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IRISH FOODSERVICE MARKET DIRECTORY

Introduction
Bord Bia’s 2024 Irish Foodservice Market Directory includes 105 up-to-
date, detailed profiles of key foodservice operators and the wholesale
distributors that service them.
The past 12 months has seen further consolidation within the industry and
some businesses have changed their names, so may not be immediately
familiar! First Choice Purchasing and Trinity Purchasing are now part of
Avendra International and we’ve moved Winward Purchasing Limited from
Hotels to Group Purchasing. We are delighted to welcome back two profiles
(Baxter Storey Ireland and Carroll Food Services Limited) that had slipped
from last year’s Directory.

2024 sees a continuation of our online Flipbook format. In the interest of
sustainability and an effort to embrace digital, we have pulled back from
printing hard copies and focused instead on delivering (what we hope you
agree is) a more user- friendly online format.

How to Use the Directory
In an effort to help producers understand and target the channels most
appropriate to their business, the Directory has been segmented by
Commercial and Institutional channels.

Profiles contained in this directory concentrate on the larger chain
operators and do not include independent outlets. Any companies
referenced by operators as ‘Distribution Providers’ are subsequently
profiled in detail under the Foodservice Distributors section. While the
Directory provides a strong representation of the sector, it does not claim
to provide a complete listing of all industry players.
Operators and distributors emphasised that they do not wish to be ‘cold
called’ by producers that have not undertaken research into the Account’s
foodservice offering and determined where opportunities may lie. All
producers should conduct considerable research (including site visits) and
have determined their value proposition in advance of approaching buyers
listed in this Directory

Methodology

In order to refresh profiles included in Bord Bia’s 2024 Irish Foodservice
Market Directory, all operators and distributors were emailed a link to the
2023 Flipbook and asked to amend any details that required updating, or
alternatively to confirm that the existing information could be used for our
2024 Directory.

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