Our story
It started with a shop and the pull of the markets.
Dermot was born on Dorset Street, into the life of a Dublin food family. His father, Donal Skehan Sr., ran the local shop, Dorset Stores, later Skehan Stores, and that was the start of the Skehan family's life in food back in 1944. Dermot grew up in the rhythm of it: early starts, the trip to the markets, the knack for picking produce that's worth putting your name to. In time, Dermot reopened and ran Skehan Stores himself, before setting out on his own.
That instinct never left him. Together, Dermot and Liz built their own business in wholesale fruit and vegetables, and in 2005 the two of them founded FreshCut Foods, an early mover in fresh-prepared food for Ireland's retailers. Husband and wife, they've been the driving force behind the business ever since. Three generations on, food still runs in the family, a name many will recognise through Donal Skehan, the Irish cook, author and broadcaster, and grandson of the Donal Skehan Sr. who started it all.
The story so far, with Liz & Dermot
"Pick it well, prepare it properly, deliver it fresh. That hasn't changed since my father's shop."
Born into the trade
The Skehan family's life in food begins with Dermot's father, Donal Skehan Sr., and the shop on Dorset Street (Dorset Stores, later Skehan Stores), amid the daily pull of Dublin's fruit and vegetable markets.
Their own market business
Dermot and Liz strike out together in wholesale fruit and vegetables: early mornings, hand-picked produce, and the grower and trade relationships that still run through everything FreshCut does.
FreshCut Foods is founded
Seeing retail move toward fresh, ready-to-enjoy food, Dermot and Liz bring the family's food businesses together as FreshCut Foods, early adopters, turning market know-how into prepared items for retailers.
A trusted fresh-prepared partner
A 90-strong team in a purpose-built 27,000 sq ft facility in Glasnevin, supplying fresh-prepared food to Ireland's retail multiples and foodservice, still run on the same instinct.
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