Mackenzie buyer to build £80m foodservice empire
The new owner of London-based fish processor MacKenzie Brothers has unveiled ambitious plans to build a £70-80m food empire over the next two...
Archives for January 9, 2006
Heinz makes light work of environmental management with £250,000 can project
Heinz is working on a £250,000 project to trial lightweight cans, which, if successful, it claims could reduce household waste by 28,000t a year....
Food safety qualifications get a revamp
Moves are afoot to revamp food safety qualifications in a bid to help manufacturers comply with new European hygiene regulations, which came into...
Difficulties delay sale of Harvestime
Time is running out for administrators at Harvestime (2005), who are still struggling to sell the business's loss-making bakery in Walsall.Joint...
First 'free-from' meals to hit supermarket chillers in the spring
The first chilled ready meals and desserts for people on restricted diets should hit stores this spring following a deal between gourmet food...
Chilled meal producers misled on microbe testing
Laboratory equipment and services suppliers and some health inspectors have misled manufacturers into believing they needed to increase...