News

Celebrating Slow Food
Ardkeen Quality Food Store welcomes the Slow Food Terra Madre Festival to Waterford with an exciting programme of tastings and demonstrations featuring some of our finest artisan producers.

Terra Madre Festival
4th to 7th September 2008, Waterford – TICKETS AVAILABLE IN STORE!

Juice Master Juice 'n' Smoothie Bar


We didn't want to have just any old juice bar at Ardkeen...


Barron's Bakery exclusive to Waterford City
Based in Cappoquin, County Waterford

New Suppliers at Ardkeen Quality Food Store!
Zanna Foods and Skeaghanore Duck

Local author launches Website and Blog

Michael's website and blog, Tales from the Home Farm has recently gone live at www.michaelkelly.ie

Gubbeen Smokehouse


Sheridan's Cheesemongers - Manager Vacancy
Cheese Counter Manager

Winners of Employee Awards 2008


Ardkeen Market Features on RTE TV


Rule your own roost-er!
Most of us have heard the saying “Rule the roost” now local author Michael Kelly wants us to do exactly that…

Listed as one of Irelands top ten food pioneers
By Retail Times Magazine

Skeaghanore Duck
Listed in the Bridgestone Irish Food Guide

Pasta Milano from Mediterranean Flavours Ltd
Fresh Pasta

Book signing by local author at Sunday's Market
Sunday 8th June, 10am - 2pm

Ardrahan wins licence for sleepy milk
Finnish university grants licence for Lullaby Milk product

Ardkeen Quality Food Store First with Irish Potatoes
1st on sale in Waterford

Local Organic Beef
Direct from the farm

Food & Wine Night
in the Bodega

Local Potatoes go World Wide
based in the south-east of Ireland since 1989

Skelligs Chocolate Co
Award winning chocolates made on the West Coast of County Kerry overlooking the crashing waves and the magical Skelligs.

Valrhona Chocolates
Created by a Pastry Chef from the Rhone Valley, France.

Davidoff Coffee
Davidoff is a coffee with delicate nuances and complex flavour combinations.

Easter Colouring Competition Entries

We would like to thank all who took part.

Caherbeg Free Range Pork
Willie and Avril take pride in rearing happy pigs and cattle - stress free animals resulting in delicious meat.

SHERIDANS CHEESEMONGERS
Ireland's Best Cheesemongers at Ardkeen.

Ariosa Coffee
“Irish coffee drinkers are becoming more sophisticated and for coffee to be at its best it needs to be treated as a fresh food – like bread, it shouldn’t be sitting around on the shelf for too long.” - Michael Kelly

The second Juice Master Juice Bar

On Saturday, March 8, 2008, Juice Master Jason Vale opened his second Juice Master Juice ‘n’ Smoothie bar in Ireland in John Roberts Square, Waterford.

FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 2008
Guarantees a better deal for producers.

Sowan's Organic Pancake Mixes
Louise Delaney, who makes the excellent Sowan's bread mixes in Cork, has just introduced two new pancake lines, one with unbleached white flour, and one with spelt which can now be found in store

Waterfords Best Supermarket 2007


River Cottage CHICKEN OUT campaign for a free range future
sign up to the campaign here

One of Irelands Top 50 Stores 2008

Organic Turkeys before Christmas

 

FBD Crest Best Large Store Southern Region 2007

Chamber and VHI Healthcare Reward Business Excellence in Waterford

Waterford Chamber and Vhi Healthcare announced the 4^th round winners of the 2007 series of Business Excellence Awards at a special awards ceremony in the Athenaeum House Hotel on Monday, 7^th January.

Recent cookery demo and mini lecture
Martin Dwyer & Dan Fennelly were in store to give some welcomed advice for your Christmas dinners & parties.

Thorpe’s Organic Vegetables


Magnetti Foods - FRESH PASTA RANGE!
to make “real traditional fresh egg pasta” in Ireland as good as the best in Italy

Ardkeen Artisan Food & Wine Fair 2007 - A Huge Success for Gourmets and People in Need!


Ardkeen Artisan Food & Wine Fair 2007 - WINNERS

 

December Market at Ardkeen Shopping Centre
The December Market had a Christmas Theme with entertainment and seasonal food.

Ardkeen Artisan Food & Wine Fair 2007 - Speakers & Food Producers


Ardkeen Cookshop Fisherman’s Pie
Convenience food that’s handy, healthy and wholesome!

Rustichella d'Abruzzo – Pasta Range
Using the best natural ingredients, with traditional care to make durum wheat pasta in both traditional and special shapes.

Ballycross Apple Farm - LOCAL PRODUCE!
A range of apple juices from fruit grown on their farm in Bridgetown County Wexford.

Moltex Eco Nappies - BABY PRODUCTS
Guilt-Free Disposable Nappies

Our Best Tomatoes Yet !
Grantstown Nurseries Ltd. Suppliers of our top quality Irish Tomatoes.

Bertram Salter's Free Range Chickens
Everything used is from the farm and can be fully traced.

South East Business Magazine - Ardkeen Article

February 2007

Rosie's Broadway Bagels at Ardkeen Quality Food Store
How a family’s passion have brought sensational bagels to our store.

Thai Gold – from Wexford Importer
Enjoy this distinctive range of Organic Coconut Milk, Sauces, Curry Pastes, Rice and Noodles in store today

Lindt Swiss Chocolatiers


Berry Bros & Rudd - Exclusive to Ardkeen Quality Food Store!
The only Off Licence to stock BBR in the South East.

La Brea Bakery at Ardkeen Quality Food Store
La Brea Breads at Ardkeen Quality Food Store

Martin gets Wild & Exotic with Mushrooms!
Martin Dwyer demonstrating his recipes for Fanci Fungi Mushrooms

Pomegranate fruit juice at Ardkeen Quality Food Store.
Pomegranates are being hailed as a super-food which can protect the heart, brimming with vitamins A, C, E and iron, the pomegranate has been cultivated since pre-historic times.

Sowan's Organic Bread Mixes at Ardkeen Quality Food Store
For really good homemade bread - fast

Glenstal Abbey Chocolate Liqueurs
Unique product exclusive to Ardkeen Quality Food Store

LAMBER DE BIE FLOWERS
Bringing quality, innovation and style to the florist business.

Galantino Olive Oils - NEW RANGE!
Since it began in 1926 two generations of the Galantino family have run the mill.

WHEATGRASS - The Little Shot With A Massive Impact!
by Jason Vale

Retirement of a famous breadman
Johnny Mackey of Portlaw Bakery

Ardkeen Food and Wine Fair Photos 2004
Pictures of the event in Woodlands Hotel on November 21st 2004.

Born Free Organic Chicken