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Hotel & Restaurant Sector

HOTEL & RESTAURANT SECTOR Varadkar says businesses should plan to remain closed for three months Irish Times – 07.01.2021 Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has advised businesses that are closed at present to plan to remain closed for the first quarter of this year. When it was

December 2020

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 11th November. If you weren’t able to join us on the day, you can view recordings from the event at www.bordbia.ie/

Casual Dining & Contract Catering Sector

Casual Dining & Contract Catering Sector Krispy Kreme to open ‘fully glazed’ outlet at old Central Bank HQ The Irish Times – 01.12.2020 Still relatively fresh from the huge success of its first Irish store at the Blanchardstown Centre, Krispy Kreme is gearing up to open the

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector Camile Thai secures former ASK Italian in Twickenham for seventh London site Propel – 09.12.2020 Dublin-based healthy food delivery company Camile Thai is to strengthen its London portfolio with an opening in Twickenham. The

General Industry News

General Industry News ‘Rapid acceleration’ in Covid-19 insolvencies awaits tourism sector The Irish Times – 02.12.2020 The tourism sector faces a “rapid acceleration” in insolvencies after Christmas as the impact of the pandemic continues to place severe pressure on

General Industry News

GENERAL INDUSTRY NEWS Jobs hit harder by pandemic than economy Business Post– 07.10.2020 The Central Bank has said the economy has fared better than forecast during the pandemic, but the impact on jobs has been worse, according to its latest quarterly bulletin. The bank

September 2020

Welcome to the September edition of Bord Bia's Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter.   As part of Bord Bia’s 2020 Irish foodservice market insights programme, we are hosting a series of research meetings with foodservice industry representatives this month. Findings from

Contract Catering Sector

Casusal Dining & Contract Catering Sectors Working remotely expected to continue after Covid-19 restrictions lift Business Post - 19.06.2020 Just 12 per cent of Irish business leaders believe all staff will be back in their companies' office/workspace once Covid-19

Hotel & Restaurant Sector

Hotel & Restaurant Sector Surge in demand for hotel rooms as staycation season looms The Irish Times – 08.06.2020 Hotels and B&Bs across Ireland have reported a sharp increase in reservations over the weekend following Friday’s announcement that hotels, hostels and

Hotel & Restaurant Sector

Hotel & Restaurant Sector ‘Jump’ in hotel enquiries after North confirms July reopening The Irish Times – 02.06.2020 A major hotel operator has reported “a jump” in enquiries following confirmation by Northern Ireland’s Minister for the Economy Diane Dodds that the industry

Hotel & Restaurant Sector

Hotel & Restaurant Sector The ‘new normal’ in Dalata Hotels will include face masks The Irish Times – 28.05.2020 What will the “new normal” look like in hotels, post the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions? Pat McCann, Chief Executive of Dalata Hotels, the country’s largest

Quick Service Restaurant & Pub Sector

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector   McDonald’s to reopen 15 UK sites for delivery www.propelinfonews.ie – 01.05.2020 McDonald’s is to reopen 15 of its UK restaurants later this month for delivery only. The company, which has this week been running tests behind

Casual Dining

Casual Dining   Three Insomnia coffee shops open across Dublin with limited services Independent.ie - 18.04.2020 Coffee chain Insomnia has opened three of its coffee shops across Dublin as a takeaway service as part of phased re-opening. Despite coffee shops not being on

General Industry News

General Industry News   IMF: Irish economy set to return to growth next year RTE Business – 14.04.2020 The International Monetary Fund is forecasting that Ireland's economy will decline by 6.8% in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) terms this year, as a result of the impact of

April Week 2 2020

Welcome to the second weekly edition of Bord Bia's Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter.   If you haven’t yet had a chance to check in to our daily Covid-19 podcasts, you’ll find the most recent interview on our website here (scroll down).  Previous podcasts are all