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MUSGRAVE has named the winners of its fourth annual Heroes awards, honouring its Overall Superhero and inspirational colleagues across six categories. Brian McGuirk, Regional Transport Planning Manager with Musgrave in Cork, was named as the Overall Musgrave Superhero. Other winners included: Robert Gallagher, Warehouse Operations Manager, Musgrave in Northern Ireland - Magical Thinking Brought to Life; Sarah Faherty, Payments Specialist, Finance, Musgrave - Best Stretch Achievement; Christian Olari and Juan Carlos Goncalves, Online Team, Musgrave - Most Heroic Action; Carley Dennan, HR Manager, Musgrave - Sustainability Champion; and Peter Slevin, IT Program Manager, Musgrave - Leading in the Community. Pictured is Overall Musgrave Superhero Brian McGuirk (centre) with Noel Keeley, CEO, Musgrave (left) and Matt O’Callaghan, Chief Human Resources Officer, Musgrave (right).

A DUBLIN man who won a €1m Lotto prize for his family syndicate has described his win as a complete act of fate when he bought the winning Quick Pick ticket, after he had allowed other customers to skip ahead of him in the queue in his local Lidl store. “If I had bought that ticket a half a second earlier or a half a second later, it would have been a completely different outcome because it was a random Quick Pick ticket,” said the lucky winner. Lidl staff in Artane, Dublin 5, are pictured celebrating after they sold the winning ticket for the draw.

KEELINGS have announced the acquisition of Las Brisas, a beautiful pineapple farm located in Costa Rica that is highly acclaimed for its product quality and community initiatives. Las Brisas is a significant operation with over 900 hectares of land, 460 employees and a modern pack-house producing over 24m pineapples each year. Keelings have been strategically aligned with Las Brisas for the last number of years and have been successfully producing Zero Residue Pineapples for the last 12 months. “This acquisition further demonstrates our commitment at Keelings to both growing and sourcing quality fruit in the best way possible,” noted Caroline Keeling, CEO of Keelings Fruits.

GUINNESS and Diageo have announced that Paul Carty is to retire from his role as Managing Director of the Guinness Storehouse, Ireland’s most popular paid visitor attraction and one of the world’s leading brand experiences, after a long and illustrious career. Paul has led the Guinness Storehouse since its inception, joining as MD in its year of opening almost two decades ago. Under his leadership, visitor numbers have increased six-fold from under 300,000 to almost 1.8m in 2019. Paul’s successor will be Catherine Toolan, who will take up the role of MD of the Guinness Storehouse from the beginning of April.

CAMILE Thai Kitchen has announced the opening of its first Petite Camile small footprint format in partnership with Circle K, at the Circle K M9 Kilcullen in Kilcullen, Co. Kildare. Customers can enjoy a variety of healthy food options including its bliss bowls and dinner bowls, impulse hot snack range, sides and drinks, with the Camile offering sitting alongside Circle K’s renowned food range. “It is fantastic to have Petite Camile join our motorway services site in Kilcullen. For today’s customer, it’s important to provide them with lots of healthy options when they stop off at our service station,” noted Sarah Bradshaw, Commercial Partnerships Manager, Circle K, pictured with Brody Sweeney, founder of Camile Thai Kitchen.

THOUSANDS of people took part in the Simon Home Run in the Phoenix Park on February 7 to support Dublin Simon Community. The race is now in its 37th year, making it the longest running charity run in Ireland. This year’s run had fun for all the family, with food and children’s entertainment in the tented village.

IRISH chicken producer Manor Farm has won the IFSA Best Sustainable Food Product Award 2020 at The Irish Foodservice Suppliers Alliance awards. Manor Farm was awarded for its ‘Farmers to Market’ Free-Range Chicken Thigh Burgers. Farmers to Market is open to producers and suppliers with food products produced in a manner that simultaneously protects and enhances the natural environment and the local community. “We are incredibly proud to have our efforts recognised at the ISFA’s; it motivates us to continue to strive to have the best quality poultry on the Irish market,” said Matthew O'Gorman, Manor Farm, pictured (left) with Maurice Bergin, MD, Green Hospitality Programme and panel judge; and Charles Smith, Co-founder, Farmers to Market.

TESCO Ireland will become the first retailer in Ireland to remove plastic-wrapped tinned multipacks, sold across its 151 stores and online, replacing them with plastic-free multibuys. This will see 1.5m multipacks of Tesco own-label and branded tinned beans, tuna, soup, and tomatoes sold without plastic wrap each year. The move eliminates this plastic film, which cannot currently be accepted in Irish household recycling collections. From early March 2020, tins will be available individually with plastic wrap no longer used to hold them together. They’ll still be eligible for multibuy deals, representing the same great value for customers, just without the plastic. Tesco are working with key supplier partners on the initiative, including Heinz Beanz.

ALDI Ireland is removing polystyrene trays from its multi-award winning range of Specially Selected Irish Pizzas, instead introducing cardboard trays. Arriving in stores this month, the new trays are fully recyclable and will lead to the removal of 3.5 tonnes of non-recyclable packaging each year.

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