Food and Drink Exports up 8.6% in first half of 2013 |
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The value of food and drink exports increased by 8.6 per cent in the first six months of this year, led by a strong performance in beef exports, according to the latest figures released by Bord Bia.
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Police Raid UK Premises as EU Minister Hold Crisis Talks on Horse Meat |
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LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - British police and regulators raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processor on Tuesday suspected of selling horsemeat as beef, expanding a Europe-wide scandal that has shocked consumers and exposed flawed food safety controls.
In Paris, French prosecutors opened a preliminary judicial investigation to determine whether fraud was committed in the growing scandal.
The prosecutor's office said a judicial inquiry had been opened in the northeastern city of Metz on Monday, but subsequently it was transferred to Paris, where national issues of food security are investigated.
In Britain, the raids on companies were the first by officials investigating horsemeat supplies in a country where the issue has angered consumers and led to several big retailers pulling contaminated products from their shelves.
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Tests find ingredient at Monaghan food company Rangeland Foods was 75% horse meat |
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Test results have confirmed that a raw material ingredient at Rangeland Foods, Co Monaghan, was 75% horse meat.
Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has asked gardaí to join the investigation into the presence of horse DNA in beef products at Irish factories.
The request follows the latest test results and the facts previously uncovered at Silvercrest Foods. Mr Coveney said that Rangeland Foods last Thursday notified his department of its use of Polish meat ingredients in some burger products. The company, which produces beef burgers, has suspended production.
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Tyrone Company Supplied Halal Food Containing Pork DNA |
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A Tyrone-based company has been named as the supplier of halal food containing traces of pork DNA for use in British prisons.
The British Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has suspended 3663 — a supplier of meat to prisons — after discovering that food products may contain traces of non-Halal meat, despite being sourced from McColgan Quality Foods Limited , which is a properly Halal-certified supplier.
3663 have said they are “shocked” and described as “wholly unacceptable” that some of the Halal products they supplied were found to contain pork DNA due to McColgan Quality Foods being accredited by the Halal Food Authority.
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Horse DNA Found in Beef Burgers |
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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has said that horse DNA has been found in some beef burger products on sale in supermarkets. The meat came from two processing plants in Ireland, Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods, as well as the Dalepak Hambleton plant in the UK. The burgers were on sale in Tesco, Dunnes Stores, Aldi, Lidl and Iceland.
A total of 27 products were analysed, with ten of them containing horse DNA, while 23 of them tested positive for pig DNA. Horse meat accounted for approximately 29% of the meat content in one sample from Tesco.
The FSAI said that the findings do not pose a risk to public health. However, it said that it raises concerns about the traceability of meat ingredients. Retailers have said they are now removing all implicated batches of the beef burgers.
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Franciscan Well Beers to Hit US Shelves After Buy Out |
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CORK’S Franciscan Well brewery will soon start exporting their beers and stouts all over the world after they were bought by international brewer Molson Coors. A new brewery, employing 10 people, will be built in the Cork Docklands to expand production from 4,000 kegs to 150,000 kegs each year. The Franciscan Well brewery and bar, located on the North Mall, will continue to operate as it currently does. It was started in 1998 and some of its popular products include Friar Weisse, Shandon Stout, Blarney Blonde, Rebel Red and Rebel Lager. The new Cork brewery is expected to be operational later this year. The Franciscan Well range is currently available in Cork, Galway and Dublin but the new brewery will allow their beers to be exported and sold in the UK, Canada and the US where there is strong demand for Irish beers. Shane Long, one of the founders of the Franciscan Well, said they were over the moon with the deal and looked forward to expanding their operations. “It was very important that the new brewery would be based in Cork as we didn’t want to go anywhere else,” he said. “The Rebel Red and Shandon Stout will be the first that will be exported and it highlights the popularity of craft beers. We have been around for the past 15 years but in the last two years we have seen a huge upsurge in demand,” he said. Molson Coors said they expect the volume of craft beer sales to increase ten fold by 2017, from 24 million to approximately 235 million. Mr Long said they would continue to experiment with new products and seasonal versions of their existing beers. |
Drinkaware.ie and Insomnia Collaborate to Offer Half Price Coffee in January |
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This January, drinkaware.ie and Insomnia Coffee Co. are offering you half-price coffees to help you pace your drinking!
We've partnered up with Insomnia to help you pace yourself and make the most of your evenings out. Just present the voucher, which can be printed here, at any Insomnia or Insomnia Barista @ Spar store after 4pm, and you'll get 50% off a coffee of your choice.
January is a time when many people resolve to drink at a more moderate level," said Fionnuala Sheehan, chief executive of Drinkaware.ie.
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Packaging Redesign Helps Sweet Mandarin to Gain Listings |
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A new line of Chinese dipping sauces created by twin sisters in Manchester is now being stocked in 500 Sainsbury’s stores in the UK following a redesign of its packaging.
Integrated marketing agency Refinery was tasked with creating the new branding and packaging to help Sweet Mandarin’s efforts in gaining listings with major multiples.
Now the sauces, created by Helen and Lisa Tse, owners of Sweet Mandarin restaurant in Manchester, can also be found on Selfridges shelves.
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Innocent Drinks Open its Dublin HQ |
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Innocent Drinks will be popping up its headquarters located at 2 Chatham Row, Dublin 2 from Wednesday, 9 January until Friday, 18 January.
Consumers are being invited to pop in during those days and grab an Innocent Smoothie. All they have to do is tweet or write a Facebook post pledging to do something good or they can cycle on the goodness bicycle.
The goodness message will encapsulate an act of goodness they want to do followed by #innocentgoodness. This can be as simple as a pledge to smile at a stranger or park the car and hop on the bike.
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Grub In Dublin Taps Into Environmental Focus |
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A new environmentally friendly coffee and food outlet called Grub is up and running on George’s Street in Dublin, employing ten people full and part-time.
The idea for Grub began when Colm O’Hare, having worked in the food service business for many years, saw a gap in the market for a food outlet with an environmentally friendly focus.
It serves only hand-roasted, fairly traded, ethically sourced coffee, as well as ethically sourced teas and hot chocolate, and a wide range of bagels sourced from New York.
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Food & Drink Exports over €9bn in 2012 |
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Food and drink exports have topped €9bn for the first time, up 2pc on 2011, with exports to Asia up 75pc since 2010, according to figures for 2012 released today by Bord Bia.
“Despite falling global commodity prices, lower output in some sectors and the continued weakness in consumer spending in established markets, the Irish food industry has delivered another robust export performance,” said Aidan Cotter, chief executive, Bord Bia.
“The continued diversification into new and emerging markets, benefitting further from favourable exchange rates, should be welcomed.”
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Lidl Faces Hefty Bill After Twitter Dinner Offer Goes Viral |
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Lidl is facing a €200,000 bill after an offer for Christmas dinners for the poor for those who tweeted using a certain hashtag went viral.
The discounter launched a Twitter campaign in Belgium on Monday, saying it would hand out five four-course Christmas dinners to food banks for each tweet on the hashtag.
The dinners consisted of tomato soup, chicken vol-au-vents with chips, an ice-cream cake and chocolates.
The discounter expected to send out 1,000 of the €20 dinners.
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Kerry Group and Dermot Desmond among winners at B & F Awards for Irish Businesses |
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Glenilen Farm, Kerry Group, Dr Pearse Lyons, Dermot Desmond and Duncan Niederauer were all honoured on the night to fhte 18th of December 2012 at the 38th Business & Finance Awards for Irish Business, which were attended by 800 guests at the Convention Centre Dublin last night.
Glenilen Farm won the Enterprise of the Year (New Business Category) award, while Ventisys was given a special recognition award. The other shortlisted companies in the category were Island Shipping, Sky Frame Builders and Voya.
Tralee-headquartered Kerry Group, which employs 24,000 people around the world and generates annual revenues of €5.3bn, was named Company of the Year. Other shortlisted companies for this award were Aer Lingus, First Derivatives, Openet, Paddy Power, PCH International, Providence Resources plc and Smurfit Kappa Group.
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Agri Food Exporters Brace Themselves for 30% Increase in Shipping Costs in January |
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Agri-food exporters brace themselves for a 30% shipping cost increase in January as cartel of deep sea shipping lines plan to force through the dramatic price rise.
The major deep sea shipping companies, led by Maersk Line who handle an estimated 40% of Irish agri-food and fish exports to non EU countries, have notified their Irish customers that they will apply a $1,500 per container price increase as of the 1st January 2013. This is an approximate 30% increase on the current rates for a 40 foot refrigerated container to Asia, and an approximate 50% increase in rates to Africa. John Whelan, chief executive of the IEA, stated ’’This will impact heavily on all Irish agri-food and fish exporters, who use these shipping lines for exports outside the EU and will add an estimated 10% to their export costs. This is not an increase that can be passed on and will inevitably lead to lost export sales’’.
For the full press release click here
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Total Produce to buy 65% stake in Canadian Produce Co. |
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Total Produce plc is to buy 65pc of Grandview Ventures Limited which trades as the Oppenheimer Group, in two stages for a total price of up to €32m.
Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, the Oppenheimer Group provides fresh fruit and vegetable produce to its retail, wholesale and foodservice customers throughout the United States and Canada. The group has a network of growers around the world and operates from a number of locations throughout North America.
It had sales of CDN$525m (€410m) in 2011, had operating profits on an adjusted basis of CDN$11m (€8.6m) before minorities and will have net assets of approximately CDN$20m (€15.6m) at completion.
In January 2013, Total Produce will acquire a 35pc shareholding for an initial cash payment of CDN$15m (€11.7m). An additional consideration for these shares will be made in 2015 if certain profit targets are met. A further 30pc shareholding will be purchased in 2017 for a price that will be determined based on future profits.
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UK Success in 2012 for Clonakility Blackpudding Co. |
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Clonakilty Blackpudding Co has reported a 67pc increase in exports to the UK for this year, growing from 1.5 tonnes to 2.5 tonnes of product exported weekly.
It recently secured a supplier agreement with Tesco resulting in the Clonakilty black pudding product now being available across 340 stores in England and Wales.
The Cork company now supplies over 600 stores across the UK including household retail names such as Budgens, ASDA, Harrods, Fortnum & Mason, Selfridges as well as a range of butchers, farm shops and independent stores.
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Teeling Whiskey Co. Legitimises Poitin with new Product |
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The Teeling Whiskey Company has launched a new poitín product using contemporary and modern bottling to help bring this previously illegally produced spirit out of the shadows of the past.
Poitín was traditionally distilled in a small pot still and the term is a derivative of the Irish word pota, meaning ‘pot’.
Normally distilled from locally produced cereals or potatoes, it is one of the strongest alcoholic drinks in the world and for centuries was classified as illegal in Ireland.
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Former INM CFO appointed at the Irish Dairy Board |
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Former chief financial officer of Independent News & Media (INM) Donal Buggy has been appointed group finance director at the Irish Dairy Board, replacing Cathal Fitzgerald who decided to step down at year end.
A chartered accountant by profession, Buggy joined INM as group financial controller in 1996 and in 2002 he was appointed to the group chief financial officer position, joining the group’s board and executive committee.
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Export Industry Awards 2012 |
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The Export Industry Awards took place on friday night last, the 23rd of November, in O'Reilly Hall, UCD. The evening was presented by Brian Dobson and was attended by Minister Richard Bruton. The evening was a great success with just under 500 people attending.
Sector Category Winners
The Irish Exporters Association’s Export Industry Awards are broken down into a number of key sector categories. The winners in each category then go forward for the Exporter of the Year Award. Following are the nominees and winners from the food and drinks sector sector.
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Kerry announce 800 new jobs for Kildare |
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Kerry Group is investing €100m in a global technology and innovation centre in Ireland, which will create 800 jobs directly, as well as 400 immediate construction jobs. Part-funded by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through Enterprise Ireland, the new flagship centre will provide strategic customers with access to the group’s technologies, scientific research; innovation and applications expertise across food, beverage and pharmaceutical markets. Located on a 28 acre site in the Millennium Business Park, Naas Kerry Group’s new campus will accommodate 800 people in 2015 and a further 100 positions when fully commissioned by mid-2016. The new Kerry Global Technology & Innovation Centre will also include Kerry Ingredients & Flavours global and EMEA regional management, 1 Kerry Global Business Services and support functions. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine had a central involvement in supporting this investment. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD said this was "perhaps the most significant investment ever in the Irish agri-food industry". “Kerry Group is Ireland’s largest agri-food and food innovation company. They employ 24,000 people around the world. |
Irish Exporters Association
Media Release
Embargo 25th September 2012
New product development support programme (NPD) for the Food and Drink Industry - Irish Exporters Association says it will help maintain competitiveness and jobs
The Irish Exporters Association has collaborated with Bord Bia to create a fresh new approach to new product development (NPD) for the food and drink industry. The programme, entitled Food Chains for Competitive Advantage, was launched today (25th September) at the RDS SHOP Exhibition by Bernard Coyle, Chairman of the Irish Exporters Association Food and Drink Council and Michael Murphy, Director of Markets, Bord Bia.
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Monday 1st - Friday 5th October, 2012
This year, Fingal Enterprise Week is bigger and better than ever! The Week is crammed with opportunities for businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs and most events are completely free of charge to attend. Fingal Enterprise Week is supported by Fingal County Council and Bank of Ireland. In addition, many businesses, organizations and individuals are contributing vast expertise, hosting events and helping in many ways.
To find out more or to book your place click here. |
Kerr sees opportunities for Insomnia in India |
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Chairman of Insomnia Bobby Kerr has just returned from a business trip to India where he gained some valuable insights into the opportunities and challenges that exist there.
Arranged by the Irish Exporters Association in conjunction with the Federation of Indian Exporters, the trip involved 40 Irish companies going to Mumbai and meeting with 70 Indian companies, as well as state bodies.
“My primary reason for going to Mumbai was to look at the opportunities there for Insomnia as the retail coffee market is starting to gain legs in India. There were a number of people interested in talking to me, including a major restaurant owner. I went out to look, rather than sign anything, but I got very positive feedback.
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All-island Innovation Awards Launched |
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The fourth annual Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards have been launched with a closing date for applications of 3 December 2012.
Companies can enter in one of six categories in the 2013 awards: agri-food innovation; life sciences innovation; greentech innovation; business services innovation; social innovation; creative industries innovation.
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Bank of Ireland adds €275m to Agri Investment Fund |
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Bank of Ireland has announced a €275m increase to its €200m Agri Farm Investment Fund, as part of a number of initiatives aimed at supporting growth of the agri sector.
The increase, along with the €25m working capital fund, which was launched in July, adds up to a cash boost of €500m available to the sector since July 2011.
The new initiatives include AIB’s Agri Development Loan and Agri Credit Line.
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Carlow Food Entrepreneur wins Great Taste gold star |
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A carlow based food entrepreneur who only started up her business last year, has won a Great Taste Awards 2012 gold star.
Julie Moore of The Store Cupboard, Rathwood won the prestigious award for her raspberry across Ireland and Britain. Julie only opened her shop, The Store Cupboard, last November and when not working in the shop she can be found cooking her produce in small batches, as small as 12 pots at a time, in her home.
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Major Boost for Glanbia's Ballyragget Plant |
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A new addition to the Glanbia milk processing plant in Ballyragget will result in a number of new full-time positions when it is completed later this summer.
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Drinks Industry a major national success story through €1 billion export contribution |
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May 1st 2012 (Source: www.drinksindustry.ie)
The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) has published a new report, Beverage Exports 2000-2011, by Anthony Foley of Dublin City University Business School, detailing the value of Irish alcohol drinks exports at over €1 billion.
The report shows that the impact of beverage exports on the domestic economy far outweighs other products manufactured in Ireland for international markets, due to the high level of locally sourced inputs. The report also shows that while the United Kingdom and North America continue to be the main markets for Irish beverages overseas, that there is major potential for additional sales to China, India and other major emerging markets.
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Exciting progress on prospects for Beef market access to Chinese market |
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Full technical visit by Chinese Authorities to take place within next month
Published on 23rd of May
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, is this week hosting a visit from Chinese Vice Minister Gao Hongbin, from the Chinese Agriculture Ministry.
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Blas Na hEireann - Irish Food Awards |
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(Source: www.irishfoodawards.com)
The National Irish Food Awards celebrate and reward the very best tasting Irish food and drink products, and the passionate, driven producers who make it.
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Food Industry Criticise Draft draft Childrens Advertising Code |
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(Source: www.ibec.ie)
Food and Drink Industry Ireland (FDII), the IBEC group that represents the food sector, today said it was very disappointed with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's (BAI) new draft Code on Advertising to Children. The group said the draft code was based on flawed science, would have little impact on childhood obesity rates and was a threat to our international reputation as a food island.
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McDonalds signs 300M Deal With Dawn Farm Meats |
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Wednesday, 23rd May 2012 (Source: Irish FarmersJournal, by Pat O'Toole)
McDonald's and Dawn have today (Wednesday) announced a €300m beef contract that will see 18,000 tonnes of Irish beef processed in a new purpose-built value-added facility at Dawn's Carroll's Cross facility in Waterford. The beef products will not just be for McDonald's Irish restaurants, but across Europe.
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Truly Irish Brings Home the Bacon Once Again |
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Wednesday, 7th December 2011 (Source: Truly Irish Country Foods Press Release)
Truly Irish Country Foods were announced on Radio 1 as the winners of Vard Partnerships Brand Bursary Award worth 10K of brand packaging. 70 deserving companies had entered the competition but it was Truly Irish, a farmer co-op, who shone through.
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Food Safety the Foundation on which the Irish Food Industry is Built |
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Thursday, 17th November 2011 (Source: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Press Office)
Shane McEntee TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine today addressed the Product Shelf life and Microbiological Criteria seminar in Dublin. The Minister pointed out that the agri-food sector is the largest indigenous industry in Ireland and is playing a key role in the recovery of the Irish economy.
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Ireland’s Food and Drink Exports set to approach €9 billion in 2011, Bord Bia. Exporters Confident About Future Prospects |
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Tuesday, 20th September 2011. (Source: Bord Bia Press Office)
Food and drink exports in 2011 are expected to reach a new all time high of €8.9 billion, an increase of more than 12%, or almost €1 billion, on 2010 levels. This follows growth of €700 million in 2010 leaving Ireland’s food exports in 2011 some 25% ahead of 2009 levels.
Meanwhile, against a backdrop of strong global demand and high prices, eight out of ten exporters surveyed by Bord Bia rate their prospects as improved or very improved compared with this time last year. The forecast and survey findings were issued today by Bord Bia on the opening day of the 80th National Ploughing Championships taking place in Athy, Co. Kildare.
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The Brand Bursary is Back and Entries now being Accepted |
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The Brand Bursary is back once again for 2011 and will give Irish Food and Drink companies the opportunity to win €10,000 in packaging design.

With the increasing importance of the food and drink sector to the economy, and exports in particular, the panel are particularly interested in hearing from companies with their sights set on overseas markets.
As last year, the Brand Bursary is open to Irish brands both large and small and entries are now being accepted.
Last year’s winner, Deirdre Hilliard of Just Food has had a great year since relaunch. Working with The Vard Partnership, the Brand Bursary refocused Just Food with great results. Sales will double in 2011 with national listings and distribution in over 700 stores, along with exciting export opportunities.
The search is now on for our next winner.
For more information on the Brand Bursary, please click here. The closing date for entries is 7th October 2011. |
FoodCentral Targets Co-Location Synergies in New Dublin Food Park |
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Friday, 12th August 2011 (Source: FoodCentral Press Release)
FoodCentral provides a catalyst for consolidation, collaboration and co-opetition to enhance competitive advantage for domestic and export markets.
A master plan for the development of FoodCentral, a 113 hectare food park located beside Dublin Airport has been prepared in consultation with Fingal County Council, following on from the zoning of the site as approved for food park development in the Fingal Co Council, County Development Plan 2011 – 2017. To read more click here.
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Coveney Maps the Path for Agri-Food |
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Tuesday, 26th July 2011 (Source: The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Press Office)
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today launched ‘Food Harvest 2020 Milestones for Growth’ his view of the journey and milestones which need to be reached to attain the eventual targets set out in the Food Harvest 2020 report. He emphasised his “wholehearted commitment to building on this good start and to making sure that the ambitious smart green growth vision in Food Harvest 2020 is realised”.
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“Irish Food Industry Needs Strong, Recognisable, National Food Brand" Coveney |
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Thursday, 16th June 2011 (Source: Dept. Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today emphasised the “need for the development of a strong, recognisable, national brand for Irish food and food products.” Minister Coveney was opening the inaugural National Food and Agribusiness Summit at Croke Park, where he addressed the conference on a range of issues. The Minister presented a positive assessment of the prospects for the Irish food and agribusiness sector and referred to “Ireland’s competitive advantage, based on the country’s pre-existing global image of a ‘green’ island, as well as a sustainable, grass-based, year-round production system with its associated low-carbon footprint.”
To read the full press release click here. |
Further Success for SMEs on Food and Drink Development Programme with Pallas foods |
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Friday, 10th June 2011(Source:IEA)
Today (10th June) the IEA announced that the latest cluster of five SME food companies on the Channel Clusters Development Programme, have achieved strong sales growth and listings with Ireland’s leading foodservice supplier, Pallas Foods.
To read the full press release click here |
Blooming record for Bord Bia as 90,000 people visit Bloom |
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Monday, 6th June 2011(Source: Bord Bia)
Bloom, Bord Bia’s gardening, food and family festival finishes today and the fifth year of the event has been its most successful yet. Bloom attracted almost 90,000 visitors to the 70 acre site at the visitors centre in the Phoenix Park Dublin over the June Bank holiday weekend.
For the full press release click here |
Coveney Announces 158 New Jobs in Irish Seafood Processing Companies |
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Friday, 3rd June 2011. (Source:Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine )
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today (Friday 3rd June 2011) announced the creation of 158 new jobs in the Seafood Processing Sector. The Processing Scheme provides state investment aimed at generating efficiencies in the processing sector. 18 companies have been approved for grant aid of €1.7 million representing a total investment of €7.4 million in the sector. The jobs will be created over a three year period.
To read the full Press Release click here |
Five Irish Food SMEs Achieve ‘Taste of Success’ on Channel Clusters Programme with PRM Group |
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Tuesday, 31st May 2011 (Source:IEA)
Today (31st May 2011), the IEA announced that the latest five food entrepreneurs, who recently completed an Irish Exporters Association (IEA) specialist food business training programme, have secured valuable new sales listings with the PRM Group – one of Ireland’s largest retail distributors. The successful food businesses were: Natasha’s Living Food, Coolattin Cheddar, Clinton Foods, Safa Food and Kush Shellfish.
To read the full press release click here |
Coveney Looks Forward To More Positive Agri-Food Trade Relations Following “Very Successful” Visit Of Chinese Agriculture Minister. |
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Saturday, 28th May 2001 (Source: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
Chinese Market Offers Great Opportunities for Irish Agri-Food and Seafood Exports
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today described the visit to Ireland by the Chinese Vice-Minister as “very successful” and confirmed that, as a result of the visit, the two Ministers were today signing “an action plan on mutual co-operation between the two countries in the agri-food and fisheries sectors.”
To read the full Press Release click here. |
Bruton in bid to encourage new generation of high potential Irish start-ups through mentoring |
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Friday, 27th May 2011 (Source: Enterprise Ireland)
Enterprise Ireland is working with SuperValu to help entrepreneurial local companies take the first step to retail success. The programme has delivered €16m in sales for participants to date Friday, 27th May 2011 – Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, today launched the 2011 Enterprise Ireland SuperValu Supplier Development Programme. The programme will see ten young Irish food start-up companies receive customized training and one-on-one mentoring support.
To read the full Press Release click here. |
Bord Bia Reports Strong Growth in Exports as Food Industry Leaders Gather Sustainability Key to Brand Agenda |
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Friday, 27th May 2011 (Source: Bord Bia)
Bord Bia’s Pathways for Growth Food & Drink Summit Friday May 27th 2011 The strong growth in Irish food and drink exports, which saw values increase by 11% in 2010, is continuing in 2011 with exports for the January to May period estimated to have increased by €400 million, or 13%, to total €3.44 billion. The new figures were released today at Bord Bia’s “Pathways for Growth Food & Drink Summit”, which took place at the UCD Smurfit School, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
To read the full Press Release click here. |
Enterprise Ireland Announces €1m Competitive Fund for Locally Trading Companies to Go Global |
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Thursday, 26th May 2011 (Source: Enterprise Ireland)
Enterprise Ireland is calling on companies that are successfully trading in Ireland to apply for funding to explore the potential to export their services and internationalise their business. The competitive €1m 'Going Global Fund ' is specifically designed to support domestically-focused companies to explore and validate market opportunity in a new market or to introduce a new service or product to an existing market.
To read the full Press Release click here. |
Finalysis Ireland Tells Council They Can Help Companies Save on Banking Fees |
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Wednesday, 25th May 2011 (Source: IEA)
Paul Murphy of Finalysis Ireland gave the May Council a presentation on this consultancy business which reviews companys' banking arrangements to find savings. Finalysis, he said, was set up 20 years ago and now has offices in London and South Africa and is staffed by former bankers, accountants and treasury specialists. It is geared to the Irish corporate market and their core market is companies with a minimum turnover of €20m. However they work with smaller companies too.
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Further Success for IEA’s Channel Clusters Programme as five SMEs Get Listings with BWG |
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Monday, 23rd May 2011 (Source IEA)
Today (23rd May) the IEA announced the latest group of five food companies on the Channel Clusters Development Programme to have all achieved valuable listings with a major distributor were ; Kyles Kitchen (Wrapsu) Ltd, JM Foods Ltd; Dunhill Cuisine Ltd; McEvoy Family Foods Ltd and Stable Diet Ltd.
For the full press release click here |
Minister McEntee Highlights The Importance Of The Agri-Food Sector |
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Monday, 23rd May 2011 (Source: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine )
Speaking in Ballybay at Bank of Ireland Enterprise week event, the Minister of state at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Shane McEntee TD, stated that he was “encouraged by increasing recognition of the importance of agriculture and the agri-food sector”. He pointed out that the food sector is spread right throughout the country and as well as large multi national companies is comprised of hundreds of small and medium sized enterprises.
To Read the full Press Release click here |
Royal Treatment Served Up By Channel Clusters Participants |
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Friday, 20th May 2011 (Source: Next Step International)
"Ummera Smoked Products and Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese, participants on the Irish Exporters Association's Channel Clusters Programme were both honoured by having their products served to Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Ireland.
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State Banquet: Family Business Offers the Regal Taste of Premium Irish Seafood |
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Friday, 20th May 2011 (Source: Bullseye Food Marketing)
An acclaimed family-run County Clare food business has proven that its premium smoked seafood is genuinely ‘fit for royalty’.
Award-winning artisan food producer, The Burren Smokehouse, is relishing the prestige of being selected to provide a platter of fine smoked Irish salmon delicacies, for the state dinner held to honour Queen Elizabeth II at Dublin Castle.
The banquet, which took place at the castle’s St Patrick’s Hall on Wednesday evening (18th May), was one of the key events in the itinerary of the Queen’s historic state visit to Ireland.
Exclusively hand-smoked by Birgitta Curtin at her traditional smokehouse near Lisdoonvarna, and prepared for Her Majesty and state guests by distinguished Michelin-star chef, Ross Lewis, the platter included both Burren Smoked Irish Salmon and Clare Island Organic Irish salmon.
Owner-manager of The Burren Smokehouse, Birgitta Curtin, says it was an enormous thrill to hear that her smoked fish had been chosen for inclusion in the menu for this momentous state occasion.
For the full press release click here.
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Bord Bia's Noreen Lanigan Gives Progress Report on European Logistics Study to May Council Meeting |
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Thursday, 19th May 2011 (Source: IEA)
Noreen Lanigan of Bord Bia's Paris Office gave the IEA's Food and Drink Council an update on the European Logistics Optimization study at the quarterly meeting in Teagasc Ashtown on Wednesday May 11th. The study's main focus, she said, is applying best practice to Logistics and looking at economies of scale for Irish exporters to make us more competitive in the European context. She believes that their research indicates that at least €400 million per annum is spent on logistics by Irish food exporters and this amounts to 7% of export value. She said that in a best case scenario, 30% could be taken out of the costs of logistics through a mix of improving use of best practice and coopetition. In the more modest scenario, the saving would be 10%.
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Food Companies’ Continued Success with Horgan’s, state Irish Exporters Association, is Key to Helping Local Producers into Export Markets. |
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Friday, 13th May 2011 (Source: IEA)
Today (13th May), the IEA announced that the latest group of food producers on its Channel Clusters Programme win valuable new sales agreements with Horgan’s Deli Supplies.
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Food Companies Achieve Growth in Sales and Win New Business With La Rousse Foods. |
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Monday 9th May 2011 (Source IEA )
Participants on the Irish Exporters Association’s (IEA) Channel Clusters Development Programme are now on the road to success. The IEA have worked in partnership with La Rousse Foods to create a cluster to assist five Irish food processing companies to reach the necessary marketing standards to achieve product listing in the sector. To read the full Press Release, click here |
The Agri-Food Sector Can Be a Flagship For Growth and Economic Recovery – Minister Simon Coveney |
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Thursday, 5th May 2011 (Source: Dept. of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
Minister optimistic and confident of growth in Agri-Food sector as he publishes the Annual Outlook for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2010/2011
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD today said that 2010 was a very positive year for the Irish agri-food sector, following two very difficult years for all concerned. “Export figures show that the sector exported produce worth €7.8bn, an increase of about 11% on 2009. The cereals sector had a particularly good year with output value of over €200m, an increase of over 88% on the previous year, while the dairy sector increased its exports by 17%. Aggregate farm income also increased, by 31.5%. This is all good news for the agri-food sector but also for the Irish economy as a whole”.
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Minister Coveney Addresses Bord Bia Marketing Fellows |
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Tuesday, 3rd May 2011 (Source: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
Addressing Bord Bia Marketing Fellows yesterday at the UCD Michael Smurfit Business School, Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine said that the Fellowship Programme had been an outstanding success and the work of the Fellows was greatly appreciated by the food industry. At company level, graduates in the first Fellowship Programme had already generated almost €3m in actual sales. Read more…. |
Coveney Welcomes Seafoods Exports Boost |
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Tuesday, 3rd May 2011 (Source: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
Coveney Welcomes Seafoods Exports Boost on his Visit to the European Seafood Expo in Brussels.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney TD visited the 18 Irish seafood exporters exhibiting at the European Seafood Expo (ESE) in Brussels today. ESE is the world’s largest seafood fair, attracting buyers and sellers from over 140 countries, with over 1600 exhibitors in attendance….. read more |
Minister Coveney Awards Farmers Market good Practice Standard 2011-2012 to 30 Farmers Markets and Invites Further Applications by 24th May 2011 |
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Tuesday 3rd May 2011 (Source: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD announced this week the award of the Farmers’ Market Good Practice Standard 2011-2012 to 30 farmers markets.
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Channel Clusters Participant Appears on “Dragons’ Den on Tour” |
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Thursday 21st April 2011 (Source: RTE)
Channel Clusters Participant Appears on “Dragons’ Den on Tour”
Deirdre Collins who created the Dee’s Eat Well, Be Happy range of wholefood burgers is set to feature in the upcoming ‘Dragons’ Den on Tour’ series. Deirdre was a successful participant on the IEA’s Export Food and Drink Channel Clusters programme mentored by Conor Hyde of Bullseye. Deirdre also attended the IFE exhibition in London Docklands in March of this year with other Channel Cluster companies brought over by the IEA.
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Cost Effective Logistics Solution for the UK. |
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Wednesday, 20th April 2011 (Source: Food Partners)
“ Food Partners is a family owned Irish Food Solutions business founded by Tom and Edward Brennan from West Cork. Food Partners specialises in the sourcing and supply of short shelf life quality chilled and ambient foods to the Irish market. As a result of our highly developed supply chain network and infrastructure along with our passion for ‘service excellence’ we can now offer Value Add service to indigenous Irish food producers seeking an assured pathway to export”
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Minister of State McEntee Highlights Importance of Agriculture and Forestry Sectors in Meeting Renewable Energy Targets |
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Wednesday, 20th April 2011 (Source: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Press Office)
Speaking at the Teagasc National Bioenergy Conference in Tullamore today, Shane McEntee TD, Minister of State with special responsibility for Food, Food Safety and Horticulture emphasised the important contribution that the agriculture and forestry sectors have to play in meeting future renewable energy targets in Ireland.
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Coveney Confirms “Personal Commitment to Agri-Food and Fishing Sectors” |
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Wednesday, 20th April 2011 (Source: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Press Office)
Industry Shares Minister’s “positive outlook for Ireland’s most important indigenous sector” - The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, has chaired his first meeting of the High Level Implementation Committee on Food Harvest 2020 and restated his personal commitment to “driving forward the implementation phase to ensure that the targets are fully achieved and the potential of the agri-food and fishing sector is fully realised.”
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Channel Clusters Participant Features on TV3's Midweek Programme |
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Tuesday, 19th May 2011 (Source: IEA)
"Mag Kirwan of Goatsbridge Premium Irish Trout featured on last Wednesday's Midweek on TV3.
To see the programme in full click here:
http://www.tv3.ie/shows.php?request=midweek&tv3_preview=&video=34705
Goatsbridge is one of the participants on the Irish Exporters Association's Channel Clusters Programme and is mentored by Ronan Gillespie of Next Step International." |
Major UK Foodservice Operator Shows Keen Interest in 5 Irish Exhibitors at IFE |
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Monday, 18th April 2011 (Source: IEA)
The foodservice operator, 3663, has shown interest and wants to hear more from 5 of the companies that exhibited at the IEA stand at IFE in London in March.
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