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December 2022

Welcome to the December edition of Bord Bia's Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter. A final reminder as we approach the end of 2022 that for anyone that missed our end of year Irish Foodservice Seminar you can listen back to video recordings from the event on our dedicated

Hotel and Restaurant Sector

Hotel & Restaurant Sector   Hospitality ‘service charges’ to be banned unless going straight to staff The Irish Times – 29.06.2022 Customers will no longer be asked to pay mandatory “service charges” at restaurants or pubs under new plans being brought forward by Tánaiste

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) and Pub Sector

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector   Brewdog opens 2nd Irish venue Drinks Industry Ireland – 22.07.2022 Independent Scottish craft brewer BrewDog opens its newest bar in the centre of Cork city at 1-2 Courthouse Street, just off Washington Street, in the heart of

June 2022

Welcome to the June edition of Bord Bia's Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter. We will be presenting findings from our 2022 Irish Foodservice mid-year White Paper at Bord Bia’s recently opened Global Hub, 140 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4 on Wednesday, June 15th from 2-3PM.  We

Trend of the month

Trend of The Month Growth in Off-Premise The growth in off premise trade (take-away; F2G; home delivery; drive thru; dark kitchens) has been documented for some time and without a doubt accelerated as a result of Covid-19 and changing consumer behaviours. In our second wave

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

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

Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) and Pub Sector

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector   Paul Pomroy promoted to run 12 McDonald’s markets, Alistair Macrow to become UK & Ireland CEO Propel Hospitality – 24.08.2021 McDonald’s has promoted Paul Pomroy to run 12 markets with Alistair Macrow becoming Chief Executive

June 2021

Welcome to the June edition of Bord Bia's Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter.    A final reminder that our Irish FS industry White Paper webinar is taking place on Thursday, 17th June from 2-3PM.    We will be presenting findings from our mid-year foodservice research

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector  Domino’s Pizza to add 350 jobs after soaring sales in lockdown  Independent.ie – 24.05.2021  Pizza maker Domino’s is to add 350 new jobs across Ireland after takeaway sales soared during lockdown. The company is hiring managers,

General Industry News

General Industry News Business confidence jumps to higher levels than before pandemic Business Post – 27.04.2021 Bank of Ireland’s latest pulse index found that business confidence jumped in April to higher levels than seen even before the Covid-19 pandemic, as companies

April 2021

Welcome to the April edition of Bord Bia's Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter.   On Tuesday, 13th April I will be taking part at the Restaurants Association of Ireland’s (virtual) Hospitality&Tourism Expo.     At 11:30AM I am presenting on “Rebuilding Foodservice –

Hotel & Restaurant Sector

Hotel & Restaurant Sector Hotel summer bookings at just 20% - IHF RTÉ Business – 22.02.2021 Hotels and guesthouses around the country are reporting average booking levels for July and August of just 20%, according to the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF). Reservations are

February 2021

Welcome to the February edition of Bord Bia's Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter.   On Wednesday, 10th March at 2PM we are hosting a webinar entitled ‘Rebuilding Foodservice – Learnings from Elsewhere’.   Join us to listen to lessons from foodservice markets elsewhere.

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector

QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANT (QSR) & PUB SECTOR Subway appoints Nigel Doughty to oversee UK and Ireland business Propel Info News – 25.01.2021 Global sandwich franchise Subway has appointed Nigel Doughty, the former Managing Director of Paul UK, to oversee it’s circa 2,500-