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Odlums Group is an
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
food processing and marketing company owned entirely by
Valeo Foods
Valeo Foods is an Irish multinational producer of branded food and beverage products. The company has a portfolio of over 50 international food brands which are sold across 90 countries globally, including Rowse Honey, Odlums Group, Odlums, Batch ...
, which is backed by
Origin Enterprises
Origin Enterprises plc is a focused agri-services group providing specialist on-farm agronomy services and the supply of crop technologies and inputs. The group has leading market positions in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Poland, Romania and Ukrain ...
and
CapVest Limited, a European investment group. It manufactures and retails a number of products under the Odlums name as well as
McCann's Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal
McCann's Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal is an Irish brand of oatmeal that is sold internationally. It consists of steel-cut oats rather than rolled oats.
History
In 1800, John McCann built a mill at Beamond, County Meath, near Drogheda in Ireland. I ...
.
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History
![Odlums](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Odlums.jpg)
A flour mill operated by William Odlum, one of three Odlum brothers, in
Maryborough (now Portlaoise) began operation in 1845. Odlum was succeeded by his two sons, William P. and Richard Odlum, and the company became known as W.P. & R. Odlum. In the early 20th century, the company operated as many as nine mills but consolidation reduced that number to the current three flour mills in
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
,
Cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
, and
Portarlington The oatmeal mill in
Sallins
Sallins () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland, situated 3.5 km north of the town centre of Naas, from which it is separated by the M7 motorway (Ireland), M7 motorway. Sallins is the anglicised name of ''Na Solláin'' which means "the wil ...
was closed at the end of 2013. The company remained in family hands until 1988. In 2007, Origin Enterprises which previously had a 50% stake in the Odlums Group, acquired full control of Odlums from the state-sponsored
Greencore Group
Greencore Group plc is a food company in Ireland. It was established by the Irish government in 1991, when Irish Sugar was privatised, but today Greencore's products are mainly convenience foods, not only in Ireland but also in the United Kingd ...
. In 2010, Batchelors, a manufacturer and retail category partner, and Origin Foods, the food division of Irish-based, Origin Enterprises Plc, merged to create Valeo Foods.
Products
Odlums manufactures and retails a number of flour and cereal related products under the Odlums name. These include quick porridges, cereal snacks, health foods, and baking flours and mixes. Odlums also customises flours for wholesale to bakers. In addition to Odlums branded products, the group manufactured and sold
McCann's Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal
McCann's Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal is an Irish brand of oatmeal that is sold internationally. It consists of steel-cut oats rather than rolled oats.
History
In 1800, John McCann built a mill at Beamond, County Meath, near Drogheda in Ireland. I ...
and other similar oat products with the McCann's brand until it sold the brand in 2008 to
Sturm Foods
Sturm (German for storm) may refer to:
People
* Sturm (surname), surname (includes a list)
* Saint Sturm (died 779), 8th-century monk
Food
* Federweisser, known as ''Sturm'' in Austria, wine in the fermentation stage
* Sturm Foods, an American d ...
.
See also
*
Aryzta
ARYZTA AG is a food business based in Zurich with operations in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. It is incorporated in Switzerland and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (the Zurich Stock Exchange). It discontinued its listing on Euron ...
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External links
Odlums Groupofficial website
Food companies of the Republic of Ireland