Supply Chain

Bord Bia Hosts Over 50 International Chefs On Gourmet Food Tour

Bord Bia is hosting 54 chefs and ten journalists from eight countries on a three-day trip to Ireland from 13-15 May.

Activity in the Irish services sector expanded in April despite a slowdown in new business and job creation in the TMT sector.

Irish manufacturing contracted in April at its fastest pace in nine months on sluggish demand and lack of incoming new work.

World cocoa prices fell by about 20% in two days as technical triggers prevailed thanks to record-low liquidity. Prices recovered on Tuesday.

Farmers in Ireland have been unable to plant sufficient potato crops so far this year due to extremely wet weather.

Cocoa harvesting in the Ivory Coast is expected to pick up from May as weather conditions improved, according to farmers in the region.

The cocoa grind in the Ivory Coast was down 19.8% year-on-year in April amid heatwaves impacting growth in the country’s rainy season.

Dale Farm, the Northern Irish dairy co-op, has announced plans to invest £70 million in a new Tyrone cheddar processing factory.

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