Food guru Stapleton has lots on his plate after €19m sale of firm

Man who gave the world soup in a carton on the hunt for Irish investment opportunities

john Stapleton, founder of toddler food company Little Dish

John Stapleton, who sold his food company for €19 million, plans to back fledgling Irish food businesses, and is advising and helping them ‘Brexit proof’ themselves.

The sale last month of high quality toddler food maker Little Dish was the second multimillion exit for Stapleton, and a second exit from a brand new consumer food category that he and his co-founders pioneered.

“It took 11 years to become an overnight success,” the farmer’s ...