26-Nov-2007 By Elaine Watson
There could be a ballot for strike action at Cadbury Trebor Bassett plants before Christmas if progress is not made in talks over the firm’s plans...
LFI launches study into wholegrains and satiety
26-Nov-2007 By Elaine Watson
A study exploring the impact of wholegrains on satiety will start at Leatherhead Food International next year.Thanks to projects like the EU-funded...
Euromonitor: functional foods will be worth $130bn by 2011
26-Nov-2007 By Elaine Watson
The global market for functional and fortified foods and beverages is set to grow 35% from $96bn to $130bn in 2011, according to new data from market...
Good food is going to waste, claims Sainsbury
26-Nov-2007 By Sarah Britton
Thousands of tonnes of retail food waste, which could be redistributed, are unnecessarily going into landfill because the infrastructure is not there...
HGV taxes need to rise by 50% to cover their damage to environment
26-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Taxes on heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) would have to rise by 50% to cover their true environmental impact costs, new research has suggested.The...
Food Chain Centre proves benefits of lean thinking
26-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Lean production techniques offer food producers and processors huge potential for reducing supply chain costs, new studies have revealed.Twenty-five...
FSA appoints chief executive
19-Nov-2007 By Rod Addy
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has appointed Tim Smith as its chief executive.Smith, former chief executive of Arla Foods, will take up his post in...
Tremendous scope’ for new cottage cheese products
19-Nov-2007 By Elaine Watson
There is a yawning gap in the market for premium cottage cheese, according to a report from analysts at Numis Securities.The gap could be filled...
Women’s beers show potential
19-Nov-2007 By Sarah Britton
Brewers are missing out on sales because they aren’t targeting women, according to Springhead Brewery’s sales and marketing director Steve...
Research centre set to slash sensor prices
19-Nov-2007 By Sarah Britton
Food manufacturers could benefit from an Innovation Centre launched by Manchester University and biotech firm Syngenta, which aims to develop cheap...
Northern Foods finds way to stop spuds browning
19-Nov-2007 By Elaine Watson
Northern Foods has stopped dipping its diced potatoes in sulphite at its Cavaghan & Gray chilled ready meals plant in Carlisle in a bid to clean...
Changing milk composition could cut saturated fat intakes
19-Nov-2007 By Elaine Watson
Comprehensive changes to cattle feed could boost milk’s nutritional profile and help Britons meet Food Standards Agency (FSA) targets for reducing...
Tesco reviews its shelf-ready packaging
19-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Tesco is reviewing all its shelf-ready packaging (SRP) following pressure to reduce packaging waste and after accepting that much of the packaging...
Somerfield shares weekly data with top 50 suppliers
19-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Somerfield has joined the ranks of UK and overseas retailers working more closely with top suppliers to improve on-shelf availability and reduce...
19-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Britain’s food producers can reduce by one-fifth the waste they incur along the supply chain, according to research to be published later this...
14-Nov-2007
Sweet bakery specialist Dawn Foods has appointed a new management accountant.Emma von Landkammer, who was previously working in the Middle East as...
Professor Colin Blakemore appointed as GACS first Chair
14-Nov-2007
Professor Colin Blakemore will be taking up the position of chair for the Food Standards Agency's (FSA's) General Advisory Committee on Science...
14-Nov-2007
Ardo UK, the Kent supplier of frozen fruit and vegetables, has welcomed a new technical manager to its Charing headquarters. Darren Schlosser will...
FDF slams Which? campaign for HFSS foods ad ban
12-Nov-2007 By Sarah Britton
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has dismissed the call from consumer watchdog Which? for a 9pm watershed on the advertising of foods high in fat,...
Consumers support better prices for UK livestock farmers
12-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Consumers could stop buying beef and lamb unless hard-pressed domestic producers start getting better prices from supermarkets, according to...
Business tools more effective at reducing environmental impact
12-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Traditional business efficiency management tools will achieve far more to reduce environmental impacts than just striving to be green for its own...
Premier hit by rising wheat prices
12-Nov-2007 By Rod Addy
Higher wheat costs hit trading profits at Premier Foods in September and October, the manufacturer reported in a trading update covering the four...
Meat processors seek compensation for foot and mouth disease costs
12-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Meat processors are seeking compensation for the £16M in extra costs they have incurred following the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease...
12-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Nestlé UK has announced that it is working with competitor United Biscuits (UB) on a collaborative distribution project first reported by Food...
08-Nov-2007
The very best in UK food manufacture was recognised in a glittering awards ceremony held at The Marriott, Grosvenor Square in London on November 7. A...
Cracking the code
08-Nov-2007
I sincerely hope that every pub in the country has a copy of the Code of Practice for Equal Chance Gaming, issued by the Gambling Commission for...
Unilever sells Boursin to Le Group Bel
05-Nov-2007 By Rod Addy
Unilever has agreed to sell Boursin, its French cheese brand, to Le Groupe Bel for euros 400M.The transaction, subject to regulatory approval and...
Trade group merged with Food and Drink Federation
05-Nov-2007
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) will absorb most of the roles of the Biscuit Cake Chocolate and Confectionery Alliance (BCCCA) from January...
Chewing gum maker in RFID trial
05-Nov-2007 By Elaine Watson
One of the world’s leading chewing gum manufacturers is testing a new application of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in a bid to...
Food minister warns against ‘racketeering’ on pig meat prices
05-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Food and farming minister Lord Rooker has assured Britain’s hard-pressed pig producers that the government would act against any attempts to...
05-Nov-2007 By Rod Addy
Transformed food and drink manufacturing apprenticeships have been launched throughout England and Wales by sector skills council Improve.Separate...
Curry calls on processors to help connect consumers to British food
05-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Sir Don Curry, chairman of the government’s Sustainable Farming and Food Delivery Group, has called on food processors to do more to help educate...
Beneo to help more small firms with their health claims
05-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Beneo, the new functional food group formed by Europe’s largest sugar producer Südzucker, is targeting small- and medium-sized food companies with...
Honey Monster seeks the perfect forecast
05-Nov-2007 By Elaine Watson
Sugar Puffs and Poppets maker Big Bear is aiming to reduce its stockholding by 5% and give service levels a boost with a new demand planning...
New BRC standard gets tough on allergen management
05-Nov-2007 By Elaine Watson
The new version of the British Retail Consortium (BRC) global standard will contain far more detail on allergen management, bosses have promised....
31-Oct-2007 By Rod Addy
Calls to toughen up the Supermarket Code of Practice (SCoP) were growing after the Competition Commission published provisional findings of its...
29-Oct-2007 By Rod Addy
Delegates at Improve's 'Taking on The World' conference heard some tough words on staff training, says Rod Addy
Baker automates mixing
29-Oct-2007
Bell Bakers, supplier of supermarket pies, pastry and cakes, has invested in automated batch process control systems at its modern, bespoke bakery in...
It's goodbye to the fridge thermometer
29-Oct-2007
Thermometers inside refrigeration cabinets are supposed to check that the cabinets are operating at the correct temperature to stop bacteria in food...
Thai chickens feel the benefit of a big British freeze-up
29-Oct-2007
Grampian Country Food Group has installed two custom-built spiral freezers from Starfrost for its chicken processing plant in Thailand.Grampian's...
Cheese maker cuts a wedge from its steam fuel bill
29-Oct-2007
The First Milk Cheese Company has cut fuel consumption by 7.5% on its three heavy-oil fired steam-raising boilers at its Haverfordwest creamery,...
PTFE seal has sealed-in spring
29-Oct-2007
The Turcon Variseal Ultra-Clean is a spring tensioned polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) seal from Trelleborg Sealing Solutions that offers the ultimate...
Macerator keeps pipes clog free
29-Oct-2007
Pump maker Netzsch has developed the M-Ovas macerator/grinder machine for industries where solids in a liquid can interfere with processes and create...
No mechanical seal, no leaks
29-Oct-2007
A stainless-steel magnetic mixer/motor package for the food industries has been introduced by Advanced Engineering. The mixer is magnetically coupled...
French cereal producer says 'Oui' to flexible drum mixer
29-Oct-2007
A Lindor L1500 mixer has helped French breakfast cereals company Favrichon to meet high throughput needs with flexibility. It will produce a mix of...
Keep your dough cool without ice or CO2 gas
29-Oct-2007
VMI has launched the first spiral dough mixer equipped with a triple-jacketed rotary bowl cooled by circulating glycol water. Known as the Frostmix,...
Reliability is a turn on
29-Oct-2007 By John Dunn
It's not whizzy new technology that users want, but mixers that are faster, easier, more flexible and more reliable, says John Dunn
Firms gain a lot from outsourcing legal services
29-Oct-2007
Food and drink businesses are increasingly looking to outsource legal expertise in order to deal with employment issues such as maternity leave or...
29-Oct-2007
In consolidating their food and drink portfolios, private equity companies may face as many competition law issues as the trade, says Kate Newton
29-Oct-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Brazil's poultry processors face misrepresentation, bird flu, political issues and trade disputes, but are still managing to expand and grow, as Rick Pendrous discovers
