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“What are government’s plans for pubs” asks LVA & bar workers

On-trade | Special treatment required if pubs continue to be singled out

Government decision a “hammer blow” to publicans

On-trade | Compensation and support essential for survival of pub sector in light of threat of future waves

Spirits & wine excise receipts up in Q1

Marketing | But beer and cider excise revenues down

SuperValu retains top beer, wine & cider share

Off-trade | Second-placed Tesco lost market share in beer, cider and wine off-sales sector

7 in 10 want beer menus when eating out

On-trade |  70% of Irish diners want to see beer menus when they go out for meals

Louis Fitzgerald Group pre-tax profits up 150%

On-trade | Turnover up 2.1% to €71.4 million

What can we expect from consumer behaviour coming out of lockdown?

Here, to discuss what we can expect from consumer behaviour coming out of lockdown we have Behaviour & Attitude’s Maggie Matthews who ran the weekly qualitative Lockdown Diaries at B&A and who’s been reviewing how consumers feel about returning to a number of different areas. And we’ve also MCCP’s Senior Strategist Michael Rekab who made a presentation at a trends event held recently by MCCP.

WSET branching out into beer

The UK Wine & Spirit Education Trust, the world’s largest global provider of wine, spirits and sake qualifications, is to develop a suite of beer qualifications.

Handy foodservice guide to re-opening services

Over 30 Irish businesses are included in the Irish Foodservice Supplier Alliance’s new ‘flip-book’ to help the foodservice Industry respond to Covid-19 going forward.

Kevin O'Gorman appointed Midleton's Master Distiller

Irish Distillers has appointed Kevin O’Gorman as the new Master Distiller at Midleton Distillery.
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