Brody Sweeney is an Irish businessman, known for founding O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars and the food delivery brand Camile Thai Kitchen.
Career
editIn 1981, Sweeney founded Prontaprint in Ireland, a printing company.[1] He sold the company back to the British parent in 1988.[1] Sweeney is known for founding O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars in 1988.[2] The company went into liquidation in October 2009.[3] He has written two business guides, Making Bread and "Small to Tall" - How to grow your business from its entrepreneurial roots.[4]
Sweeney unsuccessfully ran as a Fine Gael candidate for Dublin North-East in the 2007 general election.[4] Sweeney came sixth of eight candidates, with 10.1% of first preference votes.[5]
He founded a Thai takeaway business, Camile Thai Kitchen, in 2010.[4][6] As of 2021, 45 Camile Thai branches were franchised or operating across Ireland and the United Kingdom.[7][8]
In 2011 and 2015, Sweeney was appointed to the board of Bord Bia, the state agency responsible for promoting sales of Irish food.[9]
Sources
edit- ^ a b "Bread and butter man". The Irish Times. 8 October 1999. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "O'Briens founder aims to run for Fine Gael". The Irish Times. 1 March 2005. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ Horan, Niamh (14 June 2009). "O'Brien's Sandwiches facing cuts as knives out for food industry". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "Try and try again . . . the Brody motto for success". independent. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Brody Sweeney". electionsireland.org. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ Louise McBride and Roisin Burke, " Diehard risk-takers get back in the saddle ", The Irish Independent, Sunday 1 May 2011
- ^ "Camile Thai to create 300 jobs and raise €10m for tech updates". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
Brody Sweeney [..] co-founded Camile Thai Kitchen at the height of the last recession in 2010
- ^ "Job numbers at Camile Thai on course to top 1,100". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
Currently, there are 45 Camile Thai outlets in operation including 10 in the UK and three in the USA
- ^ Ryan, Philip (21 June 2015). "Two former Fine Gael candidates appointed to state board". independent. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
External links
edit- Election Campaign Page (archived)
- Brody Sweeney's Book "Making Bread" (archived)