Ken On Food

For Sunday 25 August, 2024, this is Food In 5 Minutes - for the 34th time this year - with another selection of food stories from the past week served up for your ears in five minutes or less, ish.

That said, I'm noticing more these days that the timer is running closer to the seven-minute mark, but that's neither here nor there. With the podcast available every Sunday morning, you can also get a written accompaniment packed with recipes to try, more podcast listening, some long reads for your Sunday coffee in more, all right here. It's called The Week In Food and it drops into inboxes around the world about 7am on Sunday mornings.

This week's podcast looks at mounting pressures on the hospitality sector, numbers on Ireland's alcohol consumption, concerns over infant food in the US and more.

Supporting links for this episode

• Hospitality groups warn of 'perfect storm' facing industry ahead of Government meetings
• Tourism and hospitality groups plead for Government help ahead of Budget25
• Three amateur bread bakers advance to Rise with Aldi live final
• Estimate of Alcohol Consumption per Adult in 2023
• InterTrade Ireland Supply Chain & Sourcing Service
• Nearly two-thirds of supermarket baby foods are unhealthy, study finds

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For Sunday 28 July 2024, this is Food In 5 Minutes, the part of the Ken On Food podcast that brings you five food stories from around the Irish food scene and beyond, over the past week, served up in five minutes or less, ish.

It’s been another busy week in the world of food, with plenty to chew on from home and abroad. At time of release I'm currently in Galway seeking out some new food and drink spots to write home about.

Before we get into this week’s stories, if you’d like more, head over to the blog now – that’s kenonfood.com – or visit kenonfood.substack.com and take a few membership to my newsletter The Week In Food, dropping every Sunday morning online and in your inbox.

Links this week...

• Wexford Food Family
• Cost of ice cream on the rise (Live 95)
• UK ice-cream and lolly prices up by more than 30%, analysis shows
• Truck driver jobs see 83% increase in demand - Indeed (RTÉ)
• Irish food businesses in 'survival mode' as industry profit margins fall below 1%, warns report
• Supermac’s chief wants VAT reprieve for food businesses
• Restaurants Association Of Ireland Warns That Sector Is In ‘Survival Mode’
• National Organic Awards 2024
• National Organic Awards open for entries

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On this week's Food In 5 Minutes, part of the Ken On Food podcast series, you can hear about

1. The launch of Agri Aware's new Come Farm With Me series for primary schools
2. Belfast Restaurant Week
3. A looming crisis in the hospitality sector
4. Peanut allergy warnings due to potentially contaminated mustard
5. A new food market space for Galway may finally be a reality.

Here's some links to help you on your way...

• Agriaware.ie
• New ‘day in the life’ Agri Aware farm webinar series launched
• Belfast Restaurant Week - What's on
• VAT rise could lead to 21,000 food services job losses, report predicts
• Hospitality warns of 'commercial crisis' if VAT rate is not decreased
• Food safety warning to people with a peanut allergy to avoid all mustard products
• Possible presence of peanut in specific batches of Domino's Garlic & Herb and Domino's Mustard & Honey dips
• Possible presence of peanut in specific batches of Carlos Takeaway Garlic & Herb Dip
• FSA warns those allergic to peanuts to avoid food containing mustard over contamination risk, as some products recalled
• Galway Food Market - ePlanning archive
• Plans lodged for “Galway Food Market” at former Connacht Tribune Printing Press

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It's the August bank holiday weekend and today's edition of the podcast looks at

• Three new eateries opening in Kilkenny in recent weeks (with one about to open)
• Calls for the restoration of the 9% VAT rate for hospitality heading to Europe
• The expansion of the Hot School Meals programme
• ALDI ditching their blue bottle caps as their sustainability push continues
• Weird TikTok food trends

Links to check

• Kelly calls for reinstatement of 9% VAT rate for hospitality
• Minister Humphreys announces 168 additional Primary Schools approved for Hot School Meals
• Further 168 primary schools to get hot meals from September
• Aldi Ireland makes huge change to popular product across all 161 Irish stores (Irish Mirror)
• This week's edition of The Week In Food

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This week's podcast features the closure of Dublin's Tolteca, a one million Euro boost for one Cork food producer, the launch of the Vegan Society of Ireland, Blasta Books' latest offering in print and the opening of the new BIA innovator campus in Athenry.

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