Food production and sales are very important parts of the Irish Economy. That’s why packaging and what your product looks like on the shelf and the material that you wrap your goods in, also matter. Import prices are up 20% for packaging and that's feeding soaring inflation. To discuss further Joe spoke to Lorcan Bannon - Associate Director for Food and Agribusiness at IFAC . Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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