Wholesaler BWG foods, operator of the SPAR franchise, has announced it is to close its Ballyshannon, Co Donegal plant from October 1 with the loss of 21 jobs.

A DUBLIN-based software company is to double its workforce as it expands internationally.

A ‘shopaholic’ who continued to falsely claim State benefits while her case for defrauding almost €100,000 from her employer was going through the courts has been jailed for one year.

THE number of grocery shops continues to dwindle as supermarkets gain a greater share of the €11.6 billion-a-year food and drink market.

A year after the Groceries Order was abolished with the promise this would lead to savings of about €500 per year for every consumer, the predicted savings have turned out to be just another empty political promise.

AN EXCLUSIVE forecourt partnership between the Maxol Group and BWG Foods worth €80 million per year in retail turnover was expanded yesterday.

A "shopaholic" who defrauded her employer of almost €100,000 has received a three-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today.

THE €390 million management buyout of food retail and distribution group BWG was formally completed yesterday, bringing the company back under Irish ownership.

BWG FOODS has expanded its Value Centre Cash & Carry branch network with a new €2.5 million branch in Wexford.

Food distributor BWG has appointed Peter Kealy as Group Development Director.

About 750 jobs are to be created with the €50m expansion of a retail chain, it emerged today.

Galway-based Tolan Foodservice has been bought by BWG Foods for an undisclosed sum.