the Town how the article led to the piece of business.
She said: “Thanks to Talk of the Town I was approached by Bernie Walsh from Vine House Catering.
“Bernie, along with her team provide in house catering to businesses and schools in Dundalk and Drogheda. The top of her agenda is to provide healthy homemade food and having seen your article she felt our product would be a perfect fit.
“We now have developed four brand new flavours for Vine House Catering and will be shipping 1,000 cookies a week starting next Monday.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for us to let more local people taste our products and hopefully we will be able to create more job opportunities in the coming months.
“I would like to thank Talk of the Town for giving us a fantastic boost.”
Established in 2009, Kookee’s products include freshly baked cookies, frozen uncooked dough for restaurants and deli counters and an easy make dry mix so you can create your own cookies at home.
Pauline set up Kookee after giving up work to become a career for her autistic son. Saturday mornings became a baking day for her and her three children and the popularity of their products led to her setting up what is now a thriving business.
Kookee’s mixes are available in over 50 SuperValu stores nationwide while its cookies are on sale locally in Barry’s at the Market Square, 23 Seats in Crowe Street and Urbano 21 in Park Street. They have also been recently introduced to the Food House and the Centras in Bay Estate and Blackrock.
Find out more about the company and where to buy their products at www.kookee.ie
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