Companies across Britain’s food industry have raised the scrutiny of their suppliers, as concerns about supply chain assurance and traceability have increased over recent years, it has emerged.
The diversified logistics firm Stobart has announced “solid progress” in the first half of its financial year and the appointment of a new chairman in a pre-close trading statement, ahead of its interim results.
Britain’s biggest supermarket Tesco has received planning permission this week for an internet food shopping distribution centre in Oxfordshire that will create up to 750 jobs.
Demand for posh burgers has reignited a row over the safety of raw and uncooked meats, sparking a letter of complaint from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to the Daily Mail.
Asda is stepping up its social media programme by attaching real social media comments to its Chosen By You own-label food range, while – in an unrelated move – Scottish food businesses have been invited to a free social media workshop at a local festival.
Premier Foods staff at its Hovis Wigan bakery have voted for strike action in protest at the use of agency workers on zero-hours contracts following permanent employees’ redundancies and pay cuts.
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Suffolk-based food business Indo European Foods has been ordered to pay over £18,000 for safety failings after a worker suffered serious injuries when his arm became caught in unguarded machinery.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned frozen food retailer Iceland from using an advert that discredited the inspection standards of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).
Tesco’s £300,000 fine over a misleading half-price offer for strawberries presents a nightmare for all involved in pricing seasonal products, a senior lawyer has warned.
The foundations of the next food scandal are being laid by some retailers, as they drop pledges, made following the horsemeat crisis, to adopt shorter supply chains, warns the National Pig Association (NPA).
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has revoked the gangmaster licence of a recruitment agency supplying a Northamptonshire-based cooked meat and vegetable producer with staff after an inspection highlighted several concerns.
Food and drink manufacturers have welcomed two surveys from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) that underline the value of apprenticeships for youngsters and employers.
Manufacturers could target food and drink exports more proactively, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has claimed in the wake of a Barclays survey indicating they are not prioritising the area.
Much of the £2M Crediton is investing in production will help boost extended shelf-life (ESL) flavoured milk capacity following its management buy-out by Milk Link bosses Neil Kennedy and Tim Smiddy.
Specialist meat packing business the Hilton Food Group’s deal to expand its joint venture with Australian firm Woolworths – by operating the firm’s new meat processing factory in Victoria – has won praise from City analyst Panmure Gordon.
Lack of consumer spending power is forcing retailers to maintain high levels of promotional activity against their own preferences, according to Marnie Millard, md of soft drinks firm Nichols.
The YMCA has called on more retailers to join forces with it to help beat food poverty, following a successful partnership between an Asda store and its local YMCA in Staffordshire.
The ABP Food Group has vowed to fight legal action – citing alleged defamation and loss of business – brought by an Irish meat trader in the wake of the horsemeat crisis.
2 Sisters Food Group has created two new leadership roles, effective immediately: chief operating officer, protein, and chief operating officer, chilled, ambient and frozen.
Food and drink research company Campden BRI has appointed Ed Wray as its new project brewer and maltster as part of its plans to strengthen its brewing and malting team.
Quicker decision making and more flexible business approaches are the two key benefits being enjoyed at Enfield-based Snowbird Foods in the wake of a management buyout.
Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan has sold pie maker Pooles of Wigan to Country Style Foods, safeguarding 60 jobs at the company, after falling out with chief executive Neil Court-Johnston.
Consumer confusion over long-life milk is prompting them to scrap significant amounts of fresh milk, according to research by processing and packaging specialist Tetra Pak.
Poorly guarded machinery has been one of the most common causes of accidents in the food and drink manufacturing sector over the last 12 months – with a number of workers losing fingers as a result, FoodManufacture.co.uk can exclusively reveal.
The head of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has branded the punishment of a gangmaster who illegally supplied up to 70 Filipino workers to dairy farmers “bitterly disappointing”.
UK student ‘Freshers’ Fairs’ offer an opportunity for food and drink firms to engage with their target audience and form long-term brand loyalty, according to student media sales agency BAM.
10 small food and drink businesses will get the chance to pitch their products to the head buyers for Sainsbury as part of a new initiative to provide companies with a direct route onto retailers’ shelves.
Health & safety budget cuts put staff in the manufacturing sector at risk, according to protective equipment firm Arco, which has alerted the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) to its concerns.
Food price increases could throttle back in the next year amid expectations of a strong global harvest, analyst Darren Shirley at Shore Capital has predicted.
Plans to close 2 Sisters Food Group’s roast chicken processing plant at Haughley Park, near Stowmarket in Suffolk are “heartbreaking” and highlight the need for government support for manufacturers.
Commercial director Damien Threadgold explains to Gary Scattergood how Amy’s Kitchen’s meat-free brand moved out of the wholefood stores and into the supermarkets.
Campbell Soup Company plans to sell some of its business in Europe to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and has announced it is in final and exclusive negotiations to clinch the deal.
