UK giant Howdens Kitchens sold on Clonakilty blackpudding and sausages site’s sizzle
![UK giant Howdens Kitchens sold on Clonakilty blackpudding and sausages site’s sizzle UK giant Howdens Kitchens sold on Clonakilty blackpudding and sausages site’s sizzle](/cms_media/module_img/7379/3689902_4_articlesmall_IMG_6083_1_.jpg)
Sold on the sizzle: Howdens has taken 11,000 sq ft at Unit 3 Little Island Business Park
INTERNATIONAL kitchen-making and sales company Howdens is to take over a large, former Cork food production unit, previously used for two decades by Clonakilty Food Company to manufacture its famed black pudding and sausages ranges, among other bacon products.
![On the ball: Clonakilty Food Co moved to this €7m new facility in West Cork having manufactured in Little Island from 1999 to 2017 On the ball: Clonakilty Food Co moved to this €7m new facility in West Cork having manufactured in Little Island from 1999 to 2017](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7379/3689893_4_articleinline_CBP_20CorkGAA_01_1_1_.jpg)
Putting the sizzle into Unit 3 at the Little Island industrial Estate is UK-based Howdens as part of its rollout of Irish depots, having started in Dublin last year and with over 800 outlets in the UK.
![Home cooking with a Howdens kitchen? Home cooking with a Howdens kitchen?](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7379/3689896_4_articleinline_howdens_20kitchens_1_.jpg)
The company has thus far sold over 6m kitchens. so has its own recipe for success: its arrival in Ireland will not be underestimated in the building trade and among consumers.
![Interior of Unit 3 at the Little Island Business Park Interior of Unit 3 at the Little Island Business Park](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7379/3689899_4_articleinline_IMG_6075_1_.jpg)
DETAILS: Kevin O’Sullivan, Barry
Auctioneers 086 2503909; email
kosull@barryauctioneers.ie, howdens.com