Contract Catering & Trade Sector

€85m expansion plans for Center Parcs lodged

RTE Business – 10.08.2022

Center Parcs has lodged an application for planning permission for an €85m expansion of its resort in Ballymahon, Co Longford. The application, submitted to Longford County Council on Friday, covers the provisions of 198 new lodges, a lakeside restaurant and a coffee shop. In addition, extensions to the hugely popular Subtropical Swimming Paradise and Aqua Sana spa form another substantial element of the plans, which includes a new treetop sauna and additional treatment rooms. An expansion of leisure and food and beverage facilities to accommodate more guests involves several extensions to existing Village Centre restaurants including Huck's restaurant, Cara's restaurant, Sports Café restaurant and Bella Italia restaurant.

Sysco: Foodservice company plans to create 90 NI jobs

BBC – 02.08.2022

Food service firm Sysco is to create 90 jobs as part of a plan to double the size of its business in Northern Ireland. It has also submitted a planning application for a new distribution centre at Nutts Corner in County Antrim. Sysco is one of the world's largest food distribution companies. It supplies food and catering supplies to hospitality businesses and other wholesale customers. The US-based multinational currently employs about 140 people in Northern Ireland, part of a wider workforce of 1,400 across the island of Ireland. It has traded in Ireland since 2009 when it bought Pallas Foods, later adding a Northern Ireland business with the purchase of Crossgar Foodservice.