Significant environmental concerns linked to the impact of a ‘no-deal’ on the Northern Ireland (NI) dairy sector have been raised after the EU agreed an extension to Brexit negotiations.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has confirmed that the “significant operating losses” caused by decreased cream prices caused the closure of Tomlinson’s Dairies, as hundreds of workers seek legal action against the business.
Poultry processor 2 Sisters Food Group has offered up to 120 former Tomlinson’s Dairies workers jobs at one if its Welsh factories following the recent collapse of the business.
Welsh dairy processor GRH Food Company has been bought out of administration for an undisclosed sum, securing the future of dairy production in Snowdonia.
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) is seeking urgent clarification on the reasons behind the decision by Tomlinson‘s Dairies to close its doors and cease trading.
A group of 29 Kintyre dairy farmers are looking to raise £50,000 through crowdfunding in a bid to purchase Campbeltown Creamery from current owner First Milk.
Complications in the liquid milk market have impacted the performance of dairy giants Müller and Arla, with both posting significant downturns in their 2018 full-year results.
Consumption of meat, dairy and cereal products will have to change if saturated fat intakes are to fall below 10% of dietary energy intake, the UK’s leading nutritionists have warned.
There has been much debate about whether saturated fat is bad or not, but the Government’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition has confirmed there is robust evidence to uphold existing advice to reduce saturated fat to no more than 10% of total...
Food and drink companies representing 30% of all milk processed globally have signed up to a worldwide dairy sustainability initiative that requires them to provide progress updates.
Müller Milk & Ingredients (MMI) has confirmed that it is to wind down operations at its Aberdeen depot with the potential loss of 45 jobs, amid upheaval in the fresh milk supply chain.
Breakfast cereal and yogurt manufacturers are leading the way in sugar reduction, but progress in confectionery, biscuits and puddings has stalled, according to Public Health England’s (PHE’s) second-year report on the food industry’s attempt to voluntarily...
Up to 50 jobs are at risk at Müller Milk & Ingredients’ Aberdeen depot, after the dairy processor announced a review of the site that could result in its closure.
Retailer Morrisons has extended its beef supply chain in the UK to allow bull calves from its dairy suppliers to participate in the Arla UK 360 programme.
Scottish dairy producer McQueens has purchased the former Müller factory in East Kilbride as part of a multi-million pound expansion plan that includes 100 new jobs in two years.
Dairy UK has called for Government to rethink proposed tariffs for cheese post-Brexit, claiming they were inadequate to prevent price volatility or a loss of productivity and so would damage the dairy industry.
The Government must support dairy exports for the sake of the industry’s future success, according to a report issued by the Dairy All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG).
More than 200 jobs are at risk at Müller Milk & Ingredients’ Foston plant in South Derbyshire, after the dairy processor confirmed plans to close the site, according to the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw).
Hundreds of food innovators mustered at Newport’s Celtic Manor Resort for the second Taste Wales summit in March. We offer a glimpse of those touting their wares.
Dairy Crest chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Allen has stepped down and been replaced by the company’s deputy chief executive and group finance director Tom Atherton.
Müller Milk & Ingredients’ South Derbyshire plant is most at risk of closure in its continuing cost-reduction programme, threatening 228 jobs according to the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw).
Dairy cooperative Dale Farm is to close its creamery site in Fivemiletown, Northern Ireland, and transfer the bulk of its branded cheese production to a facility in Cullybackey.
Two-thirds of supermarket pizzas, restaurant pizzas and other restaurant dishes labelled as containing buffalo mozzarella have been shown to contain mozzarella made wholly or partially from cows’ milk, after a test was developed to distinguish between...
Ornua Foods says that while young people can get a base knowledge in engineering, having its own apprentices means they get to grips with the company’s equipment from the start. Apprentice Andrew Burgess and Ornua principal engineer Jamie Gould relate...
From Coca-Cola energy drinks to Marmite peanut butter, we take a look at some of the latest developments and trends in the food and drink industry in this gallery of new product developments.
A north-east spreadable cheesemaker showed the nation how it makes 3,000t of product a year when it appeared on TV series Inside the Factory earlier this week (26 March).
