Pilgrims Choice

Pilgrims Choice is a cheese brand owned by Irish dairy exporter Ornua (formerly Adams Foods Ltd and the North Downs Dairy), with UK operations based in Wincanton, Somerset, England. It is the UK's number two cheddar brand, worth £72 million, with year on year growth (2007/8) of +60%* (Source: TNS, w/e January 25th 2009)

Pilgrims Choice was founded by David Hardisty, the founder of North Downs Dairy in the mid 1980s, and was bought by the Irish Dairy Board in 1997.[1]

Despite an Identification Code of UK LK002, Pilgrims Choice is substantially sourced from Irish-produced cheese.[2]

References
  1. https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/pilgrims-progress-26733243.html
  2. https://www.rte.ie/eile/2018/0620/972001-pleas-for-irish-cheese-as-a-hard-brexit-looms/


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