Simon Pratt and group of Avoca alumni have bought Coach House pub in Wicklow village
The owners of Roundwood Stores in the village of the same name plan to expand next door. Photograph: Alan BetsonRoundwood Stores Ltd, the grocery and bakery business opened two years ago by Simon Pratt after he left Avoca, is expanding.
The group has bought the Coach House pub, which is next door on Main Street in the Wicklow village, and four investor/partners will run the business. “As well as myself and my wife, Monique McQuaid, there’s Tara O’Neill, who was CEO of Avoca after me and was a director on the board of the Jamie Oliver group,” said Pratt. “There’s also Teresa Byrne, who previously headed up Avoca’s food operations and FL Partners.”READ MORE
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