Britvic's bid to attract high quality technicians
Britvic is among a number of food and drink manufacturers that are finding it increasingly difficult to attract good quality engineering technicians into its business.
Archives for August 5, 2012
Union to ballot workers on Park Cake strike
Workers are set to be balloted for industrial action over pay at the Oldham site of supermarket own-label cakes and desserts supplier Park Cake.
Premier Foods gets cautious approval from analysts
Shares in Premier Foods have retained a ‘Buy’ recommendation from investment and banking firm Investec, ahead of its interim results, which will be published tomorrow (August 7).
Kraft’s Nick Bunker to lead new KP Snacks division
Nick Bunker, president of Kraft Foods UK and Ireland, is to become chief executive of United Biscuits’ (UB’s) recently separated snacks business, which is to be re-named KP Snacks.
Hope emerges in 2 Sisters’ dispute with Cavaghan & Gray workers
An MP, local councillor and union representative emerged from talks last week (August 2) “optimistic” about reaching a compromise in the row between 2 Sisters and its workers at Cavaghan & Gray.
Warburtons’ workers vote on strike action
Britain’s leading plant bakery brand Warburtons is set to find out this week if staff across the country have voted in favour of strike action, in a dispute over a pay offer.
Forecasting toys thrown out of the inventory pram
A market-busting 10% rise in demand for Organix baby food products has forced the company to tear up the spreadsheets and become the first manufacturer to adopt a new stock-monitoring and forecasting system that could lead to full vendor-managed...