All news

Campylobacter eradication must start at farm level, Dawkins urged

Faccenda’s steam tool cuts campylobacter by 80%

By Rod Addy

Faccenda Foods has achieved 80% campylobacter reductions in its whole chickens and plans to launch the first UK continuous production line application of SonoSteam, which enabled that, for Asda in June.

Food firms are 'wishing up' to the cash rich ageing consumer market

'Stay active in old age' - dairy targets the elderly

By Nicholas Robinson

Arla Foods Ingredients has responded to a rise in elderly consumers in Europe by launching its Nutrilac Ageless whey protein and calcium ingredient, to boost protein content in yogurts and desserts.

Skin luminosity and overall appearance improved in eight weeks

Improve skin appearance

By Nicholas Robinson

Skin radiance in women can be improved if Activ’ Inside’s SkinAx product is taken for up eight weeks, the supplement's manufacturer claims, following a clinical study.

The power of broccoli is getting stronger

Broccoli’s superpowers are growing stronger

By Nicholas Robinson

Broccoli’s ‘superfood’ status has been elevated, following findings from the Institute of Food Research (IFR) claiming a new variety could reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.

Should we stay or should we go? Food manufacturers want to be part of a strong EU, said the FDF

Food manufacturers ‘want to be part of strong EU’

By Michael Stones

Food and drink manufacturers “want to be part of a strong EU”, Ian Wright, Food and Drink Federation (FDF) director general has told this website, ahead of a key business leader’s speech tonight, which will urge bosses “to speak out early” in favour of...

Food and drink start-ups have a lot to consider

Food start-ups share top tips

By Laurence Gibbons

Food and drink start-ups should have a strong brand identity, continuously improve their product and research both the market and consumer response to their product.

Premier Foods is seeing investment in its core brands pay off

Premier Foods plans more innovation

By Rod Addy

Premier Foods is stepping up innovation plans, after seeing gains from initial steps in the past year, ceo Gavin Darby claimed as he reported on full-year results at an analyst meeting.

Greencore is focusing on in food-to-go opportunities

Greencore invests in new product development

By Rod Addy

Greencore is investing in longer shelf-life products to boost efficiency and cut waste and hot snacks to meet continued growth in demand for food-to-go, according to chief financial officer Alan Williams.

It's vital the UK stays in the EU, bosses say

Weak euro threatens food’s export boom

By Nicholas Robinson

Food industry exports could be hit by challenging exchange rates, calling the sector’s recent growth into question, figures show as one of Britain’s biggest manufacturers urges the UK to leave the EU.

The FSA is urging consumers to store, handle and cook chicken properly

Campylobacter threatens a third of population

By Rod Addy

Campylobacter could infect a third of the UK population at some stage during their lifetime, according to figures just released by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Scotland's food and drink sector is worth £13.9bn

Scottish food industry to get £70M

By Rod Addy

Scotland’s food industry will get £70M as part of the new Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP) 2014–2020, which is expected to receive formal EU approval shortly.

The risk of fatal injury was entirely foreseeable, said the HSE

Transport firm fined £80k after worker’s fatal accident

By Michael Stones

An animal feed firm has been fined £80,000 for safety failings after one of its workers died when he was buried under up to 10t of wheat being unloaded from a lorry – the second such prosecution in the past month.

Left to right: Jakobi and Metcalfe

Metcalfe’s Skinny and Itsu to form separate firms

By Rod Addy

Metcalfe’s Food Company aims to split in half, forming separate businesses for its Metcalfe’s Skinny popcorn and Asian food-to-go brand Itsu Grocery to enable greater focus on each.

Hart has decided to leave Thorntons at the end of its financial year

Thorntons boss to stand down

By Laurence Gibbons

Thorntons ceo Jonathan Hart will stand down from his role at the end of the chocolate manufacturer’s financial year on June 27 2015.

Peanut allergies: anaphylactic shock can be life-threatening

Self-diagnosed intolerance may harm clinical allergy sufferers

By Rick Pendrous

The explosive growth in people “self-diagnosed” as suffering from food intolerances and those avoiding certain nutrients, such as gluten and dairy, for lifestyle reasons could be harmful, the head of the Anaphylaxis Campaign, which represents those with...

Elements For Life decided not to supply its products to Waitrose

Why small food firms should shun major retailers

By Laurence Gibbons

Small food and drink businesses should shun the big four supermarkets and consider other routes to market that might be more suitable for their product, according to a number of firms.

Poundworld Retail operates the Poundworld and Bargain Buys fascias

New Poundworld owner to invest in new stores

By Rod Addy

Poundworld Retail’s store expansion drive will accelerate in the wake of its acquisition by private investment firm TPG, according to a statement by the new owner.

The FSA issued two recall announcements on May 8 and May 12

Potato blanching equipment sparked product recall

By Rod Addy

The failure of a potato blanching machine caused the contamination of one of Swancote Foods’s potato products with small bits of metal, prompting the recall of several retail own-label lines.

Meantime is to open a pilot brewery to focus on new product development

SABMiller buys London craft brewer Meantime

By Michael Stones

Drinks multinational SABMiller has acquired London craft brewery Meantime Brewing Company, continuing the recent trend of beverage giants investing in craft brewers.

Morrisons announced it would create 5,000 in-store roles

Major retailers pressed to secure shop floor jobs

By Nicholas Robinson

Unite the union has pressed the UK’s biggest retailers to secure shop floor jobs, following a spate of major redundancies in response to mounting pressure from the discounters Aldi and Lidl.

Consumers are more trusting of store cupboard ingredients

Clean-labels: a dirty game?

By Lynda Searby

The industry's drive to make food and drink labels easier for consumers to read has been attacked in a recently published book. Lynda Searby finds out how the sector has responded to the latest criticism

Prince Charles’s letters attack retailers

Prince Charles’s secret letters slam retailers

By Michael Stones

Prince Charles slammed supermarkets’ dominance of the food chain in private correspondence with former Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2005, according to his controversial letters published for the first time yesterday (May 13).

Emmanuel-Jones launched The Black Farmer gluten-free sausage brand in 2010

Black Farmer backs gluten-free study

By Rod Addy

Sausage maker The Black Farmer has thrown its weight behind a Lancaster University Management School project to find out the precise motivations behind consumers turning to gluten-free products.

Bakkavor boss Agust Gudmundsson said focusing on the UK, US and Asia was paying off

Bakkavor’s focus on UK, US and Asia ‘working well’

By Michael Stones

Bakkavor’s strategy of focusing on the UK, US and Asia is “working well”, according to the firm’s first-quarter results for the 13 weeks to March 28, which revealed revenue up by 4% at £425.5M.

Industry leaders need to focus on environmental and social, as well as economic, concerns, researchers urge

Sustainable supply chain ‘must be led by bosses’

By Rod Addy

Business leaders have been called on to spearhead the development of a sustainable supply chain by concentrating on their ‘triple bottom line’ following a three-year project tackling the subject.

EDME primes for business-boosting investment

EDME pumps £2M into Essex site

By Nicholas Robinson

Bakery ingredients supplier EDME is pumping over £2M into its manufacturing facilities in a turnover-boosting bid to modernise and diversify its operations.

Collaboration would lead to transport savings

Meeting the multi-channel challenge

By Michelle Knott

Efficient food and drink fulfilment across multiple channels is one of the biggest problems facing suppliers today, says Michelle Knott

£50M has been spent at United Biscuits' Harlesden biscuit factory and more investment across the group is planned

UB plans further multi-million pound investments

By Nicholas Robinson

United Biscuits (UB) will boost its overall output by pumping millions of pounds into its UK manufacturing facilities, following an initial £50M investment at its Harlesden site.

Follow us

Featured Jobs

View more

Webinars

Food Manufacture Podcast