COVID-19

36% of businesses have leveraged new technologies during pandemic

One in three food businesses have already sought to alter their route to market, 36% have leveraged new technologies, and 30% have sought new service provi...

Salty Snacks Sales Surge

One of the largest categories in grocery retail, crisps and snacks sales have surged during the lockdown, writes Donna Ahern According to recent researc...

Lidl Ireland Introduces COVID-19 Queue Management System

Lidl Ireland has announced that it is planning to introduce a new COVID-19 queue management system designed to control the number of customers entering and...

Tesco Ireland Introduces New Technology To Help Manage Customer Numbers

Tesco Ireland has announced plans for a technology-based customer number and queue management system to be rolled out across its stores nationwide as it co...

Aryzta Reports 21.5% Organic Revenue Decline In Q3, Due To COVID-19 Impact

Aryzta's reported revenue in its third quarter was €644.2 million, representing a 21.5% organic decline versus the same period last year, as the effec...

French Food Group Danone Withdraws 2020 Guidance Despite Sales Uplift

Danone on Tuesday withdrew its financial guidance for 2020 owing to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic but posted higher first-quarter...

Beara Distillery To Supply SuperValu With Hand Sanitiser In €250,000 Deal

Connemara based Beara Distillery has secured a contract to supply 27,000 litres of its 'StaySafe' hand sanitiser to SuperValu in a deal worth &eu...

35% Of Irish Adults Shop Online On A Weekly Basis

Irish adults shop online 44 times a year with over one in three (35%) claiming to shop online on at least a weekly basis, new data shows. Consumers shop...