Casual Dining & Contract Catering Sector 

Center Parcs to spend €85m on Longford resort expansion 

RTÉ Business – 15.06.2021 

Center Parcs is to spend €85m expanding its forest resort in Co Longford, with the creation of 250 permanent jobs once the development is complete. It said 200 additional accommodation lodges are to be built, including four luxury treehouses, while existing guest facilities are to be extended at the Ballymahon resort. The company also said 300 temporary positions are to be created during the construction phase of the project. If permission is granted next year, Center Parcs hopes to be able to begin construction in 2023. 

Sodexo launches Fooditude in Dublin 

Business and Finance – 18.06.2021 

In December 2020 Sodexo acquired a majority shareholding in Fooditude, one of London’s leading names in ‘delivered-in’ workplace catering. Fooditude has been operating since 2005, with household name clients that include Netflix and Pinterest. Food is ordered in advance via the Sodexo Twelve Pay app that provides an ‘order-to-delivery’ experience. Fooditude’s offsite production capability allows organisations to review their real estate and re-model existing kitchen space for valuable business activities. The launch of Fooditude in Dublin is an evolution of Sodexo’s Vital Spaces proposition, which aims to provide a new approach to help employees transform their workplaces with a connected, people-centric approach.