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Northern Ireland beef supplier Foyle Food Group has launched a major new rebrand of its entire operations, refreshing and simplifying its logo and branding to help it compete in an increasingly global marketplace. The company is headquartered at Londonderry.

Londonderry firm Fresh Food Kitchen, which produces a range of fresh food products such as salads, sandwich fillers, desserts and mayonnaise, is to create an additional five people to work on the development of a new range of fresh soups.

Already a ?3 billion a year industry, food and drink is clearly in a healthy state and is being driven increasingly by companies investing in innovative products, processes and marketing techniques.

The owners of James Street South restaurant have just announced plans to open The Bar + Grill, a brand new, three storey restaurant with private dining facilities and a cookery school in Belfast’s city centre.

A Slice of Heaven, the Northern Ireland manufacturer of hand-made, fresh desserts, has won its first business in Britain. The company, which is based in Newtownards, County Down, is now supplying desserts such as fresh cheesecakes and Banofee pies to high-end hotels, restaurants and other foodservice clients in London through a deal with Rajiv Tanna, a Harrow-based food distributor.

Boozeberries, Northern Ireland’s award winning manufacturer of handcrafted artisan liqueurs has won its first export business. Boozeberries, a specialist in berry-based liqueurs, is now selling its unique range of products in Turkey.

Alfee’s Flatbreads from Northern Ireland are to be included in the automated catering units developed by Feastpoint in London, the company behind a highly innovative solution for out-of-hours food catering.

Crossgar Foodservice, Northern Ireland’s leading food distribution business, has won a major contract from the Irish Prison Service worth around ?5 million over the next three ears.

Crossgar Foodservice is supplying beef, pork, poultry and eggs to the prison service for meals in its 14 institutions throughout the Republic, as a result of its success in a competitive tender process.

Sales of Northern Ireland beef and lamb in Europe are to be boosted by two new export marketing initiatives. The initiatives for the red meat industry are part of a Boosting Business campaign launched by Invest Northern Ireland, the organisation which is responsible for marketing beef and lamb in international markets.

Whitewater Brewing Company, Northern Ireland’s leading brewer, has completed a major investment programme to more than triple brewing capacity and meet growing demand, particularly from the US, for its artisan ales, beers, lagers and traditional Irish stout.