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January 2023

Welcome to the January edition of Bord Bia's Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter. There are a number of forthcoming Bord Bia events (open to client companies) that may be of interest, including a lunch debrief on our Global Inflationary Impact study on Wednesday, 18th

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

CONTRACT CATERING AND FORECOURT CONVENIENCE SECTOR

Contract Catering and Forecourt Convenience Sector   The Guinness Storehouse is awarded Europe’s leading beer tour visitor experience 2022 www.gowildmagazine.com – 03.10.2022 The Guinness Storehouse is officially Europe’s Leading Beer Tour Visitor Experience 2022. The Home

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

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) and Pub Sector

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector   Pret A Manger opens first shop in Ireland RTE – 26.08.2022 British food chain Pret A Manger has opened its first shop in Dublin as part of a planned expansion into the Irish market. The company has more than 450 outlets in the

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

CONTRACT CATERING & TRADE SECTOR

Contract Catering & Trade Sector   Republic’s rail passengers face further year without catering The Irish Times – 16.05.2022 Rail passengers face another year without on-board catering on intercity trains within the Republic, Iarnród Éireann said. The State-owned company

quick service restaurant (qsr) and pub sector

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector   Healthy Fast-Food Chain Leon Leaves Ireland Hospitality Ireland – 13.06.2022 Healthy fast-food chain Leon has announced that it is ceasing its operations in Ireland. A statement published on Leon.co read, ‘We have loved our time

General Industry News

General Industry News   Irish inflation estimated at 9.6% in June - Eurostat www.rte.ie 01.07.2022 Inflation across the euro area rose to 8.6% in June, according to an initial estimate by the EU's statistical agency Eurostat. It’s estimate for inflation in Ireland was 9.6%,

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

May 2022

Welcome to the May edition of Bord Bia's Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter. To anyone that wasn’t available to attend our Lunch&Learn webinar on Wednesday, 20th April, please note that you can access a recording of the event online HERE. David Cullen and Emily Higgins

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

Contract Catering Sector

Contract Catering Sector   Deliveroo quarterly sales up, but spend per order falls RTE  - 12.04.2022 Food delivery platform Deliveroo boosted sales in the first three months of the year, despite facing tough comparisons from a year earlier when restaurants were shut due to

QSR and pub sector

Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector   Pret A Manger to expand into Ireland creating 500 jobs RTE Business – 11.04.2022 Around 500 jobs are to be created across the island of Ireland by coffee and sandwich chain Pret A Manger. The company is to open up to 20 shops