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THE BIG INTERVIEW: Noel Smith, Founder & MD, Fresh The Good Food Market

With many retail businesses still closed, hundreds of producers and store owners have gone online. Maev Martin talks to the founder and managing director o...

Irish Consumer Confidence Improves In May, Research Shows

Irish consumer sentiment showed a significant improvement in May following the COVID-19 related collapse in confidence in April, research shows. Accordi...

BWG Sees Spike In Sales Of Gardening Products

BWG Foods has reported significant demand for gardening products during the lockdown period, with sales surpassing €1 million over the past eight week...

M&S To Accelerate Change As Profit Falls 21%

British retailer Marks & Spencer said it would accelerate its latest turnaround programme as it dealt with the fallout from the coronavirus crisis...

Aldi UK Teams Up With Deliveroo To Trial Home Delivery Service

Aldi UK has been trialling home delivery from its Daleside Road store in Nottingham since yesterday, 18 May, and says it will expand the trial to the East...

SuperValu Lists 15 Food Academy Producers In-Store

SuperValu announced today that products from 15 new Irish food producers who have successfully completed the Food Academy programme will be on sale in Supe...

RGDATA Calls On Government To Set Up A State Agency To Help SMEs

RGDATA has called on the Government to set up a State agency with specific responsibility to grow and develop Small To Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Accord...

UK Consumer Confidence Back At Joint Lowest Level Since 2009: GfK

British consumer confidence in early May dipped back down to its joint-lowest level since the global financial crisis in 2009, despite moves by the governm...