SAM DENNIGAN & CO UC

Sam Dennigan & Company UC was founded in 1976 by Samuel Laurence Dennigan who began trading potatoes in Oldtown, North Dublin.

The company sources, assembles and distributes a full range of fresh produce to the wholesale, retail and foodservice sectors on the island of Ireland. It is firmly embedded within the local community, giving many farm families in the area an outlet for their produce and a source of income.

Solid business relationships have been forged with local suppliers through decades of mutual experience on volatile fresh produce markets and those same farm families who began trading with the company in 1976 are still doing so today.

This Irish family business is run by two brothers and directors, Joe and Sam Dennigan, and is now one of the country's leading fresh produce companies, employing over 600 people.

Why Us

At its headquarters in North Dublin, Sam Dennigan & Company operates a state-of-the-art, temperature controlled, nationwide distribution centre. Here, locally sourced Irish produce and fresh produce from around the world is rigorously checked and assembled for dispatch.

The company has a strong supply network from Europe operating seven days a week, as well as links to distributors outbound. In Spain, it has a highly skilled local procurement team who have built up solid trading relationships with Spanish producers. Sam Dennigan & Company can supply this produce to anywhere in Europe.

As a company, it acknowledges its responsibility to the environment and to the local community within which it operates.

Our product range

Complete range of fresh fruit

Complete range of fresh vegetables

Complete range of fresh potatoes

Markets supplied

Sustainability

•Sam Dennigan established an in-house Origin Green team to set ambitious but achievable sustainability targets.
•Due to the enthusiastic and steadfast commitment of this team, eleven Origin Green milestone targets were met in 2020 with exemplary performances demonstrated in the areas of packaging, energy, water and community engagement.
•Sam Dennigan acknowledges its responsibility to the environment and to the local communities in which it works and does business.
•Within the energy target area, Sam Dennigan set a target to reduce energy usage by 37% by 2020 based on a 2014 baseline, the company exceeded its target, having reached a 50% reduction on electricity usage per unit output compared to the baseline year.
•This reduction in energy usage was supported by a rooftop solar PV installation on its distribution centre in Oldtown, Co. Dublin.

Our Accreditations

• BRC
• IOFGA
• Origin Green Verified
• Sustainable Horticulture Assurance Scheme (SHAS)

Our Awards

Shortlisted at the 2017 Bord Bia Food and Drink Awards and the 2017 Agribusiness Awards