The New Irish Pantry

Forget Market Share, the Artisan Quotient now drives the chain stores and supermarkets.

Think of all the Irish retail brands that didn’t exist a decade ago but which you now regularly pop into your shopping trolley.

There’s Builin Blasta, whose iconic smoked onion mayos have now been abetted by a range of salad dressings. There’s White Mausu, and who can live without White Mausu?

Sham’s Sauces. Goatsbridge’s tinned rainbow trout. Scarlet for…