Three food and drink manufacturers have posted positive financial results, with Finsbury Food Group seeing a jump in revenue and Britvic and First Milk reporting profit rises.
Premier Foods’s recovery strategy is “starting to bear fruit”, according to City analyst Investec, after the manufacturer posted its first quarterly branded sales rise in two years last week.
Real Good Food Company (RGFC) has posted a £9.3M profit after tax for the six months to September 30 2015, largely off the back of the sale of its Napier Brown business for £44M.
William and Charles Eid have big plans now they are back at the helm of Signature Flatbreads, the 50:50 joint venture with Aryzta. The brothers spoke to Rick Pendrous
Signature International, which already has a production facility built to European standards in the city of Nashik – 200 miles north of Mumbai – has plans to build 20 flatbread manufacturing plants across the Indian subcontinent within the next five to...
An edible poster campaign has helped Premier Foods (Mr Kipling) win the coveted Bakery manufacturing company of the year in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs) – at the Lancaster hotel, London in a glittering award ceremony...
New die technology developed by bakery equipment specialist Baker Perkins for the snack industry extends the co-extrusion process by producing tubes containing two fillings.
A compact stand-alone robotic cutting cell, specifically for use in the food industry, has been developed by Mitsubishi Electric Automation and Western Mechanical Handling (WMH) UK.
Premium rustic breadmaker Délifrance UK has unveiled the results of a £30M investment programme at its west London bakery, which has boosted its capacity for supplying frozen products to foodservice and retail.
Morrisons has opened a new front in the supermarket price war with a pledge to make its own sandwiches in store, battling the upper crust chains in a bid to claim a bigger slice of the UK market worth £2.8bn.
The crisp and snack market will continue to grow despite greater public focus on sugar, salt and fat content in foods, according to the boss of one snack firm.
Pork pie manufacturer Pork Farms has helped New Zealand reach the Rugby World Cup final by treating the All Blacks team to a special rugby ball shaped pie.
Délifrance UK has completed its £30M investment at its Southall bakery in a bid to boost capacity at the former Premier Foods Le Pain Croustillant site.
Manufacturing own-label products alongside its branded free-from bakery items has helped Genius Foods build stronger relationships with retailers, according to the firm’s boss.
Signature Flatbreads is well under way with the construction of a large expansion project which will see £10M invested in two new production lines and associated facilities to meet the expanding capacity needed for the rapidly growing company.
Breakfast cereal manufacturer Dailycer is aiming to double its turnover to more than £54M in the next three years following a £4.2M investment in a high-tech production line.
It has proved a vintage year for entries in the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs), says the chairman of the independent judging panel Paul Wilkinson.
Portioning and cutting using ultrasonic technology from Telsonic UK offers a solution to the problem of producing the desired qualityand appearance of soft and delicate products, which are sometimes difficult to achieve with mechanical cutting blades.
Cradoc’s Savoury Biscuits will join 15 other Welsh food and drink manufacturers on a trade mission to Scandinavia in a bid to find new trading opportunities and “sustainably grow” the Welsh food and drink industry.
The Real Good Food Company (RGFC) is confident of a successful autumn and Christmas trading period, according to a trading update reported ahead of its annual general meeting (AGM) today (September 23).
Finsbury Food Group has posted a 76% rise in profit before tax to £11.4M after a “transformational” year for the cake, bread and bakery goods manufacturer.
Morrisons’ focus on fresh food, with its Market Street concept, has a key part to play in its six-point turnaround plan, according to leading analysts.
Kellogg has launched a special ‘posh’ breakfast cereal ‘Queen Flakes’ to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s status as Britain’s longest reigning monarch today (September 9).
A production problem, which left bran flake products contaminated with small pieces of plastic, has prompted both Sainsbury and Tesco to issue product recalls.
Bako North Western’s (BNW’s) turnover will rise to over £100M and its staff to 330, following the acquisition of sister company Bako Northern and Scotland (BNS) for an undisclosed amount.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is probing the threat of salmonella from wafers, after four products – linked to a single supplier in the Netherlands – were recalled last week.
The UK food and drink manufacturing and processing industry is set for growth of between 3–4% in the short to medium term, while reaching a value of about of £113.1bn in 2018–19, predicts a new report.
A report questioning whether packaged bread manufacturers in the UK could be facing a terminal decline in sales of their products, has been published by Euromonitor International.
Food and drink industry leaders have slammed government proposals to ditch food technology at A level, claiming it could seriously damage the sector, while Twitter erupted in a storm of support to keep the qualification.
