Mondelēz International has moved to quell fears raised by trades union Unite that an international deal could hit staffing at its Kenco coffee plant in Banbury.
Bakkavor has reported strong sales and profit growth in its first financial quarter (Q1), boosted considerably by new contracts and product development in the UK.
Morrisons has reported first quarter like-for-like sales down by 7.1% for the 13 weeks to May 4, after what City analyst Shore Capital described as “dire trading”.
Sales of fruit juice and smoothies fell last year, while the hot summer drove up sales of bottled water in particular, according to the British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA).
An online Ribena advert has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for making exaggerated and misleading health claims about the benefits of the drink.
Seeing Jesus in your toast does not make you mentally abnormal, as humans are wired to recognise features, a study by the University of Toronto and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered.
Greek-style yogurt manufacturer Oykos is encouraging the British public to nominate the ‘hunks’ in their lives to have their bodies immortalised as spoons.
A national campaign to attract more women into the food and drink industry by boosting their in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills has been launched by the government.
Bernard Matthews looks set to close its Grainthorpe factory in Lincolnshire, putting up to 80 jobs at risk, after it was hit by poor Christmas orders for turkeys.
Employee understanding of food safety training is not being checked, which is a big reason why there is “room for improvement” in the field, according to a new survey.
Global agricultural yields are dropping and more farmer-focused research is urgently needed to strengthen sustainable food supply, according to an article published in Nature magazine.
Pupils at a Lincolnshire primary school will learn what goes on inside food factories and how vegetables are grown and processed in a new initiative with chilled food firm Freshtime.
The fledgling market for printed ovenable and microwaveable food-contact films is at risk from companies choosing to use or specify inks which can indirectly form carcinogens in food at high temperatures, converter TCL Packaging has warned.
Tulip has invested £2.3M in what it claims is the largest UK facility dedicated to barbecue, slow cooked and pulled meat products at Wednesbury in the Midlands.
Allied Bakeries’ £25M West Bromwich overhaul has reduced stoppages and delivered more consistent product quality, according to Midlands regional general manager John Jackson.
Taxes on food and drink containing high levels of saturated fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) would need to be so high to have any significant effect on reducing obesity levels in the UK population that they would not be acceptable to consumers, leading academics...
Innovation to keep pace with Britain’s fast-changing bread market is vital to Warburtons’ success, the firm’s chairman told the Openfield’s Farmer Conference at Towcester Racecourse last month.
Food science and nutrition deserve a fairer hearing in the national media, while campaign groups should focus on scientific evidence not on personalities, warns the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
Morrisons has fired its latest shot in a likely supermarket price war with the pledge that its prices are going to be “permanently cheaper”, as it promised to cut the cost of 1,200 everyday items.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has welcomed the successful prosecution of the Cornwall-based slaughter house H R Jasper & Son Ltd for breaching regulations introduced to control the risks from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
British food and drink manufacturers should be represented by an industry council, similar to the car industry’s Automotive Council, said Richard Evans, Food and Drink Federation (FDF) president.
The Real Good Food Company’s (RGFC’s) annual profits were hit by its dispute with British Sugar, part of Associated British Foods (ABF), over sugar supply, it has confirmed.
The Pirbright Institute in Surrey has been ordered to pay more than £77,000 for safety failings in experiments with the foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), after a successful prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
A Northern Irish man was jailed, fined £8,000 and banned from managing poultry processing firms after officials found nine food safety breaches at his business, Upper Erne Lakes Poultry in Newtownbutler.
UK food and drink manufacturing professionals are being encouraged to mentor African entrepreneurs as a way of helping them to improve their underperforming businesses.
The British food industry faces a bright future, provided it can blend overseas technology with the business community’s strong entrepreneurial skills, according to a leading City analyst.
Political instability in the Ukraine has reinforced the UK’s need to increase its own food security and production, National Farmers Union (NFU) president Meurig Raymond has warned.
Healthy reformulation of foods by reducing levels of salt, fat and sugar could increase the risk of food poisoning unless companies know how to do it properly, a leading food microbiologist has warned.
An ageing population will contribute to a significant drive in health and wellness food and drink innovation, Campden BRI nutritional specialist Sarah Kuczora has predicted.
Slow sales in February and March and planned store closures hit sales at Thorntons in its third financial quarter (Q3), the confectionery firm reported in a trading statement.
A major own-label supermarket contract and an investment programme will create at least 15 jobs and increase output at Typhoo Tea’s Moreton processing plant on the Wirral, Merseyside.
UK food exporters could be a step closer to realising their goal of having a full-time agriculture expert appointed in Beijing to support exports to China, following news that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has begun interviewing...
Moy Park grew 2013 sales and profits as a result of increased supermarket demand for locally-sourced poultry and underlying market growth, the company confirmed in a statement on its annual results.
Morrisons is expanding its meat processing factory at Winsford, Cheshire and has launched a recruitment drive for 200 new roles there, boosting the workforce by 50%.
Women are more than four times as likely to purchase food and drink products with personalised or gender-specific packaging as men, according to a study of over 500 marketing and packaging professionals.
Market intelligence should be used far more to detect food fraud, following the lessons learned from last year’s horsemeat contamination scandal, but the question of who pays for it remains unclear, the head of technical services at Waitrose has claimed.
Branded food manufacturers need to establish unique selling points if they are to stem the rising tide of own-label suppliers stealing market share from them, Kantar Worldpanel director Adrian Atterby has warned.
Blackpool-based sweet manufacturer Tangerine Confectionery has been ordered to pay more than £129,000 after the fork of a forklift truck pierced a worker’s foot.
Southern-fried chicken giant Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) will pump £21M into the opening of 32 new restaurants this year, creating 1,300 new jobs and setting the pace for five years of expansion.
The Bury Black Pudding Company is creating 20 new jobs as it seeks to double production and tackle export markets, following a £1.4M investment programme backed by HSBC bank.
In a new report, Swedish researchers have suggested what the industry for paper packaging and other pulp-derived products, including bio-based barrier and shaping, might look in 15 years’ time.
