Food and drink industry of Wales

[1] Boss Brewing is a craft brewery in Swansea, South Wales, founded in 2014[2] by husband and wife Sarah and Roy Allkin.

Bragdy Nant's dark ale Mwnci Nel was awarded silver in CAMRA's 2010 Champion Beer of Wales competition.

[9] The brewery has also produced an ale for the nearby Plas y Brenin mountaineering centre in Capel Curig.

[19][20] In the 1920s the company was managed by John's daughter, Mary Anne Lewis, a formidable woman who always carried a big stick.

[citation needed] Penderyn produces single malt whiskies and spirits at their distillery in Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales.

The company's beers are sold throughout the UK, with selected products available in Welsh branches of supermarkets Co-op and Marks & Spencer.

Around 15% of the company's beer is exported, with Australia, Japan, Norway and Sweden being the largest overseas markets.

In 2016, the company's Black Rock Ale won the CAMRA award for Champion Beer of Wales.

[citation needed] Tŷ Nant is a mineral water brand bottled at source in Bethania, Ceredigion, Wales.

Invented by twin brother residents of Ynyshir Harold and Iolo Lewis in 1895, the carbonated mixture included stinging nettles and Dock leaves and was infused with Juniper berry extract.

[27] The profits made from the drink were used to pay for 150 coal miners and their families from the village to emigrate to Pittsburgh and Denver in the United States.

The company was founded in 1993 by Shelim Hussain, its headquarters is in the city of Cwmbran, South Wales, and has over 2,400 employees.

[citation needed] Filco Foods is an independent grocery chain based in Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

Created in 1991 by Michelle and Tony Wadley in Enfield, Middlesex, in 1998 the company relocated to Swansea, South Wales.

[36] Peter's Food Service is a Bedwas, Wales based baker and supplier of pies, pasties, slices, sausage rolls and factored products into retail, food service, catering and hospitality outlets across the United Kingdom.

Founded by local farmers but now a subsidiary of French company Lactalis, it was the United Kingdom's first certified organic dairy.

In 2012, a fire caused the destruction of the 65,000 square feet (6,000 m2) Real Crisp factory in Crumlin, Caerphilly.