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April 2022

Welcome to the April edition of Bord Bia's Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter. A final reminder that our Lunch&Learn webinar takes place on Wednesday, 20th April from 1-2PM. David Cullen of Opinions research agency will present hot off the press insights from the second

Contract Catering Sector

Contract Catering Sector   Levy UK+Ireland Combines Irish Business with Fitzers Catering Fft.ie – 15.03.2022 Levy UK+Ireland, the sports and hospitality sector of Compass Group UK and Ireland, has announced that it is combining its Irish business with Fitzers Catering, an

hotel and restaurant sector

Hotel & Restaurant Sector   Tourist numbers could reach 60% of 2019 levels, industry says The Irish Times – 23.03.2022 Senior figures in the tourism industry believe that the recovery in 2022 could bring back 60 per cent of the number of international visitors that came in

General Industry News

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

Trend of the Month

Trend of The Month   War on Waste Last week the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its latest report, stating that the world faces unavoidable multiple climate hazards over the next two decades, with global warming of 1.5C. Further

contract catering and trade sector

Contract Catering & Trade Sector   IFEX 2022 serves up 40% more new exhibitors The Caterer – 02.03.2022 IFEX returns to the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast from the 29 – 31 March 2022 and expects over 40% of new exhibitors.  Established as Northern Ireland's leading

Hotel and Restaurant Sector

Hotel & Restaurant Sector   Chefs Unite for Ukraine Fft.ie – 03.03.2022 The teams at allta and Cloud Picker have organised a special fundraising dinner on Tuesday 8th March in allta Winter House, with a line up of chefs participating to help to raise funds for charities

QSR and Pub Sector

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector   Camile Thai adds carbon emission ratings to menus ShelfLife.ie – 01.03.2022 The first restaurants to do so in Ireland, the Camile Thai chain will now display the carbon emissions of each dish on its menus. The carbon footprint

General Industry News

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

Trend of the Month

Trend of the Month Focus on Frictionless In last month’s newsletter we reported plans by Compass Group Ireland to launch its first fully ‘frictionless’ checkout-free store in a workplace in early 2022. The new store will utilise computer vision technology that allows

General Industry News

General Industry News   Irish Economy set to generate 167,000 jobs over the next two years The Irish Times – 26.01.2022 Up to 167,000 jobs could be created in the Irish economy over the next two years as it shrugs off the effects of the pandemic and consumer spending

January 2022

Welcome to the January edition of Bord Bia's Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter and Happy New Year to all of our subscribers. A final reminder to if you wish to order a hard copy of our 2021 Irish Foodservice Directory simply click on this link, then select the ‘Select a

Trend of the Month

Trend of the Month Retail Meets Foodservice On Christmas Eve, the 113 year old Selfridges business was sold by the Weston family to Thai retailer Central Group and Austrian property firm Signa Group for a £4 billion price tag. The new owners were quick to announce a planned

December 2021

Welcome to the December edition of Bord Bia's Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter.   Thank you to all that logged on to our virtual foodservice seminar on 8th December. If you weren’t able to join us on the day recordings from the event will be uploaded to www.bordbia.ie/

General Industry News

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.