Meat processor Holmesterne Foods has invested more than £550,000 in new cold storage at two of its manufacturing sites in North Yorkshire, doubling its frozen and chilled capacity.
Provenance and a more handcrafted appearance are driving a growing premium sausage category, but with provenance has come a greater need for transparency throughout the supply chain, according to collagen casings firm Devro.
Scottish seafood supplier D R Collin & Son was the top-ranked food or drink firm in this year’s Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100, the league table of Britain’s private companies with the fastest-growing profits.
Scottish minister for business, innovation and energy Paul Wheelhouse is leading a cross-party effort to curb job losses at Young’s Seafood’s Annan site, amid proposals to shift salmon production there to Grimsby.
Vertically integrated food retailer Morrisons is to create 100 new roles at its fish processing plant in Grimsby, less than a week after up to 400 jobs were put at risk at 2 Sisters-owned Five Star Fish.
Up to 450 jobs are at risk at Young’s Seafood’s Annan site in the south of Scotland, while it plans to create 200 jobs in Grimsby after winning three new contracts with retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S).
The meat and agricultural industry has welcomed the creation of a new Livestock Information Service to give farmers and processors accurate information about animals and their movements.
Up to 400 jobs are at risk at Grimsby-based fish processor Five Star Fish, after owner 2 Sisters Food Group revealed plans to enter into consultation with colleagues and customers at the “loss-making site”.
ABP Food Group’s renewables division Olleco has announced the acquisition of an anaerobic digestion facility at Westcott Park, Buckinghamshire, from waste-to-product business Renewi, for an undisclosed sum.
The sheep meat industry has slammed the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) over a report that claims the traditional Welsh dish of lamb cawl is the most polluting of several classic British meals.
Goodfella’s Pizza should deliver sales of £133m and up to £22m in profit within two years of it completing the acquisition, according to Birds Eye owner Nomad Foods.
Boparan Holdings battled plunging comparative operating profit in its second financial quarter (Q2), but cut net debt compared to the previous quarter, 2 Sisters Food Group’s parent company reported in a results statement.
2 Sisters Food Group (2SFG) former boss Ranjit Boparan has outlined actions the company has taken to ensure robust hygiene and labelling practices after its procedures were challenged in national media coverage.
Bacon’s cancer-promoting properties can be avoided by replacing nitrates commonly used in the curing process with polyphenols found in green tea, according to a report by Queen’s University Belfast researchers.
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.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has urged buyers and consumers to diversify their choice of fish and move away from the UK’s traditional top five of cod, tuna, salmon, haddock and prawns.
Global food companies should diversify their protein sourcing away from a reliance on animal proteins, a $2.4tn (£1.71tn) investor coalition into plant-based alternatives has urged.
More than four in ten (41%) Brits think that the population will be eating lab-grown meat and fish within just ten years, according to research by experience company Starcom.
The threat of having to deal with veterinary clearance and checks on exports to the EU post-Brexit should be a “priority” concern for the meat industry, a leading meat association boss has claimed.
The Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has revealed it is in advanced talks with private business HallMark Veterinary Compliance Services about taking over its commercial subsidiary Meat and Livestock Commercial Services Limited (MLCSL).
KFC has returned to its previous logistics partner Bidvest to serve 350 of its north of England outlets after hundreds of its UK stores ran out of chicken, forcing them to temporarily shut last month.
Meat processor Scotbeef’s plans to build a new abattoir and processing facility have received a boost, thanks to grant money awarded by the Scottish Food Processing, Marketing and Co-operation (FPMC) fund.
An abattoir boss and three slaughtermen have been sentenced for causing unnecessary suffering to animals after they were secretly filmed mistreating sheep.
Price inflation primarily fuelled seafood sales value growth over Christmas 2017, up 4.4% to £171m compared to the 2016 festive period, according to UK seafood industry body Seafish.
Premium breaded fish products from Young’s Seafood and a vegan variant of Diageo’s Baileys Irish Cream are two of the latest product launches by food and drink manufacturers in the past week.
Cranswick chief operating officer Chris Aldersley has been appointed the 2018 Festival Chairman of the Butchers’ and Drovers’ Charitable Institution (BDCI).
A meeting between representatives of the Scottish meat industry and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has been hailed as “constructive” by parties from both sides.
Edible seaweed startup Seamore has started a crowdfunding campaign to raise between €250,000 (£219,106) and €500,000 (£442,638), in a bid to launch a worldwide rollout of its products.
Ranjit Boparan, co-founder, owner and chief executive (CEO) of 2 Sisters Food Group, has revealed he will step down after 25 years to take on a new role.
Poultry suppliers are minimising potential waste caused by KFC’s distribution debacle, securing other customers for some supplies while problems are ironed out, according to the British Poultry Council (BPC).
Animal rights activists protested outside 2 Sisters Food Group’s Scunthorpe factory earlier this week, in their second round of action in the past month.
Workers’ union GMB has slammed fast food chain KFC over its decision to switch distributor, which led to the temporary closure of shops around the country.
