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'First thing in the morning when I wake up I check the currency'

Celtic Chocolates MD Joe Calley
Celtic Chocolates MD Joe Calley

Irish food producers with a large dependency on the British market have been particularly vulnerable to the volatility in sterling since the Brexit vote.

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Many have devised strategies to insulate them from the effects, while monitoring currency shifts has become a daily practice for companies like the Meath-based Celtic Chocolates.

The specialist chocolate maker's MD Joe Callery says he monitors any small fluctuation between the euro-sterling rate closely.

"First thing in the morning when I wake up I check the currency."