This webinar will explore the emerging role of online food retail systems for sustainability in the Irish market. The webinar will provide a ‘map’ or overview of the online food providers in Ireland followed by a panel discussion with online retailers, who will share their experience with providing an online service to consumers, and research on consumer perspectives from the PLATEFORMS research team based in Cork University Business School. The PLATEFORMS project aims to produce in-depth knowledge on how food practices in the home are affected by new innovations in food provisioning platforms, such as online shopping. Together, we will explore areas of innovation and the potential value of these new platforms in enhancing the sustainability of food practices within households.

The PLATEFORMS project is part of the European transnational ERA-NET SUSFOOD2 initiative for sustainable food systems research from production to consumption and is funded in Ireland by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Agenda

09.30 Welcome Address from Professor Mary McCarthy of Cork University Business School

09:35 Online food providers in Ireland: a current map, Dr Shadi Hashim (TC)

Online food purchasing: An Opportunity to Enable and Promote Sustainable Household Food Practices? - A Sharing of insights

09:40 A panel discussion chaired by Professor Mary McCarthy, Cork University Business School

Panel:

• Providing an online service for Supervalu customers, Niamh O’Mahony, Digital Operations Manager, Insights and Consumer, Musgrave

• Are we all buying local and if not, why? Jack Crotty, Co-founder of Neighbourfood

• The Consumer Voice: experiences of the online food consumer , Dr Claire O’Neill, Cork University Business School

10.30 Closing remarks from Professor McCarthy

This is a MS Teams Live Event which you can join using the MS Teams Live App or your browser. You will receive a link to join the online event when you complete registration. As an attendee, your microphone will be muted and your camera feed will not be transmitted. You can use the Q&A box to comment and ask questions of the panelists during the course of the webinar.