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Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector (QSR)

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector Mc Donald’s committed to future of Irish beef Irish Farmers Journal– 03.10.2020 Mc Donald’s is one of the biggest buyers of Irish beef, sourcing up to 40,000t every year. Nina Prichard, Head of Sustainable and Ethical Sourcing at

Casual Dining & Contact Catering Sector

CASUAL DINING & CONTRACT CATERING SECTORS Google cancels plan to lease large office space in Dublin Business Post - 09.09.2020 Google has abandoned plans to rent office space in a prime location in Dublin's Docklands. The global tech company has confirmed reports that the

Hotel & Restaurant Sector

HOTEL & RESTAURANT SECTOR Dalata Hotel Group’s H1 revenues slump 60% RTE Business– 01.09.2020 Dalata Hotel Group has reported a big drop in revenue and a pre-tax loss for the six months to the end of June as Covid-19 restrictions forced the closure of most of its 44 hotels

General Industry News

GENERAL INDUSTRY NEWS Manufacturing sector decline after recent rapid growth Business Post – 02.09.2020 The manufacturing sector here posted its third consecutive month of expansion in August, but growth slowed from a near two-year high seen in July, a survey from AIB

Hotel & Restaurant Sector

HOTEL & RESTAURANT SECTOR Hotel occupancy fell to 42% in July, according to IHF www.rte.ie – 31.07.2020 The latest industry survey conducted by the Irish Hotels Federation reveals that average room occupancy stood at 42% for July, compared with occupancy levels of over 90%

General Industry News

GENERAL INDUSTRY NEWS Construction industry prospers Business Post – 11.08.2020 Construction activity has increased for the second month in a row, according to the Ulster Bank construction purchasing managers' index. A seasonally-adjusted index designed to track changes in

Hotel & Restaurant Sectors

Hotel & Restaurant Sector Hotels report occupancy rates of between 23-26% for summer months RTE Business – 09.07.2020 Hoteliers here are reporting occupancy rates of between 23 and 26% for the summer months, according to figures from the Irish Hotels' Federation. This is

General Industry News

General Industry News Return to expansion for construction sector Business Post – 14.07.2020 Activity in the construction sector returned to expansion for the first time in four months in June, according to Ulster Bank. The bank produces a monthly index designed to track

June Week 5 2020

Welcome to our weekly Bord Bia Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter.   Next Monday, 29th June is a significant date in the Irish foodservice market calendar as much of the industry re-opens to welcome customers through their doors for the first time in over 3 months.  We

Contract Catering & Casual Dining Sector

Casusal Dining & Contract Catering Sectors DAA loses €1M per day since St. Patrick’s Day Business Post - 24.06.2020 DAA, the operator of Dublin and Cork airports, has lost around €1 million a day since St. Patrick's Day. Dalton Philips, its Chief Executive, said he expected

Hotel & Restaurant Sector

Hotel & Restaurant Sector RAI says 50% of Irish restaurants face closure without government aid Hospitality Ireland – 22.06.2020 This follows the release of a report on the consequences of not supporting the restaurant rector by Jim Power Economics, which states that the

Quick Service Restaurant & Pub Sector

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector Positive measures in programme for government say Vintners Drinks Industry Ireland – 16.06.2020 The document underpinning the formation of the new Government includes a commitment to additional support measures for the hospitality

General Industry News

General Industry News Consumer sentiment improves for second month after Covid-19 collapse RTE – 24.06.2020 The KBC Bank consumer sentiment index climbed to 61.6 in June from 52.3 in May, but remains some distance from February's pre-pandemic reading of 85.2. In April the

June Week 4 2020

Welcome to our weekly Bord Bia Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter. This week we have seen further positive news for the hospitality industry, with suggestions that updated guidelines from Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) are likely to be approved.  The new

General Industry News

General Industry News Ireland to angle for greater slice of EU recovery fund The Irish Times – 18.06.2020 Ireland will argue for a recalculation of how funds are to be distributed across the European Union in a planned financial package aimed to counter the economic damage