A mushroom producers co-operative has sued the Minister for Agriculture claiming it has suffered more than €12m losses due to alleged unlawful withholding of EU financial aid.

GLANBIA Consumer Products, the large branded food supplier into the Irish grocery sector, and part of Glanbia plc, said it has transformed its warehouse distribution following the implementation of a Heavey RF Group automated mobile voice technology €1 million contract.

THE cost of milk and cheese is expected to increase in coming weeks as companies push to hike prices.

IN his letter headlined ‘Chinese visitors run into Irish wall’ (March 6), Gerry Mullins appears to have a complete misunderstanding of Cork Marketing Partnership (CMP) and World Expo 2010.

ONE of the country’s biggest dairies has delighted consumers and incurred the wrath of milk producers by cutting 20 cent off a two litre pack of milk.

Coca-Cola is the biggest selling brand in Irish shopping baskets, it emerged today.

COCA-COLA is still the top selling brand in Ireland despite shoppers becoming more health conscious.

CORK bucked the national trend to record an significant increase in Christmas trade, according to figures released yesterday.

ANY alleged mistreatment of workers in the country’s €120 million mushroom industry was condemned yesterday by Food Minister Brendan Smith.

THE development of the former CMP dairy site at the Kinsale and Tramore Roads in Cork has moved a step closer with Alchemy Properties applying for planning permission to demolish the existing building of the old Dairygold-owned facility.

GLANBIA’S proposed deal to buy CMP liquid milk, cream and juice business from Dairygold Co-Op has ben cleared by the Competition Authority.

The ISEQ recovered from a morning slump to close up 7.63 points at 6103.72.

The ISEQ fell 18.26 points in morning trade today and is currently at 6077.83.

Food company Glanbia plc today confirmed that it has received approval from the Competition Authority to operate the CMP liquid milk, cream and juice-branded business of Cork's Dairygold Co-op.

DAIRYGOLD is to exit liquid milk production as part of a major plan announced yesterday for the restructuring of its core multi-million euro turnover dairy processing business.

The ISEQ index made modest gains today, rising 15.36 points to 6514.95.

The ISEQ index is virtually unchanged in morning trading today, rising 0.49 points to 6,500.08.

Glanbia is set to take on CMP from Dairygold in a €10.05m deal, subject to approval from the Irish Competition Authority.

A ONE-DAY strike by 2,500 SIPTU workers affected Dairygold businesses throughout the country yesterday.

YOGHURT production is to cease at Dairygold’s CMP plant in Cork city with the loss of 18 jobs, the co-op announced yesterday.

DAIRYGOLD confirmed yesterday that up to 1,500 jobs will lost in the co-op giant over the next three years.

DAIRYGOLD plans to axe up to 2,000 jobs as part of a three-year rationalisation programme, Tánaiste Mary Harney has been told.

THE Tánaiste was urged yesterday to take action on allegations that an illegal milk cartel was engaged in price-fixing costing consumers millions of euro.