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Have you thought about trialling direct shipping routes to mainland Europe?

Moving goods through the UK landbridge to reach markets in mainland Europe has been seen as the most viable option considering the time-sensitivity of certain agri-food products. Using this route will change forever when the Transition Period ends on the 31st of December

The Functional Seafood Opportunity

Marine ingredients play an essential role in delivering nutrition through fishmeals and fish oils to both animals and humans alike. By no means a new idea, has primitive processing of Herring dated back as far as 800AD in Norway, whereby oil was extracted using wooden

The 4 Key Macro Trends of Change by IGD Part 1

This article will outline the 4 key macro-economic trends that are shaping the worlds food and grocery industries as written in the IGD 2017 stargazing report. Retail and grocery are ever changing markets with a wide range of factors affecting the constant change. In This

Seafood Futures: Four Marketplaces of Tomorrow

In light of the global food industry’s growing sustainability challenges, we must remember that 75% of the world’s diet comes from just 12 plants and five animal species (FAO, 2021). The careful management and conservation of our natural capital is crucial to the continued

7 Key Findings on Today's Dietary Lifestyles

A drive towards a more balanced way of being and less emphasis on perfection is the key theme emerging from our Dietary Lifestyle Study 2021. This study, an update on our 2018 Dietary Lifestyles study, was designed to understand how dietary lifestyles have evolved since

Business Continuity Webinar

Business Continuity Webinar

Insight Session: what does clean mean

Date: 23/05/2019 - 23/05/2019 Location: The Thinking House, Bord Bia, Clanwilliam Court, Mount Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 A34 Time: 11am to 1:30pm The Clean Food and Drink study has been designed to explore consumer’s understanding of “clean” and its influence on choice

Gubbeen Farmhouse Products

Gubbeen Farmhouse Products Gubbeen Giana and Tom Ferguson have been making Gubbeen in West Cork since the late seventies. As a child in Spain, Giana's family had made cheese from goat’s milk on her father's small farm in the mountains above Alora. Later, living in France

Killeen Farmhouse Cheese

Killeen Farmhouse Cheese Killeen Farmhouse Cheese Dutch-born Marion Roeleveld has been making Killeen goat’s cheese in the parish of Killeen outside Portumna since 2004. Before coming to Ireland Marion trained in cheesemaking in her native Netherlands. In-depth formal

Mark’s Spaghetti with Bacon, Garlic, Chilli and Parsley

A simple tasty dish using ingredients you already have in the fridge!

General Industry News

General Industry News   Donohoe confirms the end of tourism’s 9 per cent VAT rate The Irish Times – 27.09.2022 The tourism industry says it will continue to lobby for a further extension to its special low 9 per cent VAT rate, after the Government confirmed its intention to

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General Industry News   Price rises to continue as inflation to peak in early summer The Irish Examiner – 23.03.2022 In its latest in-depth economic outlook, the ESRI sees consumer price inflation climbing to 8.5% in June and July, up from 5.6% last month, before moderating

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General Industry News   Employment numbers top 2.5m for the first time The Irish Times – 17.02.2022 The number of people employed in the Irish economy has risen above 2.5 million for the first time. Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures show that 229,100 more people were

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General Industry News   Ireland’s unemployment rate fell to 6.9 per cent in November Business Post – 02.12.2021 Ireland’s unemployment rate fell to 6.9 per cent in November from 7.9 per cent in October, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.

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GENERAL INDUSTRY NEWS Irish manufacturing ends 2020 with stronger expansion Business Post – 05.01.2021 The Irish manufacturing sector saw a boost to business in December as firms prepared for the end of the Brexit transition period, according to the latest Purchasing