APrix d’Elite award from the global Seafood Expo — the world’s largest seafood event — is expected to prove a significant catch for Cork company Irish Atlantic Seafood Company (Iasc), writes Trish Dromey.

Four out of five business owners in the food service industry are optimistic of growing their business in the coming year.

ABP Food Group has signed a deal with Sysco, the first deal to supply beef to the US since the 15-year BSE-focused ban on European beef was lifted a year ago.

A growing network of soup kitchens across the country is serving 2,445 free meals a week as the country’s mortgage arrears crisis deepens and parents struggle with back-to-school costs.

A FIRM operating from a former creamery with a famous name in Limerick is now tickling the tastebuds of cheese consumers across Ireland and abroad.

Former rugby star John Hayes has been appointed a brand ambassador by Irish Hereford Prime.

Pallas Foods in Limerick has acquired Crossgar Foodservice, which recently won contracts with the Prison Service, the Defence Forces, and the Health Service Executive.

IN the final run-in to Christmas, business is booming at the Blue Haven Food Company as last-minute orders are readied for supermarket shelves around the country.

THE Blue Haven Collection is investing in its food division with the development of a new production facility and extension of its product range.

FOOD service distributor Pallas Foods has taken on stock from emerging food companies who participated in a joint Enterprise Ireland and Bord Bia food business incubation initiative.

THE body which represents Cork’s business community has expressed disappointment that, a year on from the flood, few lessons appear to have been learned.

TEN Irish food companies hope to build sales thanks to a new Enterprise Ireland and Bord Bia programme geared towards the €4.7bn global market for ‘out of home’ products.

SALT levels remain high in processed foods as the economic climate means many businesses no longer see reducing levels as a priority.

EVERY strand of Tommy Murphy’s short life was represented at the crash victim’s funeral yesterday in west Limerick.

A 24-YEAR-OLD pastry chef from Dungourney will tickle the taste buds for Ireland at the Mondial des Arts Sucrés bi-annual culinary competition in Paris this weekend.

THE value of mergers and acquisitions in Ireland plunged 70% over the past year with food, health and energy the most active sectors.

UP to 500 workers have come smiling through the doom and gloom of budget week with huge financial windfalls as a “thank you” from the departing owners of the food company they work for.

THE US goods distribution giant Sysco Corporation has acquired Pallas Foods of Newcastle West, Co Limerick, for an undisclosed sum.

Irish owned fuels and convenience retailer Topaz has announced a deal with Limerick based food supplier Pallas Foods worth in the region of €24m over three years.

WALKING around the west Limerick town of Newcastle West, there are two things that strike you— firstly, what a beautifully designed old fortress town it is and, secondly, just how can such a small population sustain an elite interiors shop like Objekt Design Space?

AS the elite of professional golfers prepare to swing into action at the Irish Open at the Adare Manor Hotel & Resort court next week, John Coughlan has the task of ensuring that everything is up to scratch on the catering front.

AN INITIATIVE to help restaurants to meet the new law on identifying the country of origin of beef on their menus was announced yesterday by Pallas Foods.