Sale of Somerset dairy nearing completion
15-Sep-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Milk Link is negotiating the sale of its Staplemead creamery to French food and dairy products company Andros, as the farmer co-operative exits the...
Freight firms prepare for regional road pricing
15-Sep-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Britain’s food and drink freight handlers are preparing for the introduction of regional road pricing schemes, even though plans for a national...
Private equity interest in food ‘unabated’
15-Sep-2008 By Elaine Watson
Private equity investors remain interested in the food sector despite overall private equity activity being subdued, according to a study by...
Unanswered questions in Cadbury salmonella case
15-Sep-2008 By Elaine Watson
We will probably never discover why Cadbury switched from a zero tolerance approach to assuming there were ‘safe’ levels of salmonella in...
15-Sep-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Many manufacturers have failed to review the effects of microwaves on products that have been reformulated to reduce salt, sugar and fat, and this...
NFU quits Dairy UK as processor appointed chairman
11-Sep-2008 By Rick Pendrous
The National Farmers Union (NFU) is leaving dairy industry body Dairy UK in protest at the decision to appoint industrial processing customer Mark...
On a Mission
11-Sep-2008
Three of the pubs involved in Sell More, Save More this year have entered a new dimension - with the addition of their own EPoS system.Installed by...
Call to eat less meat to reduce global warming
08-Sep-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Dr Rajendra Pachauri will this evening (Monday September 8) reinforce his call for...
EU pesticide regulation threatens British wine
08-Sep-2008 By Hayley Brown
The UK’s wine-making industry is under threat as proposed EU legislation to restrict the use of pesticides will hamper competition and could wipe...
Rocketing construction costs may stifle growth
08-Sep-2008 By Rod Addy
Factory construction costs have rocketed so much that Robert Wiseman Dairies would not have relished starting work on its latest Bridgwater...
Bakery giant has ambitions to rise in size
08-Sep-2008 By Hayley Brown
Bakery giant Greggs has embarked on ambitious expansion plans, having completed a £3M extension to its Treforest bakery in Wales, giving it the...
Ginsters reaps rewards of slashing waste
08-Sep-2008 By Rod Addy
Ginsters has halved its food waste and saved 250,000 food miles as a result of a three-year programme of work in partnership with environmental...
Asda submits defence in aspartame case
08-Sep-2008 By Elaine Watson
Asda’s war on aspartame has not only landed it in legal hot water but dented sales as well, according to documents submitted by the retailer in the...
Patrick Cescau retires from Unilever
05-Sep-2008 By Hayley Brown
Unilever has announced that its group’s chief executive Patrick Cescau will retire from Unilever at the end of the year. He has served the business...
Long Clawson to consolidate Hartington creamery
01-Sep-2008 By Hayley Brown
Farmer co-operative Long Clawson Dairy has completed the acquisition of Dairy Crest’s Stilton and speciality cheese business, including its...
Scotland’s food and drink agenda announced
01-Sep-2008 By Rod Addy
The immediate agenda for Scotland’s Food and Drink Champions Leadership Forum has been outlined by David Thomson, deputy director for food and...
Call for better systems to avoid fatal errors
01-Sep-2008 By Rick Pendrous
A food safety specialist has called for better training and food safety management systems in the foodservice sector following the recent salmonella...
Carbon neutrality claims to be tried and tested
01-Sep-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Consumer trust in manufacturers which claim their activities and products to be ‘carbon neutral’ will be the subject of new research to be...
Nasty’ slur fails to hold aspartame sales back
01-Sep-2008 By Elaine Watson
Sucralose has failed to dent aspartame’s supremacy in the high intensity sweeteners market, with aspartame UK sales continuing to grow despite...
01-Sep-2008 By Elaine Watson
The Food Standards Agency has promised to produce new guidelines for the industry over the use of charity endorsements on food and drink packaging in...
29-Aug-2008 By Rod Addy
A shrinking migrant workforce is compounding the food and drink industry's recruitment crisis. Rod Addy considers potential solutions
Gently does it for emptying bulk silo
29-Aug-2008
Gentle conveying is a typical requirement in the industry. The preservation of powder characteristics such as bulk density and particle size is...
Weigh labellers for poultry Sisters
29-Aug-2008
The Two Sisters poultry processing plant at Morecambe has chosen AEW Delford Systems weigh price labellers and C Wrap labellers for its new packing...
Automatic weighers have their heads screwed on
29-Aug-2008
Ishida Europe has extended its solutions for weighing and packing fresh, sticky products with the introduction of a new range of screw-feed...
Reiser announces partnership in packaging prime
29-Aug-2008
Reiser has announced the successful completion of a sales agreement between Repak BV and Reiser UK. The agreement names Reiser UK as sales agent for...
Tesco gets the Star treatment
29-Aug-2008
Star Refrigeration has completed the installation of a new, high efficiency refrigeration plant for Tesco at its new distribution centre in...
29-Aug-2008 By Allison Carvalho
Thanks to high demand for frozen foods, the cold storage business is currently booming. But how long can it continue? asks Allison Carvalho
Warehouse management keeps stock moves in check
29-Aug-2008
Meat processor Scotbeef has implemented the Empirica warehouse management system from Chess Logistics Technology at its new distribution cold store...
29-Aug-2008 By Rod Addy
With cash tight, users of packaging machinery want even better value for money in their purchases - as well as everything else. Rod Addy reports
29-Aug-2008 By Sarah Britton
Grand Marnier's pastry chef Nicolas Boussin tells Sarah Britton about the joys of working with alcohol
Clearly a more natural flavour
29-Aug-2008
Flavour and fragrance specialist Treatt has unveiled the latest additions to its natural Treattarome range of clear distillates: Black Raspberry,...
29-Aug-2008 By Lynda Searby
When it comes to over-eating, consumers appear to have no sense - or at least no self-control. Rod Addy reports on our survey
29-Aug-2008 By Lynda Searby
Forget the milky way. As far as chocolate goes, the future is definitely dark, well roasted and premium. Danielle Seitz explores her sweet tooth
29-Aug-2008 By Lynda Searby
With the popularity of bran-based cereals on the wane, a new wave of fibre-rich varieties are arriving on the scene. Lynda Searby gets her fill
29-Aug-2008 By Sarah Britton
Sports nutrition is shifting from synthetic supplements to more consumer friendly ingredients for a natural energy boost. Rod Addy reports
Tricky customers
29-Aug-2008 By Elaine Watson
As the obesity tide rises, the children's food market in the UK offers a wealth of opportunities. But developing food products that parents approve of and children will eat is a tough call. Sarah Britton reports
29-Aug-2008 By Paul Gander
The war is on. Supermarket chains have declared it and are fighting it with their army of price cuts and special offers. This is putting enormous...
Consolidation saves Kellogg food miles
29-Aug-2008
Kellogg has consolidated all its cereals and food warehousing onto Trafford Park in Manchester to be managed by logistics company TDG in a five-year...
Sustainable distribution soon to hit centre stage
29-Aug-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Sustainable food distribution is set to take centre stage next month when independent advisory body the Food Ethics Council (FEC) publishes the...
Snow Grouse is top of the transfers
29-Aug-2008
The transfer season may be over for footballers, but for Edrington Group's new Snow Grouse brand it is just beginning.A variant on The Famous Grouse,...
Sweet like chocolate bars in flexible envelope wrapping
29-Aug-2008
Third-party chocolate manufacturer Marasu's Petits Fours has installed a new £200,000 tablet wrapping line in its London factory, used to apply foil...
29-Aug-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Continued pressure on packaging weights in the new round of the Courtauld Commitment could see brand owners and retailers making greater use of...
New range of hybrid food trays
29-Aug-2008
In what it says is a UK first, Sharp Interpack has launched a range of polypropylene (PP) food trays and punnets incorporating both PP factory waste...
29-Aug-2008
Just in case there is anyone who doesn't believe in the maxim 'There ain't no such thing as a free lunch', the law has come to their aid. The...
29-Aug-2008 By John Dunn
Bakery ingredients supplier, Holgran, and dried fruit, seeds and nuts importer, Kimpton Brothers, are to jointly source raw materials for the free...
Europe's novel food list comes under fire
29-Aug-2008
Europe's health product manufacturers have expressed concern over the European Commission's recently published Novel Food Catalogue. The...
29-Aug-2008
I was already missing my meat as we made our way to Saf restaurant in Shoreditch, London. Saf serves raw cold food. It doesn't sound very appetising,...
Disney puts the fun into frozen food
29-Aug-2008
Kids' mealtimes will soon have a comic twist as the UK branch of Disney Consumer products has just launched a range of frozen food in the shape of...
29-Aug-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Lotus roots could be the next craze gracing plates of sandwiches or garnishing 'cheffie' dishes in upmarket restaurants, if developers at specialist...
29-Aug-2008
Is this really a ham sandwich?
