COVID-19

Food Supply Success In Pandemic Belies Wasteful Farm Policies: OECD

Emergency measures by governments helped keep food supply functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic, but agricultural policies continue to pour out subsidie...

DS Smith Sees Record Second-Half Growth On Online Shopping Boom

DS Smith said on Tuesday it saw record second-half growth, as the British cardboard maker benefited from a pandemic-driven boom in online shopping that hel...

UK Retail Sales Dip As Consumers, Freed From Lockdown, Dine Out

British retail sales fell unexpectedly last month as a lifting of lockdown restrictions encouraged spending in restaurants rather than shops, according to...

Bord Bia Forecasts Irish Foodservice Market To Return To Pre-Pandemic Levels

According to a new report launched by Bord Bia today, the Irish foodservice market will grow by 11% on last year to reach almost €5 billion by ye...

Boots Ireland To Offer COVID-19 Vaccinations From Tomorrow

Boots Ireland has confirmed it will start offering COVID-19 vaccinations from tomorrow, 15 June. Boots Ireland’s 81 pharmacies administrat...

Meat-Free Diet May Lower Severe Disease Risk, Says BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health

People on meat-free diets had lower odds of contracting moderate to severe COVID-19, according to a six-country study published on Monday in BMJ Nutrition,...

Heineken Ireland Launches ‘Fresh Beginnings’ Support Programme For Hospitality Re-Opening

Heineken Ireland is supporting the re-opening of the hospitality industry with the launch of its 'Fresh Beginnings' programme. The programme will see th...

Alcohol Consumption Declines By Almost 20% In Q1 2021

New Revenue Clearance figures from the first quarter of 2021 show that alcohol consumption declined by 19.7%, compared with the same period last year. T...