Social diary: TWIG event
The glamourous event took place on 2 May at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre with 620 guests from across the grocery, trade and food and drinks sector in Ireland
Print9 May 2025
The recent annual TWIG networking lunch has raised over €100,000 for an industry wide grocery benevolent fund that assists colleagues in need.
The glamourous event took place on 2 May at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre with 620 guests from across the grocery, trade and food and drinks sector in Ireland.
The networking lunch, which is a key charitable event in the Irish Grocers’ Benevolent Fund (IGBF) calendar, raised over €25,000 from the raffle on the day.
The 2025 fundraiser theme – ‘Courageous Conversations’ – saw powerful discussions take place around the challenges and opportunities within the professional lives of some of those working at senior levels in the industry and was compered by Sonya Lennon.
The panel discussion featured Mandy Hennebry, director of Consumer Business Ireland at Tirlán, Ciara Foxton, managing director, Circle K Ireland, Aaron Crinion, managing director, Kraft Heinz Ireland, Fiona Uyema, CEO & founder, Fused by Fiona, and Caoimhe McCabe, commercial director Take Home Trade, Revenue & Category, Diageo IOI.
(L-R) Francis Higgins, BWG Foods and presenter Sonya Lennon at the 2025 Todays Women in Grocery networking event.
(L-R) Áine Cheanainn and Julie Dickens at the 2025 Todays Women in Grocery networking event.
(L-R) Aisling Brennan, Ann Rose Eng and Niamh Burke pictured together.
(L-R) Alexandra Dogaru and Jade Kearsey of Mars Ireland.
(L-R) Anne-Marie Mulleri and Emma Priestman of Diageo at the 2025 Todays Women in Grocery networking event.
(L-R) Brigid O’Neill and Alison O’Doherty pictured together at the event.
(L-R) Caoimhe McCabe, Mary McBride and Ciara Foxton attending the event.
(L-R) Ciara Murphy and Hazel Crowley at the grocery networking event.
Ciara Witter, Suntory Bevereage & Food Ireland at the 2025 Todays Women in Grocery networking event.
(L-R) Dee Cunniam, Britvic and Lynne Andrews of Ornua at the 2025 Todays Women in Grocery.
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