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Article: Sandwich company closes with 30 jobs lost
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- October 28, 2009
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A SANDWICH company which started in a coffee shop and became a
[euro]3 million business within a few years is wrapping up with the
loss of 34 jobs.
Doolittles, which began as a coffee shop with a staff of three in
Donegal town in 2001, has gone into liquidation.
Founder and chief executive Jenni Timony, who was a finalist in
the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition as recently
as 2007, said the recent difficult trading climate had driven her
company out of business.
She said: "While some success has been achieved in building the
brand and generating new business, the high cost of doing business
combined with the downward pressure on selling prices has resulted
in an ...