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Dave and Stevo had just boarded their private, gold-
So, just to confirm that they were indeed on target for a €10m revenue bonanza this year, we decided it would be best to go through their rubbish, to find some invoices, receipts
With a healthy growth in their food production, café business and their recent Recipes For Richiness book, the boys have also been making inroads in foreign markets, mainly the UK.
With over 30 separate products for sale in shops, and the number of employees jumping from 93 last year to 137 this year (increasing annual wages from €2m
Taking it to the bank…
e had hoped, of course, to talk to the Flynnstones themselves about their record-breaking year, but, we were too late…
plated yacht down at Greystones marina, and were quickly floating to their private island just off the coast of Kilcoole.
and empty Dom Pérignon: Rosé Vintage 2005 bottles.
Yep, after a healthy increase in turnover to €4m for 2016, the Happy Pear brand has gone 150% better for 2018, and is expected to hit that golden €10m mark.
It’s a strategy that saw the business jump 49% in revenues in 2017. Said a spokeswoman for Flynn & Flynn Global Trade Ltd, “We have been performing in line with our expectations to generate earnings in 2018. We have an estimated turnover of around €10 million for 2018.”
to €3.5m), the Pear now operates three outlets – two in sunny Greystones, and one in not-so-sunny Clondalkin. The cost of the expansion with the latter last year saw the Flynn firm recording post-tax losses of €578,713 as revenues increased to around €8m.
Sitting on the board with the Flynn twins are Daragh Flynn, Donal Flynn and Paul Murphy, with the aggregate pay to directors more than doubling from €95,598 to €216,575. 