Foodex 2014
Big food businesses told to lead robotics future
Large food and drinks businesses must show “strong leadership” if the sector is to successfully adopt automation to become leaner and greener and ready itself for the future.
Archives for March 28, 2014
Soft drinks market holds extra £2.4bn potential – Britvic
Britvic believes £2.4bn could be added to the UK soft drinks market by 2020 through a new category vision, unveiled alongside record sales of £10.3bn for the market last year.
Foodex 2014
Foodex skills debate highlights the challenge
A more co-ordinated approach to attracting youngsters into food and drink manufacturing, and greater efforts by firms to promote the benefits of working in the sector were two of the key themes to emerge from the Big Video Debate on ‘Plugging the skills...
Call to shrink school juices causes headache
Proposals to downscale the size of pure juice products to 150ml in schools in England have sparked fears that the timescale for change is too tight.
Potato supplier to axe 190 jobs at Shropshire plant
Greenvale – one of the UK’s biggest potato suppliers – plans to cut 190 jobs and close its potato packing plant near Market Drayton, Shropshire.
Food Vision 2014
Final preparations underway for Food Vision 2014
Final preparations are underway for Food Vision 2014, the event that brings together global food and drink industry leaders at Cannes in the south of France to discuss key topics directly affecting the profitability of their businesses.
FOODEX 2014
Fear factor, not cash, limits food factory automation
Food industry automation projects stall not because of lack of finance, but because of the ‘fear factor’ that firms won’t have engineers with the know-how to install or maintain systems.
Foodex 2014
Food firms need to engage more through social media
Food and drink manufacturers need to embrace social media if they are to better communicate with potential consumers and drive sales of their products, according to companies that are successfully using Facebook and Twitter to engage with people.
Morrisons boss Dalton Philips refuses his £374k bonus
Dalton Philips, chief executive of the beleaguered retailer Morrisons, has refused his £374,000 bonus payment.
£100k boost adds 20 jobs at Johnstone’s Bakery
Scottish firm Johnstone’s Bakery is recruiting 20 workers after getting a £100k helping hand from UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE), a subsidiary of Tata Steel.
Hilton Food Group set for ‘significant earnings growth’
Meat packing business Hilton Food Group is set for “significant earnings growth”, according to City analyst Panmure Gordon, after the business posted sales up by 9.1% in full-year results for the 52 weeks to December 29.
Foodex 2014
Skills gap in food and drink frustrated by fragmentary solutions
Initiatives designed to cut the skills gap that is emerging in Britain’s food and drink manufacturing sector are too “fragmented” and need to be better co-ordinated if the problems of attracting new talent to the sector are to be addressed.
FOODEX 2014
Beware due diligence issues post-horsegate – lawyer
Due diligence has weaknesses and isn’t a perfect defence against food fraud, despite offering firms legal protection, Dominic Watkins, partner and head of food at law firm DWF has warned.