Pictured at Irish Premium Oysters in Traigheanna Bay at Lettermacaward in Co Donegal is Edward Gallagher of Irish Premium Oysters with Abdul Latif from Saudi Arabia and Richard Stavis from Stavis Seafoods in Boston:
Today’s visit is part of Bord Bia’s Marketplace 2015, a week-long business development event aimed at building new trade relationships with retailers, foodservice and ingredient buyers and distributors from across the globe. Marketplace 2015 will be the largest international food buyer event ever staged in Ireland, with in excess of 400 food and drink trade buyers from 30 countries travelling to meet, and do business, with the Irish food and drink industry. For three days, over 215 of the international buyers are taking part in 11 targeted itineraries arranged by Bord Bia visiting farms and factories across the country to examine first-hand Ireland’s world-class agri-food industry. On Thursday (March 26th), all of the overseas buyers will join 140 Irish food and drink buyers at the Convention Centre Dublin for a major one-to-one business development event. Some 185 Irish food and drink companies will meet the 540 buyers during 4,500 pre-scheduled ‘speed-dating’ style meetings taking place throughout the day. Photo: Jason McGarrigle