Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Dermot Callaghan:

When it comes to retailing product like this, first of all we have to understand from the supermarkets and the retailers ultimately what sort of impact that might have on the category as is exists today. They would be best placed to judge that. We have 90% of product going through five multiples. The opportunity to perhaps open new routes to market for the so-called wonky vegetables is definitely something that has happened in other jurisdictions. I know it has happen in north America.