Furious exchanges have followed the Graf Mortgage Corporation’s failed bid to buy Vion’s Hall’s of Broxburn meat plant, West Lothian, with both parties accusing each other of providing misleading information.
Food manufacturers should switch to sustainable fish stocks from endangered ones and help to educate shoppers about making better buying decisons, delegates heard at a fishing industry seminar this week.
Britvic revenues dropped 2.6% to £1,256M in the wake of a £25M recall of its Fruit Shoot drink – sparked after a six-year-old boy from Essex nearly choked on a ‘spill-proof’ cap.
Staff at two of Fox’s three Biscuits factories are to vote on strike action today (October 18), which could result in a walk out at 7pm tonight in a dispute over pay and conditions.
Retail giant Sainsbury is to put the Red Tractor logo – formerly used for meat, poultry, dairy and fresh products – on the scrapheap, attributing the decision to what it termed “consumer confusion”.
The md of a finance firm who made an unsuccessful bid to buy Hall’s meat plant in West Lothian and save its 1,700 jobs may consider legal action against the facility’s owner Dutch multi-national Vion Group.
“A sad day for Scotland,” was the verdict of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW), after Vion UK confirmed yesterday (October 16) that it will close its Hall’s of Broxburn meat plant with the loss of 1,700 jobs.
The EU food contract manufacturing sector will double to reach between £11–13bn (€14–16bn) during the next eight years, according to a new report from Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research.
Food manufacturing giant Nestlé has pledged to cut the sugar and salt content of its children’s breakfast cereals in the UK and all other markets outside North America.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruetly to Animals (RSPCA) has been accused of ‘bullying and hypocrisy’ by the National Farmers Union (NFU), after it threatened to withdraw permission for farmers to use its valuable Freedom Foods label if they...
Cadbury has recently been successful in extending the trademark protection for its purple colour, despite spirited resistance by Nestlé, writes Christopher Pett, consultant at Dehns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys. But what are the implications of the...
Unite the union has “forced drivers into proposed strike action” at a distribution hub in Doncaster, which serves Tesco, according to transport firm Eddie Stobart.
Food manufacturers and retailers should use clearer labelling to specify country-of-origin and end consumer confusion, says the the National Farmers Union (NFU), which has launched a Flag It Facebook campaign to highlight its message.
Celebrity endorsements from Kim Kardashian and Andy Murray have boosted UK sales of free-from foods, which now total £342M, according to market analyst Mintel.
Silver Spring Soft Drinks has entered administration as a result of experiencing “creditor pressure and cash flow problems”, according to the administrator Zolfo Cooper.
Britain’s largest high street baker has revealed mixed results for the 14 weeks to October 6 and revealed plans to build a new savoury plant in the south of England.
After just over a week in the role of chief operating officer of Britain’s biggest food manufacturer Premier Foods, FoodManufacture.co.uk wondered what was likely to be topping Geoff Eaton’s in-tray. So we asked five leading business analysts to find...
William Jackson Food Group, owner of the Aunt Bessie Yorkshire pudding brand, has acquired the online organic food delivery business Abel & Cole for an undisclosed sum.
UK food and drink manufacturers have welcomed “the significant progress” achieved in meeting the supply chain and packaging waste reduction targets set out as part of the Courtauld Commitment.
Glanbia’s recent rescue of BBC TV Apprentice Jane McAvoy’s troubled food company is part of a bigger plan to build up its consumer food business and increase exports.
The president of the Halal Food Authority (HFA) – which works with major manufacturers including Premier Foods and Kerry Foods – has mounted a staunch defence of his organisation after it came under fire for accrediting other businesses which critics...
Hundreds of food and drink industry leaders packed The Lancaster Hotel in London this week for the grocery think-tank IGD annual convention. Thronging the conference hall were some prolific tweeters. Here, we bring you a selection of their best Tweets....
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned consumers to beware food and drink containing liquid nitrogen, following emergency surgery to remove the stomach of a teenager who allegedly drank an alcoholic cocktail containing the chemical.
Lithuanian men may have been trafficked into the UK specifically for exploitation in the food industry, according to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).
Buying British produce and tapping into soaring demand from abroad for high-quality goods will help boost the UK food industry and create jobs, says Owen Paterson, the new secretary of state at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
The grocery think tank IGD has pledged to work with government and industry to reach agreement on labelling, after Sainsbury boss Justin King urged the food industry to adopt universal front-of-pack nutritional labelling, combining multiple traffic lights...
One of the UK’s largest manufacturers of chilled and frozen pizzas, Paramount Foods, has made 118 workers − more than 25% of its workforce − redundant after losing a key contract to supply Morrisons.
Major manufacturing firms are unlikely to be tempted by chancellor George Osborne’s flagship employee ownership policy announced at the Conservative Party Conference, says the UK’s leading business organisation. Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King...
Food and drink manufacturers could look forward to more support from government to help them lift their exports, following the results of a new study commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
Hull-based food manufacturer Cranswick has delivered a "robust" margin recovery in the first half of the year, according to City analyst Shore Capital.
Kent Police have arrested two people in a dawn raid last Friday (October 5), after allegations that Lithuanian men working in the food industry were held in slave-like conditions.
Small food manufacturers in Scotland will benefit from free advice on how to reduce salt, sugar and fats in their products, as part of a £172,000 programme unveiled by the Scottish government.
United Biscuits' (UB's) snacks business KP Snacks will be sold off as soon as a suitable private equity buyer can be found, according to a prediction from a leading corporate finance expert.
