Lidl

Lidl is a German international discount supermarket chain.

Taste test : Michael Bell, NIFDA and (right), Niall Martindale, firmus energy. Credit: Brian Morrison

Success on a plate: Food and drinks awards add a new category to the menu

Food and drink companies have been invited to enter the 2022 Northern Ireland Food and Drink Awards.

For sale: Easter eggs on the shelves at Tesco in Newtownbreda

Eggs-traordinary... Easter chocolate on shelves days after Christmas

The Christmas sweet tins are barely empty and the selection boxes are still piled high, but stores in Northern Ireland are already selling Easter eggs and chocolate bunnies – nearly four months before the spring holiday.

This year, you can blame the turkey, Brussels sprouts and traditional puddings for driving up the cost of a Christmas dinner

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Crumbs of comfort in short supply as price of a Christmas dinner rises to £27

It’s food for thought this festive season. In these straitened times, you no longer think just about how it will look and taste, but how much it will cost.

Shopping trends are returning to that of pre pandemic

NI’s grocery shopping trends edging towards pre pandemic

Northern Ireland shoppers have shunned their lockdown home cooking routines for more convenience items and restaurant dates.

A Marks and Spencer lorry arrives at the Port of Larne. Credit: Brian Lawless

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Viewpoint Opinion Brexit disruption beginning to bite

The unintended consequences of Brexit are beginning to bite in every household in the UK. For supermarkets are experiencing difficulty in filling their shelves with their usual range of products due to the UK’s toughening of immigration laws.

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John Mulgrew Opinion The Silk Road Supper Club: telling stories through the language of food

Spending just a few moments eating, drinking and hearing the emotive and passionate stories of the origins of where our food has come from on a clammy, warm summer’s evening in south Belfast, from those making it, shines a bright light on why multiculturalism has been a much-need boon for us all here.

Caroline O’Hanlon has helped launch RTÉ broadcaster Jacqui Hurley’s new book, Girls Play Too 2 — More Inspiring Stories of Irish Sportswomen. Credit: Sportsfile

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Armagh footballer and NI netball star Caroline O’Hanlon discusses launch of inspiring book about accomplished sportswomen

The world was gripped with Olympic fever for several weeks and after a brief hiatus, the Paralympics are now underway. Anyone with even half an eye on the games will know that women play an equally important role to their male counterparts across all disciplines — proving that the old-fashioned notion that competitive sport is an uneven playing field as far as gender is concerned, is a thing of the past.