Walls Honest Chips
Based in Whitegate, Walls Honest Chips is a family-run business set up in 2017 by Kieran Wall. Made exclusively from the highest quality potatoes and beef dripping, the chips provide the authentic ‘chipper chips’ taste at home. Being an engineer and part time farmer, Kieran Wall set about to solve this problem so that more people could enjoy Wall’s fresh chips in a more convenient way without having to leave the house or spend an hour or so in the kitchen. With the help of an innovation voucher from Enterprise Ireland and some research by UCC, he developed a high quality, tasty, chilled chip product that you can cook in your oven in just 15 minutes which maintains the authentic taste of old style chipper chips.
The company has received support from LEO South Cork, and their production has allowed them to meet the huge demand for the product since their successful introduction to Aldi stores nationally. The product was one of the overall Grow with Aldi winners in 2019, and following a successful six months on sale, its listing has been extended for a further 12 months.
Grow With Aldi
Walls Honest Chips were first introduced to Aldi’s stores in 2019 as part of its Grow with Aldi supplier development programme, which gives small and medium sized Irish producers the chance to supply all 142 Aldi stores nationally.
LEO Support
Kieran Wall, Owner Walls Honest Chips, added: “Having our Walls Honest Chips stocked in Aldi stores nationwide is a huge achievement for us. We have also been working closely with the South Cork Local Enterprise Office, who helped us get this product off the ground. Thanks to the Grow with Aldi programme, in the space of six months we have grown our workforce to 6 staff and quadrupled production. This new contract provides real security during a very challenging time for Irish producers, and the potential to develop our business further.”