Global weather woes could boost food manufacturers' input prices
Short-term shortages of wheat for food processors and longer-term price increases are likely to be the outcome of the wettest summer for a century, a crop specialist has warned.
Archives for September 2, 2012
Barclays denies making £529M betting on food prices
Barclays has denied boosting food manufacturing ingredient costs by making £530M on food price speculation.
2 Sisters workers accept reduced pay and working conditions
Cavaghan & Gray workers have voted to compromise with parent company 2 Sisters in their dispute over reduced pay and working conditions.
Police and Birmingham officials raid halal food wholesalers
Birmingham Council Trading Standards officials, backed by police, have raided halal wholesalers in the city and seized hundreds of chickens, computer equipment and documents.
Arla’s UK and German mergers boost income by £1.2bn
Danish milk processor Arla’s merger agreements with Milk Link in the UK and German processor MUH will increase the firm’s annual revenue by £1.2bn.
Morrisons opens Grimsby fish plant
Morrisons’ new fish processing plant in Grimsby began operations today (September 3) − five months after work began on converting a disused factory at Europa Park.