Free-from food and drink products are expected to see rapid growth over the next few years, according to delegates at Food Manufacture's business leaders' round table debate last month.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been urged by experts in the field and members of its own Board to exercise caution in its use of 'intelligent software' to predict emerging food safety risks.
Five fire engines and a foam unit attended a fire at ethnic snackfood maker Imperial Snack Foods at the Culwell Trading Estate in Wolverhampton yesterday.
Health food group NBTY Europe has opened a new £14m factory in Burton on Trent to support its UK retail chains Holland & Barrett, Julian Graves, GNC and Nature's Way.
Burton’s Foods’ proposals to close its biscuit factory in Moreton would significantly increase costs for Manor Bakeries and Typhoo Tea, which share the same site, Labour MP for Wallasey Angela Eagle has warned.
69 staff at Robert Wiseman Dairies’ Okehampton dairy and 68 staff at its Cupar distribution centre face an uncertain future as the firm initiated 30-day consultations on the future of both sites.
Several parties have expressed an interest in buying Buccleuch Foods site in Castle Douglas, after the firm announced plans to shut its meat processing facility in the town, FoodManufacture.co.uk understands.
Burton's Foods has challenged claims made by Labour MP Angela Eagle that it has reneged on promises made to staff at its Moreton biscuits factory in the Wirral and failed to give them access to the data they need to challenge its plans to close the...
Former RF Brookes innovation director Alex Simmons is working with Chaucer Foods on a range of novel healthy snacks from freeze-dried smoothie slices to freeze-dried yogurts, following the successful launch of a new range of fruit crisps under the new...
While Greencore could find it hard to trump Ranjit Boparan’s 73p-a-share offer for Northern Foods on its own, it could always team up with another buyer to seal the deal, according to City analysts.
The new owner of specialist cheese maker Cornish Country Larder (CCL) has pledged to invest in the business to meet growing demand for British soft cheeses.
Implementing lean practices established at Greencore across Northern Foods sites could generate additional cost savings that have “not yet been fully quantified” were the two to merge, Greencore has argued.
The firm behind a new breed of microscopic salt crystals that is helping manufacturers slash sodium and retain their clean-labels has branched out into the retail market with the development of a consumer product called Solti.
Administrators have closed the Leamington Desserts frozen desserts factory in Leamington Spa with the loss of more than 160 jobs after failing to sell it as a going concern.
Premier Foods has struck a deal with Exponent Private Equity and Intermediate Capital Group to sell its meat-free business Quorn and Cauldron Foods in a £205m deal.
The European Commission (EC) has questioned the role played by the Polish authorities in Twinings’ application for a controversial €12m grant to build a factory that will see almost 400 UK jobs axed, but has not asked that the money be repaid.
All eyes are now on Greencore as investors and City analysts alike wait to see if the Irish firm can offer anything more compelling than Ranjit Boparan’s 73p a share cash offer for Northern Foods.
Longbenton Foods’ inability to raise enough money to complete its purchase of Northumberland Foods has left administrator Begbies Traynor with no option but to scrap its contract with Longbenton and sell the site's assets to someone else, it has...
Standardised product information for the whole grocery supply chain has been opened up to mobile devices via a data management service launched by global data standards (GDS) body GS1 UK.
The European Commission is still unable to say when the controversial nutrient profiling model in the EU health claims Regulation will be finalised, two years after food manufacturers were told it would be published.
The fact that Uniq has finally pencilled in a firm date by which it aims to resolve its pension problems has tempered disappointment over contract losses at its Minsterley desserts factory.
Securing financing at a reasonable rate to support food manufacturers' growth ambitions is not getting any easier, according to delegates at Food Manufacture’s business leaders’ round table debate this year.
Worried staff at Longbenton Foods’ Amble factory are again fearing for their jobs, after it emerged that the site administrator is marketing the factory and its contents via an online auction.
Unilever boss Paul Polman used his time on the podium at last night's City Food Lecture in London to unveil a radical new manifesto to improve food security and launch a blistering attack on “well-meaning but ill-conceived” policies on biofuels.
Retailers are proving stubbornly resistant to suppliers' attempts to raise prices to reflect surging commodity costs, according to delegates at Food Manufacture’s annual business leaders’ round-table debate.
Workers at the Heinz baked bean facility in Kitt Green have accepted a revised pay deal from the company and called off plans for further industrial action.
There were some sizeable deals in the food sector in 2010, from the Kraft-Cadbury takeover at the start of the year to Pepsi’s acquisition of Russian dairy and juice giant Wimm‐Bill‐Dann at the tail end.
If he does succeed in breaking up Northern Foods’ arranged marriage with Greencore, Ranjit Boparan will need to prove he can build better relationships with supermarkets than the current management to re-build the firm's reputation, according to...
144 hourly-paid staff have opted to take voluntary redundancy while a further 35 salaried staff have been made redundant at Bakkavör's Bourne Prepared Produce site in Lincolnshire.
Peppersmith - the premium gum firm created by former Innocent Drinks executives Mike Stevens and Dan Shrimpton – is venturing into premium mints in the spring.
Despite rising UK sales, a great taste and health benefits, getting consumers to try goat’s milk in the first place is a tough marketing task, Delamere Dairy commercial director Ed Salt tells Ben Bouckley.
Novel high pressure processing (HPP) technology has enabled Milton Keynes-based start-up Deli 24 to increase the shelf-life of its chilled dairy and meat snacks from two weeks to 50 days, bosses have revealed.
Bosses at GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK’s) Ribena and Lucozade plant in Coleford, Gloucester, expect to be able to offer staff pay rises in 2011, but insist the pay freeze for 2010 is justified given the tough economic climate.
UK manufacturers have been warned they must switch caged egg supplies now to legitimate sources ahead of changes to EU rules from next year or face serious consequences.
As City analysts and hacks alike wait with baited breath to see if chicken tycoon Ranjit Boparan comes up with a serious offer for Northern Foods, Elaine Watson assesses his chances and takes a look at what other businesses could change hands in 2011.
FoodManufacture.co.uk caught up with Owen Jones to discuss business successes and challenges for the Northern Irish creamery – the province’s only producer of handmade speciality cheese.
“Exceptional demand” for Heston Blumenthal’s hidden orange Christmas pudding and strong sales of ready meals, chilled soups and sauces helped offset dismal sales figures at Northern Foods’ frozen division over the festive season.
Burtons Foods boss Ben Clarke says he remains "bullish" about the prospects for the UK biscuit market despite announcing proposals to close one of his firm's four UK biscuit factories with the loss of 342 jobs and make a further 70 staff...
Chilled convenience firm Uniq said Christmas trading was “close to expectations” in the fourth quarter with a weaker performance in desserts (down 1.7%) offset by a strong performance in food-to-go (up 8.3%).
It would not be surprising to see food retail inflation creep up in the coming months as there is no sign of commodity prices easing in the near term, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
