Contract Catering Sector

Mark Lee appointed CEO of Sysco Ireland

Checkout.ie – 14.01.2022

Mark Lee has been appointed CEO of Sysco Ireland and will oversee the firm's 1,300 staff across the island who service more than 10,000 customers. The Dublin-based company operates as a subsidiary of global food leader Sysco, who have more than 58,000 associates operating in 343 distribution facilities worldwide serving more than 650,000 customers. Previous CEO of Sysco Ireland Peter Jackson has been named as new CEO of Sysco in Great Britain.

Flipdish becomes newest Irish tech unicorn with $1.25bn valuation

The Irish Times – 13.01.2022

Digital food-ordering platform Flipdish has become the State’s fifth official home-grown “tech unicorn” following a $100 million (€87m) investment led by Chinese conglomerate Tencent. As part of the latest investment, Flipdish said it intends to hire 700 people this year, with many of the new jobs expected to be created locally. The company will be mainly hiring for tech-related roles, including software architects, data scientists, engineers and product designers. Founded in 2015, Flipdish positions itself as an alternative to online fast-food delivery aggregators such as Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats by helping restaurant owners bring their online ordering capability in-house.