Love Irish Food - 'Green Ireland' Podcast Series

In this episode with talk to Greta Hammel of Gallaghers Bakery who share with us wonderful insights from first hand experience about product innovation and launches. The Gallagher family has been baking bread in the award-winning picturesque village of Ardara, Co Donegal since 1968.Nestled at the foot of The Glengesh Pass in the heart of Donegal, nature is at the heart of everything they do. The bakery has been in existence for over 50 years in the seaside village of Ardara, Co. Donegal and plays an integral part of local community life.They are master bakers; all breads are made by experienced bakers who have enhanced their skills over the years to produce the highest quality baked goods and we use traditional baking principles, the finest ingredients and a fantastic team to deliver you fresh delicious bread each day.

In this episode we look at women in the food industry with Mary Sadlier of Coole Swan and Noreen Gallagher of Plant It and how more women can get involved in the food industry. Two amazing business women sharing their stories in business.

In episode 10, Conall O Moráin speaks to Aidan O Byrne about giving your company a New Year Financial 'Health Check'. Aidan speaks about the importance of budgeting, reporting and keeping up-to-date with and managing your numbers. Aidan gives an analogy of tinned bean production costs to breakdown how a business can "count their beans."Aidan gives some top tips on the maintenance and maximising of cash flow.Did you know about planning your business model from the beggining so that you can effectively scale your business? All in this month's episode.

In episode 8, the second episode of the Leaders Session, host Conall O Moráin speaks to James Flahavan, Manager, Flahavan’s and Brian O'Sullivan, Managing Director - Retail at KeelingsWe learn about identifying growth opportunities through market research and being agile in forecasting the challenges ahead and the approach of these food industry leaders in their strategy formulation.Both domestically and globally, the food and drinks industry has experienced a number of significant shocks in recent years. From recession, to pandemic, and fallout from our largest export partner, the UK, leaving the EU block. Yet, despite all the adversity, the Irish food and drinks industry has shown growth with inspiring stories from many local Irish brands. A combination of inward focus on the domestic market and growing the support local customer base and looking beyond our neighbours, to find new markets and customers internationally.

In episode, 7 the first episode of the Leaders Session, host Conall O Moráin speaks to John O'Connor, Managing Director, Tayto Snacks and Kevin Donnelly, Managing Director, Britvic Ireland. We learn how past experience and learnings in business shapes the approach of these leaders in their strategy formulation.Both domestically and globally, the food and drinks industry has experienced a number of significant shocks in recent years. From recession, to pandemic, and fallout from our largest export partner, the UK, leaving the EU block. Yet, despite all the adversity, the Irish food and drinks industry has shown growth with inspiring stories from many local Irish brands. A combination of inward focus on the domestic market and growing the support local customer base and looking beyond our neighbours, to find new markets and customers internationally. The path to success is of course cobbled with challenges, we find out in this episode the style of these leaders in dealing with the challenges that the Irish food and drink industry face.

In this episode, we are given an insight into the learnings on digital marketing from Stephen Cramp who manages iconic Irish brand Club Orange and the Britvic Ireland portfolio. While we also learn some great tips from homegrown start-up Jo’s Absolute Nutrition about how Jo Davey launched online with little or no budget and and went on to build a very active audience.