The Festive Reality Check: Beat the Supermarkets & Scale Your Food Business (100% Fully Funded)
- Food Business Coach Tracie
- Aug 12
- 2 min read
Let’s be honest about the landscape facing Irish food and hospitality right now: it’s tough out there.
With tourism numbers and visitor spend down across Ireland, combined with soaring operational costs, footfall isn't what it used to be. On top of that, major supermarket chains continue to aggressive-price, expand their own-label ranges, and squeeze independent producers, cafés, and artisan retailers off the shelves.
When the market contracts and big retailers swallow up customer spend, doing "business as usual" is a dangerous game.
The businesses that win this Christmas won't be the ones sitting back and hoping for footfall—they’ll be the ones that plan ahead.
While your competitors panic or wait until late November to figure out their strategy, preparing in September, October, and November gives you a massive, sharp edge. It’s how you capture high-margin corporate catering, dominate local hamper sales, and engineer menus that turn every single walk-in into maximum net profit.
To give your business that competitive edge, I am opening up a limited number of spots for my 4-Session Autumn Christmas Prep Program—and best of all, it can be 100% fully funded through local supports.
3 Huge Wins We Will Achieve Together:
Outsmart Supermarket Margins & Maximise Profit: We’ll audit your festive offerings—whether that’s seasonal menus, corporate hampers, premium catering, or retail lines—engineering your pricing and food costs so you don't have to compete on price with big supermarkets, but on high-margin quality that converts straight to your bottom line.
Bulletproof Operations & Capture Local Footfall: Say goodbye to December panics, kitchen bottlenecks, and lost revenue. Across our 4 monthly deep-dive sessions, we will lock down your prep schedules, supplier orders, and staff workflows so you run a slick, stress-free, and highly profitable operation during peak trade.
Zero Financial Risk (100% State-Funded): You gain direct, 1-on-1 access to my 25+ years of culinary and business expertise completely covered by available grant aid—giving your business elite, high-level strategic direction at zero net cost to your bottom line.
Limited Funded Spots Available
Because this program is delivered through state-funded mentoring allocations, spaces are strictly limited and granted on a first-come basis.
Don't let market headwinds or supermarket competition dictate your Christmas trade. Let's get your funding application approved today so you can step into Q4 with total clarity and a leading edge over your competitors.
Simply reply directly to this newsletter/ blog post with "CHRISTMAS" and I’ll send you the details!
Warmly,
Tracie Daly
Food Business Coach & Hospitality Advisor
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