Inside food & drink manufacturing
Burtons Foods boss Ben Clarke says he remains "bullish" about the prospects for the UK biscuit market despite announcing proposals to close one of his firm's four UK biscuit factories with the loss of 342 jobs and make a further 70 staff redundant at...
It would not be surprising to see food retail inflation creep up in the coming months as there is no sign of commodity prices easing in the near term, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
Chilled convenience firm Uniq said Christmas trading was “close to expectations” in the fourth quarter with a weaker performance in desserts (down 1.7%) offset by a strong performance in food-to-go (up 8.3%).
Staff at Heinz's flagship Kitt Green factory near Wigan downed tools for a fourth time yesterday after rejecting a revised pay offer from company bosses.
Prepared salad maker Hazeldene is pumping £1.7m into an expansion project at its Wigan factory that will involve two new production lines and create 25 jobs.
Union leaders failed to agree a pay deal for staff at Adams Foods' cheese packing plant in Leek on Monday, but remain hopeful of agreeing a package with management that will avert the need for strike action.