National Farmers Union (NFU) Cymru and the British Meat Processors’ Association (BMPA) have issued a joint call to the Welsh Government to ensure that domestic red meat production is fully recognised in the design of future agricultural policy.
An innovative way of tackling child obesity by replacing high-calorie ingredients with apple pomace has won financial backing from the Welsh Government and Innovate UK.
British food and drink is being held to account by regulatory bodies and the public more than ever before. Are businesses taking food safety as seriously as everyone else?
The importance of British food to the economy, particularly as it gears up to leave the EU, has been stressed to the Secretary of State for Food and Environment Michael Gove.
Switzerland-based vegetable processor Gastro Star has minimised product giveaway using fixed weight packs, thanks to a new packaging line installed by Ishida Europe and its Swiss distributor, Itech.
Tesco’s decision to remove best-before dates from select fruit and vegetable lines will be a benchmark that all other supermarkets will follow, according to an industry expert.
Kanes Foods has clinched a £50m contract with a major supermarket in a three-year deal to supply stores across the country with ready-to-eat salad bowls from October 2018.
Producer Leverton Brothers has been ordered to pay more than £10,000 for safety failings, after a worker’s arm was seriously injured in a potato grading machine.
Fresh prepared foods supplier Bakkavor is committed to its apprenticeships, and this includes feedback from both sides. In our new series focusing on both sides of the apprenticeship story, Cian Short, group apprenticeship manager and development chef...
Brexit can and should champion British producers, according to leaders of the British food and farming industry, who have called on the Government to maintain frictionless trade with the EU post-Brexit.
This week saw a number of food businesses announce their financial results, including soft drinks producer Britvic, prepared foods manufacturer Bakkavor and meat firm Hilton Food Group.
Potato processor Branston is set to launch a new range of prepared potato products in Tesco stores across the country, following increased demand from consumers.
Food industry levy body Agriculture & Horticulture Levy Board (AHDB) has said a “fast-changing industry” has led to a restructuring of its market development division.
The potato processing firm at the centre of a major product recall in 2015 has “radically changed its thinking” and now makes food safety “the priority in all of its decision-making”, according to the man appointed to oversee its transformation.
Food and drink manufacturers and suppliers need to create open, trusted and collaborative relationships with retailers to guarantee success in the fast moving consumer goods market, according to a consumer trends analyst.
A comprehensive review of farm inspection is to be launched by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), as it aimed to scrap the red tape preventing farmers from focusing on issues such as animal welfare.
Gene-edited crop production could be set to become more widespread after a leading EU lawyer claimed the technique should be exempt from genetic modification organism (GMO) rules.
The UK organic market is now worth more than ever at £2.2bn, growing by 6% in 2017 and driven in part by the rise in online shopping, a new report has revealed.
Total Produce, the UK-based fresh produce company, has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a 45% equity stake in banana and pineapple producer Dole Food Company for US$300M (£212.5M).
Food and drink manufacturers can benefit from four key business opportunities in the healthy food-to-go (F2G) market, according to new research by grocery think-tank IGD.
Finalists in last year’s BBC Future Food Award all report how recognition benefited their business by boosting team morale and raising the profile of their brand with potential customers.
British food and drink manufacturers, retailers and other supply chain businesses are invited to take part in the BBC Future Food Award, part of the Food & Farming Awards 2018.
Food manufacturers should be open about their needs to third-party logistics firms if they want to receive the best market insight and value, the newly-appointed boss of NFT Distribution Operations has claimed.
2 Sisters Food Group is teaming up with food redistribution charity FareShare to donate more than 200,000 meals’ worth of food to tackle hunger over Christmas and the New Year period.
UK consumers are set to buy up 200,000 turkey crowns and birds tomorrow (December 22) from Tesco, as 20M people visit its stores on the last Friday before Christmas.
Convenience food manufacturer Greencore has been forced to recall wraps from three supermarkets, after they were contaminated with small pieces of metal.
A Dutch fruit and vegetable ingredients supplier has committed to source all of its products sustainably by 2030 as part of an industry-wide initiative.
School meals specialist Alliance in Partnership (AiP) has acquired The Contract Dining Company, based in Kent, in a deal which will help the company to expand its reach in the south-east.
The Co-operative Group chair Allan Leighton has given up on leadership because he claims it has become an over complicated solution to the challenge of influencing behaviour.
West Sussex salad processor Natures Way Foods has won the coveted Supply Chain Initiative of the Year trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards – at The Hilton on Park Lane in London earlier this month.
Northern Ireland root vegetable and salad processing company Willowbrook Foods has won the prized Fresh Produce Manufacturing Company of the Year trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards – at The Hilton on Park Lane in...
