By Darren Grant: Managing Director of Ireland’s largest online and in-store retailer of organic food. – Main Street, Blackrock, Co Dublin, 01 2781111 http://www.organicsupermarket.ie/
Since the report commissioned by the FSA in England was recently release, our store has been inundated with what can only be described as ‘organic bashing’, as people struggle to understand what [...]
Sunday, July 12, 2009 By Emma Kennedy
‘I felt food in Ireland was homogenised and saw a definite opening in the market,” says Darren Grant, managing director of Ireland’s first organic supermarket.
His own experiences of shopping weekly at farmers’ markets and being unable to stock up on similar standard products during the week prompted him to [...]
The Organic Supermarket’s founder Darren Grant discusses food in Ireland today and gives some advise on buying organic and local and what foods to avoid. Live in studio, Spin 103.8fm, June 2009.
Announcing the launch of Ireland’s largest online organic store. Delivery to every county in Ireland
The Organic Supermarket, 2c Main Street, Blackrock, Co Dublin – Press Release May 2009.
Even in these difficult economic times, as retail sales continue to decline, the Irish Organic food sector continues to go from strength to strength. Bord Bia’s latest Nielsen [...]
ORGANICS: DART COMMUTERS PASSING through the south Co Dublin suburb of Blackrock last week may have spotted a shiny black car emblazoned with the words “The Organic Supermarket” in a front-row position in the station car park. To secure this effective, and inexpensive, advertising for his new business, just opened on Main Street, Darren Grant [...]
Open less than a month, the Organic Supermarket™ in Blackrock, County Dublin, has already attracted considerable media attention. Previously a programming manager with Dell, Darren Grant abandoned his career and sank every penny into becoming the first completely organic retailer in Ireland. His 960 sq ft store is audited and licenced by the Organic Trust, should there be any doubt as to its credentials, and his mission is clearly spelled out on his (recycled paper) leaflets: “To become the leading retailer of organic and ethically traded products in Ireland, by providing groundbreaking customer service, unique wholesome products, employee pride and environmental respect.”…
HEALTHY LIVING: As supermarkets compete for an ever-bigger slice of the €12 billion we spend every year on groceries, a 31-year-old former Dell worker has opened Ireland’s first all-organic supermarket in Blackrock, Co Dublin…
Organic products have been growing in popularity in recent years, and one entrepreneur hopes to cash in on demand with the opening of the first store to stock only organic products. ‘‘We effectively bring the farmers’ markets indoors,” said Darren Grant, managing director of The Organic Supermarket, located on the main street in Blackrock, Co Dublin.,,
Fully-organic market opens
Ireland’s only fully-organic supermarket opened on Main Street in Blackrock, Co Dublin last month, to a very positive reception.
Managing director Darren Grant hopes that customers will use this ‘‘indoor farmers’ market’’ to shop every few days instead of doing a big weekly shop, so that they use fresher ingredients rather than heavily-processed chemical-laden foods..
