Cornish cookie firm sees bright export future
Cornish biscuit maker Furniss is aiming to boost turnover by 50% this year as it embarks on an ambitious programme of new product development and...
Archives for January 11, 2010
Automation threatens 80 jobs at Pork Farms
Pork Farms has warned that it will slash around 80 jobs at its Queens Drive site in Nottingham, as plans get underway to invest millions of pounds in...
Analysts predict mergers and acquisitions rise
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the food sector could pick up in the second half of 2010 as confidence returns and vendors that have...
Coming soon: safer ready-to-eat food firms
The Chilled Food Association (CFA) is working with other stakeholder groups to promote stronger levels of hygiene enforcement among suppliers of...
Bad weather grips food distribution processes
The wintry weather has disrupted food distribution, according to some processors, although suppliers’ experiences have differed depending on their...
High time for easier access to high pressure processing
Processors could soon have access to a cheaper way to test high pressure processing (HPP) technology – so-called ‘cold pasteurisation’ – as interest in the technique returns to the industry, reports sister title Food Manufacture.