Tangerine Confectionery plans redundancies
Tangerine Confectionery has announced redundancy plans as part of a UK-wide restructure of its factory operations.
Archives for December 16, 2013
Princes canned food firm reports profit up 30%
Canned food manufacturer Princes has reported a near 30% boost in profit and group sales up by 15%, in the year to March 31 2013.
Absolut Vodka makes pack-to-pack difference
For premium brands looking for a point of difference, Absolut Vodka has blazed a trail with a second range of unique bottles, providing pack-to-pack as well as brand-to-brand differentiation.
Engineering centre plans to inspire the next generation
The National Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Food Engineering was officially launched at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) last month
Stevia gains popularity on web, according to research
More negative online discussions surround aspartame than other sweeteners, as consumers become embroiled in the bitter debate surrounding the health benefits offered by sugar alternatives, a new study has claimed.
Food addiction claims ‘amount to bad science’
Sugar’s addictive properties have been dismissed by UK scientific experts who have attributed rising obesity to excessive calorie intake and the overconsumption of high-density foods combined with sedentary lifestyles.
Baxters Foods mulls job cuts
Jobs are threatened at up to three retail outlets for Baxters Foods, which is best known for its soups, but which also makes sauces, condiments, jams and marmalades.
Business Leaders’ Forum to set out the challenges
Top food manufacturing executives will set out the challenges, and some of the solutions, for the year ahead at Food Manufacture’s Business Leaders’ Forum next month, according to its chairman Paul Wilkinson.
Foodservice business acquired by Food Manufacture’s publisher
William Reed Business Media (WRBM) – publisher of this website and Food Manufacture magazine – has acquired the Allegra Foodservice business, formerly a division of Allegra Strategies.
Real Good Food appoints new boss for its dairy business
The Real Good Food Company (RGFC) has appointed Andy Birkett as the new md for its dairy ingredients firm Garrett Ingredients, with effect from January 20 2014.
Flexitarianism to be next ‘mega trend’
Flexitarianism will be the next ‘mega trend’ leading to sales of vegetarian foods in the UK to grow by 10% by 2016, according to food trends agency The Food People.
Food promotional coding gets mobile boost
Digital promotions driven by on-pack coding are providing brands with security, the ability to market test concepts and, when combined with mobile technology, even the option of reacting to where the code is being accessed.
Pig producers call for help to supply China
Pig producers have called on government for more support to assist growing exports to China. They also want it to resist mounting calls to lift the pig swill ban, fearing this could leave the sector open to exotic new diseases.