Jerry O’Callaghan left religious life, travelled to India, fell in love in Brazil and eventually became chair of JBS, the $96bn food giant. He reflects on an unlikely journey and shares lessons for businesses in Ireland.
By holding on to PLC shares earmarked for sale four and half years ago, the dairy co-op has paid off its de-merger from the nutrition multinational and amassed an investment fund almost twice as large as planned.
The Spar-owned retail franchisor is providing a timely exit for the owner of Abrakebabra, O’Briens Cafe, and Bagel Factory ahead of a major refinancing deadline.
After an exceptional 2025, farmers are reluctant to steer their milk processors towards M&As. Could the clouds gathering over commodity markets spur them to consider new joint businesses like Ornua instead?
The listed baked goods manufacturer has just removed the final barrier to capital returns – at last, historic Irish shareholders might say.
Founded in Ballydesmond, Co Cork, The Sibly Food Co has just started selling in Dunnes Stores, adding to its footprint in Aldi, Applegreen and Supervalu. It also wants to go into Britain and Europe.
We’ve never had more food, more data or more advice about how to be healthy — and yet diet-related illness keeps rising. A new wave of anti-obesity drugs and smart technology may finally be changing the balance.
The sustained campaign against Bord Bia’s chair is not really about Brazilian beef or conflicts of interest. It is a wider battle over Mercosur, power and the future direction of Irish agri-food policy.
Without flashy gadgetry, Food Village has added predictive software to the recipe of school lunches. Workplaces and international licensing are the next courses on its menu.
Fortress Technology and Boole Nominees are supporting one bid for Senoptica while management back another. The examiner of the foodtech firm urges “a constructive and co-operative approach”.
© 2026 Currency Media Limited
