A report from Ireland’s Department of Finance reveals over 55% of the top 30 most exposed EU products to the UK are Irish, sparking concern the impact Brexit would have on Irish sectors reliant on UK imports.
British businesses are almost half as confident about the British business environment as they were last year, a survey has shown. The UK’s Food and Drink Federation has appealed the government for a range of urgent measures seeking to secure the future...
Production of Annabel Karmel snack bars has ceased and a recall has been issued in the UK and Republic of Ireland following three consumer complaints of insect contamination.
Irish wholesaler BWG has installed a high-tech distribution system
at its cash & carry depots and distribution centres. The Accord
software package is designed to minimise supply chain costs through
complete process integration.
Hilton Foods has invested €9.4 million in a start-up program that will see a new plant built in Drogheda in Ireland. The plant is expected to create 175 job opportunities and meat produced in the factory will be supplied to Tesco UK.
According to Mintel, a leading supplier of competitive media and
product & consumer intelligence, the snack market is becoming
increasingly varied as the industry continues to pursue innovation.
Repak CEO Andrew Hetherington claims he is taking a pragmatic
approach to the problem of streamlining the recycling of packaging
waste in the Republic of Ireland, a challenge that the country has
had to rise to in the light of recently...