Somerset cheese producer Wyke Farms has hired Emmy award-winning film and television director Ridley Scott’s production company to deliver its latest commercial.
A new set of mandatory standards for healthier food in NHS hospitals have been described as “woefully inadequate” by the Campaign for Better Hospital Food.
Food and drink businesses should incorporate a three-step approach into their management practices to tackle forced labour in the industry, according to a report by Stronger Together.
EHL Ingredients has appointed Katherine Davis as its new product development manager to lead the development of new blends and boost its product range.
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has praised the government’s new skills campaign, highlighting the positive impact apprenticeships have had on preparing new recruits for food industry careers.
Councils and schools have had to divert money from other budgets to ensure all pupils aged seven and under receive free school meals when the school year begins, because of lack of government funding.
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Resources are scarce to police employee abuse in the food industry and the rise of zero-hour contracts has made workers more vulnerable, according to a senior employment lawyer.
Poverty-stricken consumers are being denied 400,000t of surplus food and the food industry could help solve this problem, according to food redistribution charity FareShare.
Troubled retailer Morrisons has appointed former Tesco finance boss Andrew Higginson as its new chairman, following Sir Ian Gibson’s decision to retire in 2015.
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has teamed up with drinks firm Coca-Cola Great Britain for a £1M project to encourage Londoners to become more active and tackle obesity.
Russian president Vladimir Putin employs a personal food taster to ensure his meals are not poisoned and the Queen hates shellfish, according to the chefs that prepare their food.
A new Facebook page – Overheard in Waitrose – allegedly reporting conversations overheard in the posh retailer has gone viral with more than 175,0000 ‘likes’ in its first four days.
Dairy processor Adams Foods has put recent job cut reports in perspective, stressing the 700-strong workforce had suffered just seven redundancies at its Leek factory, with production line staff unaffected.
Owen Paterson – the environment secretary who complained “the badgers moved the goalposts” – has been replaced by Liz Truss in David Cameron’s latest cabinet reshuffle.
Food manufacturers have been warned to pay extra attention to young and temporary workers hired for summer work, as they are more likely to be injured at work than experienced employees.
Tesco has appointed Marks & Spencer (M&S) chief financial officer (cfo) Alan Stewart to the same position, filling the role left void by Laurie McIlwee in April 2014.
Food businesses need to tap into neuroscience and understand how consumers make fast and unconscious decisions, if they are to improve their sales, says a marketing expert.
Capital investment is sexy and Dairy Crest has just come to the end of a four-year investment plan, which saw £75M spent across the company’s dairy operations.
Bad news continues to dog supermarket chain Morrisons, with the announcement last month that 2,600 store managers were likely to lose their jobs as part of a review of its retail operations.
Business secretary Vince Cable praised Nestlé yesterday (June 30) as the first mainstream manufacturer to gain Living Wage accreditation, recognising its efforts to pay realistic living costs beyond minimum wage.
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Food and drink manufacturers have taken to Twitter to respond to Luis Suarez’s alleged biting of Giorgio Chiellini during the Uruguay and Italy football match at the World Cup in Brazil last night (July 24).
Nestlé UK & Ireland and Coca-Cola Enterprises marked National Women in Engineering Day on Monday (June 23) with events for young people to celebrate the achievements of women engineers in food and drink manufacturing.
Poultry processor Moy Park’s sponsorship of the World Cup in Brazil has helped it engage with 40% of the world, the firm’s director of brand marketing has claimed.
A leading food scientist and president of the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, along with other food industry figures.
2 Sisters Food Group has appointed Stephen Leadbeater as its new chief financial officer, following Steve Henderson’s decision to take early retirement.
Bad habits, misconceptions and a lack of trust are the three main barriers preventing consumers from recycling, according to research by Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) and the University of Exeter.
Public Health England (PHE) has denied its flagship Change4Life campaign – which includes getting more children to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day – is failing, despite shocking figures showing youngsters were eating only three portions...
Britain’s £3.2bn obesity crisis is set to become much worse, according to a report in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), which predicts that one-in-three adults now have pre-diabetes.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has launched ParkLives, a £20M initiative to press people to take part in physical activities – such as hula hooping and tai chi – in parks throughout the UK to tackle obesity.
Morrisons’ chairman Sir Ian Gibson is to step down, the supermarket chain has announced, a month after Roger Owen, a former director of the business, had called for his resignation.
