Food sector set for return to growth

IRISH food companies have adopted a range of measures to defend their market positions in the face of the economic downturn.

This was revealed in a recent Bord Bia survey amid predictions that the prospects for 2010 point to a return to growth for the food sector.

A sustained decline in the value of sterling, combined with the economic downturn and severe difficulties in the global dairy market, created unprecedented challenges for Irish food and drink exporters last year.