Trade News

Tue 25th Sep 2012
Good Food Ireland brought to life authentic food experience at the National Ploughing Championships in New Ross, Co Wexford on September 25th – 27th. Local Minister Brendan Howlin T.D. officially opened the Experience on Tuesday who commented that “Good Food Ireland is responsible for hosting the best food products that the Island of Ireland can provide and that Margaret Jeffares, Founder and her team should be proud of all they have achieved.”

Good Food Ireland is the only consumer standard that ensures commitment to using local Irish food in its approval of restaurants, hotel and other food providers. Ulster Bank sponsored Good Food Ireland’s participation at the event.

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IN JUNE, the Spanish tourist board launched its Tasting Spain initiative to help the 1.3 million Irish tourists who visit Spain annually to encounter the very best of Spanish gastronomy while on holiday

GFI will bring to life authentic food experience at the National Ploughing Championships in New Ross, Co Wexford on September 25th – 27th.

For the second year the Good Food Ireland Pop-up will be at the at Kildare Village for the designer outlet shopping village’s Chic Summer Summer Festival.

Independent Irish yogurt company, Killowen Yogurts, has been selected as the Good Food Ireland winner to receive a year of free consultation, strategy and support from business advisory firm, Grant Thornton following a recent survey carried out by Grant Thornton and Good Food Ireland.

Maurice Keller, Arlington Lodge; Margaret Jeffares, Managing Director of Good Food Ireland; Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar T.D.; Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland, at the 'Ireland Day' during the stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race in Abu Dhabi.