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Musgrave MarketPlace surpasses 1.2 million mark for meals donated to Irish charities through FoodCloud
Musgrave MarketPlace, Ireland’s leading wholesale supplier to foodservice, retail and SME businesses, is proud to announce that since 2016 it has donated over 1.2 million meals to 350 local charities and community groups in Ireland through its partnership with FoodCloud. This donation equates to 520 tonnes of food and a saving of €1.5 million to Irish charities.
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Musgrave reappointed Sustainable Development Goal Champion
Musgrave, Ireland’s leading food retail, wholesale and foodservice company, has today been named as a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Champion by Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan for the 2023-2024 period.
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SuperValu celebrates 10-year milestone of Food Academy
SuperValu, Ireland’s leading grocery retailer, is today celebrating 10 years of the Food Academy programme, with €230m of Food Academy products sold in SuperValu stores over the last decade. Food Academy producers are continuing to perform strongly, supporting 1,500 jobs through the programme which offers considerable benefits to both local communities and the national economy.
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IDA Ireland Graduate Programme 2023-2026
We are the Government agency responsible for attracting investment into Ireland; in essence, we help create jobs. We are proud that over 300,000 people are now employed by IDA client companies such as Google, Pfizer, Ericsson, Meta, and Intel.


The Importance of Building a Strong Company Culture: Tips For Business Owners


Career Development at BNY Mellon
Whether based in our Cork, Dublin or Wexford offices, BNY Mellon provides a wide range of career development opportunities and global exposure. Patrick Dobbs, site lead for BNY Mellon’s office in Wexford, describes the breadth of roles across our Irish operations.
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The importance of encouraging young voices in the nonprofit, charitable and social impact sector
Early career professionals are ambitious, keen to learn, with an array of new ideas. Despite this, senior employees can, oftentimes unknowingly, overshadow young professional’s voices. It is important to remember that graduates and young professionals are the future leaders within our organisations. Therefore, it is extremely important to encourage young voices in the nonprofit, charitable and social impact sector as they develop in their career.


Making ends meet: surviving on expenses or low pay during your internship or first job
When graduating from college and entering into a competitive workplace, it can be a challenge to have to make your way through a work placement on low pay, or perhaps nothing at all, after years of doing the same in college. But with a bit of careful planning, looking at the best ways of keeping costs down and with a little earning on the side you can make it manageable. Unpaid internships are technically illegal, but since many of them are organised informally, unpaid internships and work experience still do happen.

The Importance Of Advocacy For Powerful Social Change
At our recent For Purpose Tuesday event, Jane Trenaman, our For Purpose mentor, described advocacy at 3 levels: self-advocacy, advocating for a specific cause and advocating for the social impact sector. Each element of advocacy is extremely important for powerful social change.


Our Offices
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An internship in transport and logistics offers a wide range of skills
Car rental company Enterprise Rent-A-Car runs an extensive work placement programme every year. We spoke to Ashley Hever, Talent and Acquisition Manager for the UK and Ireland, and Susan Howard, a previous intern about the programme.

An internship in retail offers a wide range of skills
Car rental company Enterprise Rent-A-Car runs an extensive work placement programme every year. We spoke to Ashley Hever, Talent and Acquisition Manager for the UK and Ireland, and Susan Howard, a previous intern about the programme.