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The Aryzta group has issued a series of profit alerts and disappointing earnings in the past two years, due in part to the poor performance of its US arm.

Aryzta names Keith Cooper as interim chief of US arm

Charlie Taylor
June 20, 2017

Chief operating officer of US business Ronan Minahan to step down, group announces

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: The conventional wisdom is that Varadkar, as a former minister for health, may look to beef up the rules for the marketing and pricing of alcohol. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

The drinks industry will soon find out whose side Varadkar is on

June 20, 2017

Cantillon: will the new Taoiseach be cruel or kind to the booze lobby?

Slaney Foods will be supplying prime Hereford beef to Lidl as part of the low-cost supermarket’s expansion into the US. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Slaney Foods to supply Irish beef to Lidl’s US stores

Ciarán Hancock
June 20, 2017

Announcement comes as Irish beef wins US Department of Agriculture brand approval

Simplyfruit founder Patrick McCann: “We believe that the market for healthy eating products will continue to grow.” Photograph: Richie Stokes

EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist Patrick McCann, Simplyfruit (Ire) Ltd

Charlie Taylor
June 19, 2017

NI fresh fruit producer bets on healthy eating boom for future success

Ireland is hoping for a breakthrough on access to the US beef market this week, as Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed arrived in Washington on Sunday for a week-long trade mission

Trade mission hopes for approval for Irish beef brand in lucrative US market

Suzanne Lynch
June 18, 2017

Minister is seeking the award of a USDA-backed marketing brand promoting Irish beef’s credentials

A Moy Park facility. “We do not source products from any of the sites involved in the ongoing investigations in Brazil,” a company spokeswoman said

S&P downgrades Moy Park because of parent’s link to meat scandal

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
June 16, 2017

Poultry producer says none of its products were sourced from implicated Brazilian plants

Fallon & Byrne is to open a new flagship food hall, delicatessen and casual eatery in Rathmines in Dublin shortly

Turnover passes €13m as profits rise at Fallon & Byrne

Charlie Taylor
June 13, 2017

Pretax profits for Dublin food hall, wine bar and restaurant business more than double

Having an additional 270,000 tons of Irish beef, which currently goes to the UK, bounced onto the EU market after Brexit would have negative implications for French producers. Photograph: Getty Images

Brexit a threat to Franco-Irish alliance

June 13, 2017

Cantillon: France fears porous Irish Border could let cheap UK food imports into EU

Jack Teeling, founder and chief executive of Teeling Whiskey: “From the launch of our first product we were exporting and are currently selling into 50 markets.”

EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist Jack Teeling, Teeling Whiskey Company

Charlie Taylor
June 12, 2017

Award-winning company was first to open a new distillery in Dublin in over 125 years

EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist Samuel Dennigan, Strong Roots

Charlie Taylor
June 12, 2017

Businessman rooting for success with his range of healthy frozen vegetable products

Stephen and Jack Teeling, who set up Teeling Distillery in Dublin’s Liberties in 2015.

Teeling Whiskey plans €500,000 expansion of Dublin distillery

Ciarán Hancock
June 11, 2017

Irish whiskey maker has attracted 185,000 visitors in its first two years in business

Farm income varies considerably by farm system, with dairy farms the most profitable.

Dairy fares best but all farm incomes are far from equal

June 1, 2017

Cantillon: New farming statistics show lopsided recovery in the sector

Average cattle farm incomes remain quite low, at just €12,908 for cattle rearing farms in 2016

Average family farm income down 9% to €24,060

Colin Gleeson
May 31, 2017

Teagasc National Farm Survey shows direct payments to farmers increased

Baked goods company Aryzta warned that it is experiencing ongoing pressure to its profit margins. (Photograph: iStock)

Aryzta shares slump amid latest warning on profitability

Joe Brennan
May 30, 2017

Group unable to provide outlook as business review continues

Cully & Sully, which makes and sells chilled soups, was founded by Colum O’Sullivan and Cullen Allen, whose family run the Ballymaloe foods business.

Profits at firm behind Cully & Sully fall 17% to €3.18m as costs rise

Barry O'Halloran
May 28, 2017

Hain Celestial bought Cully & Sully for more than €10m in 2012

Alan and Valerie Kingston of Glenilen Farm, which has secured a €500,000 contract with Sainsbury’s supermarkets in the UK.

Glenilen Farm signs €500,000 yoghurt deal with Sainsbury’s

Ciarán Hancock
May 27, 2017

Cork food company to invest €1.2 million in production facilities

Origin numbers boosted by uptick in farming activity

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
May 25, 2017

Agri-services group says underlying revenue rose 4.1% to €548m in third quarter

Total produce has said that trading for the first four months has been satisfactory. Photograph: iStock

Total Produce raises guidance in trading update

Peter Hamilton
May 25, 2017

The company has announced a final dividend of 2.2297 cent per share

Donegal Investment Group has interests in the agribusiness sector. Photograph: iStock

Donegal Investment Group discontinues dividend

Peter Hamilton
May 24, 2017

Agri investment group to create ‘more tax-efficient’ share buy-back programme

A dairy farm in the Dingle peninsula in Kerry. Photograph: Lionel Derimais

Minister to convene meeting to discuss recent increase in farm deaths

Ciarán D'Arcy
May 24, 2017

‘I went out and all of a sudden I got a puck off a bullock, and I was put flying against a wall’

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