Inside food & drink manufacturing
Frozen seafood firm Young’s has pledged to keep its Cromer Crab brand in Cromer following a high-profile petition supported by celebrities such as Stephen Fry, Alan Titchmarsh, and Olympic rower Matthew Pinsent.
The Bulmers cider plant in Hereford has been through big changes since it was acquired by Heineken from Scottish & Newcastle in 2009 but more are on the way.
UK food and drink manufacturers are failing to make maximum energy savings because their managers are worried about change, warns a new business launched by the Carbon Trust.
Despite 18 months of growth, optimism among food and drink manufacturers is plunging, warns the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)’s quarterly industrial trends survey released recently.
Scottish firm Ryan’s Foods has been shut down and had a number of its products recalled after Glasgow City Council discovered it to be manufacturing meals and selling on a wholesale basis without legal permission.