Archives for September 17, 2013

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Greencore’s Food to Go to be the driver: City

By Mike Stones

Greencore’s “resilient business model” means the food manufacturer is poised for growth, with its Food to Go business remaining the driver, says City analyst Panmure Gordon.

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Food manufacturers better off under DEFRA

By Mike Stones

British food and drink manufacturers benefit from leadership of the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), insists environment secretary Owen Paterson.

Bananas could be croc killers in Costa Rica

By Mike Stones

The globe’s £10bn banana market could be threatening crocodile species in central America, warns new research published in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Tesco’s Dutch pork chop blunder ‘sign of lost control’

By Mike Stones

Tesco’s blunder in labelling a pork chop British with the Red Tractor Logo when it probably came from the Netherlands reveals how easily firms can lose control of their supply chains, according to Warwick Business School.