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Food Drink Ireland supporting #Food Heroes
Food Drink Ireland are participating in the #FoodHeroes campaign which has been set up by FoodDrinkEurope is to help recognise the amazing work the food and drink industry has been doing to keep the food supply chain running through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Food Drink Ireland Budget 2024 reaction
Food Drink Ireland (FDI), the Ibec group representing the food and drink sector, has welcomed the €250 million SME support package announced in Budget 2024.
Food Drink Ireland reaction to Budget 2025
Food Drink Ireland (FDI), the Ibec group representing the food and drink sector, has welcomed the Government’s announcement in Budget 2025 to unlock €1.5bn from the National Training Fund over the coming years.
Food and drink manufacturing performing well but costs are a concern
Food Drink Ireland (FDI), the Ibec group representing the food and drink sector has today released its Food and Drink Manufacturing Report 2025, “Appetite for Growth”, a sectoral extract of the overall Ibec “Manufacturing in Ireland” report.
Food Drink Ireland Business Monitor Q2: Call for Government action amid rising costs
Food Drink Ireland (FDI), the business association within Ibec representing homegrown and international manufacturers and suppliers across the food and drink sector, has today launched its Food Drink Ireland Business Monitor for Q2 2024. The FDI Business Monitor tracks key retail, economic and consumer trends.
Looming Spike in Labour Costs put Food and Drink Businesses Under Pressure
Food Drink Ireland (FDI), the Ibec group representing the food and drink sector, has warned that businesses in the sector are facing further increases to input business costs due to the incoming hike in the national minimum wage.
Significant supports needed to assist the Food and Drink sector to improve both productivity and sustainability
Food Drink Ireland (FDI), the Ibec group representing the food and drink sector, has today published its Budget 2025 Submission (here) which calls for supports to improve both productivity and sustainability in Ireland’s most important indigenous manufacturing sector.
Insights to the Future of Work in the Food and Drink Sector
The manufacture of food and drink products is Ireland's most important indigenous industry with a turnover of €27.5 billion, exports of €13 billion and accounting for over 163,000 jobs in Ireland. It is deeply integrated into the wider economy spending €18 billion per year on intermediate consumption in other sectors plus a further €2.1 billion on compensation of employees. It accounts for 94% of the total external product flows from the agricultural sector.
Food and drink manufacturing accounts for half of direct expenditure by the entire manufacturing sector in the Irish economy (payroll, Irish materials and Irish services). As a result, the sector has a high employment multiplier, which means it supports employment in other parts of the economy in a way that other sectors don’t.
In addition to servicing the domestic grocery and food service markets, the industry is highly internationalised and exports to 180 countries. It maintains substantial market positions in the UK, other EU markets and in international markets.
During the seminar we will hear from Elizabeth Bowen, Director of Prepared Consumer Foods at Ibec, who will give an overview of the current state of the industry in Ireland today with a focus on the job roles in high demand by employers, followed by a panel discussion with leading industry experts.
Panellists:
• Kevin Donnelly, Managing Director Britvic Soft Drinks Ireland and Chair of Prepared Consumer Foods Council
• Patricia Malone, HR Business Partner, Nestlé
• Mark Skinner, Network Manager, Food Drink Ireland Skillnet
• Meadhbh Costello, Policy Executive, Ibec
This event is targeted at career guidance professionals, teachers, lecturers, academic staff, research staff, students and recent graduates alike, with an interest in careers in the Food & Drink sector.
Food Drink Ireland Business Monitor
Ireland, along with the rest of the world, is experiencing an unprecedented time of uncertainty as countries attempt to slow the spread of Covid-19. The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic across Europe has put massive strain on companies’ finances and supply chains across a wide spread of industries and the effects of these pressures will have long lasting effects on the economy.
What is a health claim?
In our last blog we explained what nutritional analysis is and what is meant by a nutrition claim (high fibre, low fat etc.). You might also have heard about another type of claim on labels - “Health Claims”. A health claim is any statement about a relationship between food and health(1). And what do we mean by a “claim”? It is any message or representation including pictorial, graphic or symbolic representation which states, suggests or implies that a food has particular characteristics(2).