The Hilton Food Group is “a quality high operator” concluded a leading City analyst, after the business posted operating profit in western Europe up by 4% to £15.4M for the 28 weeks to July 12.
Welcome to the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards shortlist. The long wait to learn which firms are in contention to win a coveted food and drink manufacturing Oscar is over.
Dairy industry representatives have welcomed the European Commission’s £362.5M (€500M) aid package for farmers but criticised its refusal to lift the intervention price.
A mass case of food poisoning among Luxembourg’s football squad nearly forced the nation to postpone its Euro 2016 qualifier against Belarus last night (September 8).
A new consortium called ‘Food is Life’, which aims to introduce ‘disruptive change’ to the food industry in Africa, is being launched at this month’s Processing & Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA) show.
Quorn Foods has revealed a 50% increase in production capacity to meet a surge in global sales – particularly from the US and Europe – but has remained silent on reports of a takeover bid.
Quorn Foods is remaining quiet on reports that acquisition firm Nomad Foods and chip giant McCain Foods are preparing takeover bids for the meat-free food manufacturer, as it revealed a 50% boost in production capacity to meet surging export demand.
Associated British Foods (ABF) has revealed its adjusted operating profit will fall for the 52 weeks to September 12, by at least £30M, due to a significant weakening of the euro.
UK exports of food and non-alcoholic drink exports dropped 5.3% in value to £6bn in the first six months of the year, as the strength of sterling became “a growing concern”, warned the Food & Drink Exporters Association (FDEA).
The government will be forced to consider debating whether to tax sugary drinks after a petition calling for the move by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver gained more than 100,000 signatures.
Morrisons’ 11% market share and poor past management makes it the “most vulnerable” of the big four supermarkets to acquisitions, a leading analyst has claimed.
Taylors of Harrogate will bring the production of its new coffee capsule products in-house as soon as possible, factory manager John Hennighan has said.
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been slammed by food and drink manufacturers for “over-simplifying” the obesity debate and of having double standards surrounding nutritional information in his restaurants.
Morrisons has refused to confirm or deny reports it could be in buyout talks after its shares spiked by 5%, following speculation of a UK supermarket takeover by a South African businessman.
Superchilling can safely extend the shelf-life of chilled foods without any loss of sensory quality, according to findings from research carried out by Campden BRI.
Tesco has been praised for paying more for milk used in cheese over the winter months to processors and dairy farmers by the National Farmers Union (NFU).
An ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diode (LED) lamp has been launched for use with a special ‘glow lotion’ to assess the impact of hand washing training.
Changes could be on the cards for the way in which food safety is managed within food businesses, following proposals by the European Commission to review the EU’s hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) procedures.
The recently-launched London Crisp Company will quadruple its output within the next six months, after securing several new contracts and gaining overseas interest, its founder Tom Lock has revealed.
A production problem, which left bran flake products contaminated with small pieces of plastic, has prompted both Sainsbury and Tesco to issue product recalls.
Professor Colin Dennis, who is to chair Food Manufacture Group’s food safety conference: Safer food and drink – from the harvest to the home – later this month, yesterday became the 76th president of the US Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).
Canmaking machinery provider CMB Engineering has installed one of its 3400 Die Necker multi-stage machines into its Academy based in Shipley, West Yorkshire. This will allow CMB to provide its customers’ engineers with training in a non-production environment.
Weetabix’s new single serving breakfast pot range, launched last February, features polyester lids supplied by Bury-based Clondalkin Flexible Packaging, formerly known as Chadwicks Lids.
A novel tamper-evident closure is available from Waddington Europe (Par-Pak) which prevents tampering and includes a ‘flag’ to indicate when products have been interfered with.
Four twin Ishida Atlas economy range ECO (Integrated Packaging Systems) are being used at KDV Group , Russia’s largest snack producer, to handle its growing production requirements.
In response to demand from food packers wanting to code secondary flat-pack boxes and cartons, Rotech will unveil its new RF-Box Feeder at the show. One of five exhibits on its stand, the RF-Box Feeder enables users to pre-mark flat cases prior to erection...
Interactive Coding Equipment (ICE) will be launching two new features for its Vulcan print and apply labeller which enable the machine to apply labels to the front of a moving pack, or across adjacent panels of a case or shrink-wrapped product to allow...
A low-cost automatic guided vehicle (AGV) system designed specifically for mid-sized companies has been introduced by JBT. The JayBoT will make its UK debut at this year’s PPMA show.
An expanded range of processing and packaging automation equipment and ancillary products will be displayed R A Rodriguez. The equipment on show will include the full range of Universal Robots.
Interroll will be showing its new modular conveyor platform, which is designed to help users, system integrators and original equipment manufacturers to quickly plan and easily assemble modern material flow systems.
Vision systems that aid product traceability and help fight counterfeiting and delta robots that can be easily integrated into automation systems will be displayed by Omron.
Road haulage and warehousing firm John Hackling (Transport), which is based in the Cotswold village of Bourton-on-the-Water, operates a 12,077m2 shared-user warehouse, which provides in the region of 10,000 pallet locations for storing anything from hazardous...
A new hydraulic bulk bag conditioner from Flexicon Europe handles bags ranging from short to extra tall using hydraulically-actuated rams that automatically adjust in height during conditioning cycles.
Belgian waffle house Biscuiterie Thijs is using six Fanuc delta M-2iA robots to pack its products at a rate that ensures over 150 more waffles a minute are handled than can be achieved manually.
