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Sat 08 Aug 2010Food businesses need to combine to conquer
MONITOR:What does Ireland have in common with New Zealand? That country may be a good bit bigger than ours, and the weather is better, but from a food perspective, the answer lies in its small food business sector.
Where we have 800 small food businesses, they have 2,000. Look at the number of artisans and speciality food producers in Ireland and you could be forgiven for thinking it’s overcrowded. Cheeses we have by the dozen, and jam makers aplenty, so where is the room for growth? Or rather, how come in New Zealand they can have so many more small food businesses than us? €3 billion worth to be precise – and that is a lot of jobs and livelihoods.
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