A multi-million pound programme to turn an old warehouse next to the Ryvita factory in Poole into a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility will be completed by next spring.
It takes a bold company to opt for an unannounced BRC audit two years in a row, but Northern Ireland-based Mash Direct has every reason to feel confident after picking up the Small Company of the Year award at this year's Food Manufacturing Excellence...
Family-owned foodservice supplier apetito walked away with the Company of the Year award and scooped top prize in the frozen foods category at this year's Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards.
If they are not being hung, drawn and quartered for making our kids fat (and hyperactive), they are in the dock for peddling grey goo or destroying the rainforests (to ensure a steady supply of palm oil).
The controversial restructuring of Associated British Foods’ (ABF’s) Twinings tea division is progressing to plan with capacity expansion in China “well under way” and construction of a new €45m (£37.7m) factory in Poland planned to commission early next...
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has launched a logo that can be displayed on product packaging to inform consumers that the palm oil within has been sourced following RSPO rules.
Marks & Spencer is aiming to deliver a 5% hike in availability in its food halls by 2013/14 as it rolls out a new forecasting and space planning system.
Northern Foods is now contemplating selling its Fenland Foods factory in Grantham after using it as a testing ground for new technologies to be installed at its other sites.
A strike ballot called by the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) at Fox’s Biscuits’ factories at Kirkham and Batley has been called off due to ‘technical’ glitches.
Manufacturers of sports nutrition products such as whey-based beverages are missing out on a potentially huge mainstream market, according to UK ingredients firm Volac.
"Would you eat this?" asks Stiletto Foods md Jeremy Woods, thrusting forth a nondescript looking bar with the words ‘diabetic chocolate’ emblazoned over the front.
A probiotic strain that can survive being baked, boiled and frozen – opening up a raft of new opportunities in functional foods – is being launched on the UK market.
DEFRA (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) has told the European Commission (EC) that there are no viable alternatives to using nitrates in organic cured meat and urged it to ditch a proposed ban that it claims could ruin small producers.
Trade union Unite says it will send a letter to Heinz bosses early this week telling them that workers at the firm’s Kitt Green site intend to vote on strike action.
Ethnic food specialist Euro Foods Group is preparing a planning application for a £10m 80,000sq ft+ ‘Asian destination’ complex in Aston, Birmingham, that will combine food manufacturing, storage, distribution and cash & carry services.
Pre-tax profit at Northern Foods could slump 28% in the first half, despite a 3% rise in like-for-like sales, analysts at Panmure Gordon have predicted.
The boss of one of the UK’s biggest milk supply groups has slammed cost-cutting by discount stores that he claims has taken £252m out of the supply chain.
Northern Foods has defended its pay offer to staff at Fox's Biscuits as "very competitive in the current climate" following news that the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) is balloting members at the Kirkham and Batley biscuit...
Small to medium-sized food manufacturers will be able to participate in global moves to standardise and access food product data online more easily, thanks to global supply chain solutions firm GS1 UK.
The recently launched Eclipse range of high-speed tray heat sealing machines from Packaging Automation promise speeds of up to 180 packs a minute in the TL6 twin-lane format and 90 packs a minute in the SL6 single lane.
The Vemag dough divider from Reiser adds versatility to production lines and is said to be ideal for all types of breads, buns, rolls and English muffins. It is easily adjustable to produce a range of exact-weight portions, dough absorptions and crumb...
Top plant bakers have shown interest in Solae’s Fibrim 1270 soya fibre, which will be followed by two more protein-based launches according to Hans de Vries, European business development director.
Sime Darby has dedicated 34m euros to new facilities, of which a significant amount has been spent on the European innovation centre in the Netherlands it launched last month.
Frutarom is planning to build on its Citrus Competence package of flavours for beverage processors and tap into South American flavour trends in the next few years.
Food manufacturers must invest in supply chain collaboration as well as brand development to offset price volatility and secure viable long term raw material supplies in the next decade.
Water footprints will be the next big thing. That’s what Elizabeth Sheppard, a partner with law firm Eversheds, predicted last month while giving an update on environmental issues exercising food and drink manufacturers.
Up to 120 people could be made redundant at Vion’s bacon factory in Scunthorpe while a further 60 temporary contracts will not be renewed following the loss of a major contract with Asda.
Adams Food Ingredients (AFI) is investing millions of pounds in a new build factory at its headquarters in Leek, Staffordshire to increase its range of products and services.
Northumberland County Council is hoping to recoup its £250,000 investment in Northumberland Foods after the administration-hit firm restarted production.
The boss of Heinz spin-off PoleStar Foods has stepped down from the business following disagreements with the chairman and board over “strategy and structure”, but will continue to work for the frozen desserts manufacturer on a consultancy basis to drive...
What are food labels for? If the answer to this question used to be fairly clear cut, it is anything but today, as food packaging has become a battleground where politicians, lobby groups, legislators, nutritionists, environmentalists and brand managers...
Britain’s food supply chain is gearing up to raise its profile in the corridors of power, emphasising its wealth and job creation importance to the country’s economy.
Food business operators have been warned they risk infringing competition law by collaborating on some government initiatives designed to improve the nutritional profile of foods. Companies found guilty could face hefty fines.
