Rising energy and raw materials costs drive food and drink insolvencies
Squeezed margins exacerbated by spiralling energy prices have resulted in a rising number of insolvencies in the food and drink manufacturing...
Archives for May 29, 2006
Easibake spearheads growth with expansion in Wales
Ireland's leading speciality bread producer Easibake Foods has opened a new 3,300 metre squared processing facility in Wales.Easibake, a subsidiary...
Meat producers fight against falling prices
They are searching for champions to support their fight against large retailers driving down prices, but Britain's meat producers and processors...
French produce cleaning system heads for UK
A UK producer of prepared salads and vegetables could be the first in the UK to install a chlorine-free process, based on an enzyme found in breast...
Ready for new school food standards, say caterers
The government's new nutrient standards for school meals have met with a mixed reaction from the food industry.The voluntary Target Nutrient...
Dairy firms under threat from premature removal of export subsidies
The dairy sector has warned that it faces a crisis as a result of proposals to slash export subsidies for its products by 80% by 2010.Jim Begg,...