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Dale Farm In Northern Ireland Named Best Cheddar Cheese In The UK

Northern Ireland’s Dale Farm’s mature Dromona cheese was named the Best Cheddar at the inaugural Virtual Cheese Awards. Over 300 cheeses were whittled down the week before to the...
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Boatyard Gin First To Launch In Waitrose

The Boatyard Distillery in Northern Ireland has become the first Irish gin to launch in Waitrose & Partner stores across the UK and online.   Waitrose...
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Lidl Northern Ireland Harvests New Crop of Home-Grown Artisan Producers

Shoppers get a taste of home this summer with local products stocked in 202 Lidl stores across the island of Ireland for a limited time only...
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Ballymena Post For Enterprising Deli Aiming For Sweet Success

Award-winning fudge makers Glen and Rhonda Houston of Granny Shaw’s Fudge in Co Antrim are hoping for sweet success for a novel food venture shaped during the...
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Top Belfast Eatery In Post Lockdown Switch To Stylish Food Hub For Local Artisans

One of Belfast’s leading restaurants has been transformed into an artisan food hall with a freshly cooked food-to-go range by bakery and catering entrepreneur Ashley French....
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Pandemic Sparks Alternative Business Ventures

The food and drink industry is one of the hardest-hit by the Covid pandemic, but several Food NI/Taste of Ulster members have opened new businesses writes...
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Food Industry Continues To Deliver Good News For Local Economy

  Good News tends to come in threes, or so I was told growing up. This week certainly brought two pieces of great news for food...
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Vital hospitality sector needs and merits our support to ensure survival and protect jobs

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has given the hospitality sector real encouragement by reducing VAT to five percent until January 2021. A reduction in VAT is something...
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Ask Me Anything – Malachy O’Connor Webinar

Q: How often do you get to ask your burning grocery retail questions to an experienced expert? A: Now you can, every month! Grocery Retail Expert,...
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