Top stories in the papers this week 15 – 21 January 2011
Donnybrook Fair to open in Stillorgan; Northern Ireland inches closer to minimum alcohol price; Lidl to open store in Ballinrobe
Print20 January 2011
1. Donnybrook Fair to open in Stillorgan
Food company Donnybrook Fair is to open a large outlet at Stillorgan Shopping Centre in south Dublin. The Irish Times reports the store will open in April and employ a staff of 30. The company is understood to have agreed an initial rent of around €250,000 for the 371sq m (4,000sq ft) store which will be formed through the amalgamation of three shops. The store will be Donnybrook Fair’s fourth outlet.
2. Northern Ireland inches closer to minimum alcohol price
Northern Ireland’s Assembly has moved a step closer to placing a minimum price on alcohol. The Belfast Telegraph reports the Social Development Minister and Health Minister have announced they will launch a joint consultation on the minimum cost of drink. This follows an announcement earlier this week that retailers and bars would be banned from selling alcohol for less than the tax paid on it in England and Wales.
3. Lidl to open store in Ballinrobe
A new Lidl discount supermarket will be allowed to open in Ballinrobe, reports The Connaught Telegraph. The 31-elected members of Mayo County Council have approved a material contravention of the Local Area Plan (2010-2016) to allow the development proceed at Neale Road. The proposal consists of new single storey licensed discount food store with 1,065 sq m retail space and 71 parking spaces.
4. Superquinn staff agree closure deal
Staff at Superquinn in Naas, Co Kildare, have voted to accept a deal that involves redeployment to other stores or redundancy. The Irish Times states Mandate, which represents employees at the store, recommended the deal to staff. Superquinn has allocated positions at alternative stores for 52 of the closing store’s 103 staff. Employees who take redundancy are offered five weeks’ pay per year of service.
5. Greencore chief defends Mallow closure
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is currently discussing the possible re-development of Ireland’s sugar industry following a recent report from the European Court of Auditors. However RTE News reports
food company Greencore’s chief executive, Patrick Coveney, said it was difficult to see how large scale sugar production can be made to work commercially here.
Also:
Tasty packaging spices up sales in positive food market (Irish Times)
Is the sky no longer the limit for Tesco? (Guardian, UK)
Linden Foods and HeartSine reveal £12m investment plans (Irish Times)
Retailers worried about black market for cigarettes (Business World)
Shoplifters ‘steal £400,000 daily’ (Belfast Telegraph)
Asda Human Resources top man leaves (Meat Trade News Daily)
Nothing cheesy about coupons (Irish Times)
UK plans minimum alcohol pricing (Irish Times)
Miller to Introduce Lemon-Flavored Version of MGD 64 (Advertising Age)
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