Friday, 11th February 2011 (Source: IEA)

The Craft Butchers Meet The Buyer Day will take place next Wednesday morning, February 16th in Citywest Hotel in Saggart, Co Dublin. The cluster leader is Sheila Gallogly of Márla.ie. The Channel Partner is Scobies and Junior and they will act as a strategic partner as well as a distributor.

Agenda for Meet the Buyer Day

10.45: Photoshoot
11am: Overview of the Irish Exporters Association and the Channel Clusters Programme: Godfrey Lydon
11.30am: Introduction and overview of work undertaken to date: Sheila Gallogly
12.15pm: The Overall Strategy: John Hickey
12.45pm:Introduction to Scobies and Junior: Fintan Flood
1.10pm: Lunch
2pm: Taking the business on line : Sheila Gallogly
3.30pm: AOB

There are 5 butchers in this cluster and they are James Lawlor, Brendan Mallon, Martin Carey, Hugh Maguire and Eddie Tuite. This event is part of the IEA's Channel Clusters Programme.*

The Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland was established in 1999 and theis objective is to bring together the four trade associations representing the independent butcher sector in this country and to be a national voice for Craft Butchers. They have 550 members across the 26 counties The Association has many roles in assisting and promoting the Craft Butcher. Training, Business Mentoring, Promotional Materials, Marketing Campaigns, Technical and HR assistance, Seminars, Demonstrations, Branded Packaging and Seasonal posters are some of the areas of support available to the members.

*This project was made possible through a financial contribution from the European Regional Development Fund Ireland Wales (INTERREG 4A) Programme 2007-2013.

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