“My father bought the Flanagan’s Mill pub in the village back in 1996 and leased it out for many years,” Flanagan explained. “My wife Ola and I took the opportunity to take over the running of the pub ourselves in 2010 and we needed something to differentiate it. We turned the lounge into a gastropub and took out almost all the mainstream beers and replaced them with craft beers. We matched the dishes on the menu with the flavours of the beers.
In late 2019, Kildare Brewing added the organic kombucha fermented tea drink to its range of craft beers and successfully won a contract to supply Aldi. “We have been in Aldi stores for two years now and we are moving kombucha production out of the Sallins brewery to a nearby site in Ladytown Business Park between Naas and Newbridge for capacity reasons,” Flanagan adds.
The results are immediate. “The consultant can come in and saved us money straight away by identifying things we were doing and pointing out how to do them more efficiently without spending any money on it,” Flanagan explains. “It helps you understand the information you have, understand the bills, and then use that to reduce costs. It’s about working smarter not harder”