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The Sweet Spot: Consumer Trend Led Innovation in the UK Market

The Sweet Spot: Consumer Trend Led Innovation in the UK Market food alert,Food Alerts,FoodAlert Mintel’s Chris Brockman recently highlighted 9 Innovative UK Food and Drink Products Launched in the UK in 2019 and how “innovation continues to be driven by unexpected

Learnings from Copenhagen

Learnings from Copenhagen FoodAlert,consumer insights The capital of the world's oldest kingdom has become a cutting-edge city boasting avant-garde design, art and architecture as well as being a 21st century food destination. Copenhagen, a city of just over 500,00 people

The Spanish beer industry maintains its momentum

The Spanish beer industry maintains its momentum market watch Mark O’Loughlin, Madrid Office, Bord Bia – Irish Food Board The beer industry in Spain experienced growth on all fronts in the 2017 period. The improving economy, record tourism numbers and the increased on-trade

China continuing to drive global meat trade

China continuing to drive global meat trade food alert,Food Alerts,FoodAlert Changes in the China market are continuing to shape the global market environment for meat, especially pigmeat. This is demonstrated by the most recent market outlook published by Rabobank, which

The changing beer culture in the Netherlands

Beer culture in the Netherlands is changing. As the most popular alcoholic drink, the beer industry as a whole has experienced positive growth.

Nutritional comparison of Salmon and Pangasius highlights value for money

Salmon is a versatile and much appreciated species by the European consumer. World production has risen to 1.4 million tonnes and Europe imports over 700 000 to

Overview of the market for Snails in Europe

Following the recent growth in snail farms in Ireland, Bord Bia undertook research into the Irish and international market for this sector including an analysis

Unleashing Irish exports growth to Africa

Unleashing Irish exports growth to Africa food alert,Food Alerts,FoodAlert The African market and its 54 nations results in diverse range of cultural, political and economic environments that can be at first difficult to apprehend. Three key dimensions should be considered

The German food industry wages war against unnecessary plastic

The German food industry wages war against unnecessary plastic food alert,Food Alerts,FoodAlert,plastic pollution Responding to global demands for more transparent and sustainable methods of food production, several initiatives targeting unnecessary and unrecyclable

Bord Bia’s London Office Brexit Update: 27th July – 2nd August 2019

Bord Bia’s London Office Brexit Update: 27th July – 2nd August 2019 food alert,Food Alerts,FoodAlert,Brexit UK chancellor Sajid Javid announced on Thursday up to £2.1bn in extra funding to prepare Britain for a no-deal exit on October 31. The funding will be allocated to

Bord Bia’s London Office Brexit Update: 20th - 26th July

Bord Bia’s London Office Brexit Update: 20th - 26th July food alert,Food Alerts,FoodAlert,Brexit Boris Johnson becomes PM Former London mayor and foreign secretary Boris Johnson is the new leader of the UK Conservative Party and on Wednesday 24th July 2019 became Britain’s

The Critical Role of Water in Feeding 10bn

The Critical Role of Water in Feeding 10bn market watch According to an article, Liquidity Crisis, on water scarcity in The Economist (Nov 5th) the water used by farmers to ‘grow huge amounts of food in places that would otherwise be too dry to do so,’ is a key contributor

GIY market still holding its own

GIY market still holding its own consumer insights Market research carried out by Ipsos MRBI on behalf of Bord Bia on the size of the gardening market in Ireland in 2014 has shown that the value of plants purchased for the GIY (Grow it Yourself) market was €14million. Mike

The Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility to Creating Shared Value

The Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility to Creating Shared Value market watch In 2006 Michael Porter and Mark Kramer wrote the paper Strategy and society, the link between competitive advantage and corporate social responsibility. They outlined that most companies

Fruit and Vegetables in Ireland

Fruit and Vegetables in Ireland food alert,Food Alerts,food trends,FoodAlert Recent Kantar World panel information show that for the 52 weeks to the 16th of June 2019 show that total fresh produce sales are up by 3% to €1,576 billion, while volume is a shade down by 2% to