Beloved Northern Irish crisp brand Glens of Antrim collapses after 54 years, leaving nearly all of its 95 staff without jobs

From the Newshound archive · first published 9 October 2026.

Glens of Antrim Potatoes Ltd, a family-run Northern Irish crisp maker stocked in Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's, has collapsed into administration after being squeezed by rising farming, fuel, staffing and energy costs. Interpath Advisory took on the administrator role on September 21, at which point all operations halted immediately. The Cushendall and Ballymena-based company's 54-year history has now come to an end.

Glens of Antrim spent decades supplying potatoes across Ireland and the UK before launching its award-winning crisp brand in 2015.

Of the company's 95 employees, nearly all have been made redundant, with only a skeleton staff kept on to assist with winding down the business.

Administrator Stuart Irwin described it as a 'tremendously sad outcome' for the company, its team, the agri-food sector and the wider Northern Irish community.