Tangerine Confectionery to pay £129k after forklift injury
Blackpool-based sweet manufacturer Tangerine Confectionery has been ordered to pay more than £129,000 after the fork of a forklift truck pierced a worker’s foot.
Archives for April 29, 2014
KFC prepares for growth with £40M investment
Southern-fried chicken giant Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) will pump £21M into the opening of 32 new restaurants this year, creating 1,300 new jobs and setting the pace for five years of expansion.
Morrisons: ex boss’s criticism ‘unhelpful and unwelcome’
Morrisons has dismissed outspoken criticism of its top management from a former director of the business as “unhelpful and unwelcome”.
Uncertainty remains on policing food fraud
Market intelligence should be used far more to detect food fraud, following the lessons learned from last year’s horsemeat contamination scandal, but the question of who pays for it remains unclear, the head of technical services at Waitrose has claimed.
Women drawn to personalised food products
Women are more than four times as likely to purchase food and drink products with personalised or gender-specific packaging as men, according to a study of over 500 marketing and packaging professionals.
Q3 growth at Thorntons hit by slow sales
Slow sales in February and March and planned store closures hit sales at Thorntons in its third financial quarter (Q3), the confectionery firm reported in a trading statement.
Meat processing growth to deliver 200 Morrisons jobs
Morrisons is expanding its meat processing factory at Winsford, Cheshire and has launched a recruitment drive for 200 new roles there, boosting the workforce by 50%.
DEFRA interviews candidates for export role to China
UK food exporters could be a step closer to realising their goal of having a full-time agriculture expert appointed in Beijing to support exports to China, following news that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has begun...
Own-label deal to boost jobs at Typhoo
A major own-label supermarket contract and an investment programme will create at least 15 jobs and increase output at Typhoo Tea’s Moreton processing plant on the Wirral, Merseyside.
Moy Park growth fuelled by locally-sourced poultry
Moy Park grew 2013 sales and profits as a result of increased supermarket demand for locally-sourced poultry and underlying market growth, the company confirmed in a statement on its annual results.
20 jobs for black pudding firm after £1.4M investment
The Bury Black Pudding Company is creating 20 new jobs as it seeks to double production and tackle export markets, following a £1.4M investment programme backed by HSBC bank.
Own-label eats in to branded market share
Branded food manufacturers need to establish unique selling points if they are to stem the rising tide of own-label suppliers stealing market share from them, Kantar Worldpanel director Adrian Atterby has warned.
Orchard Valley Foods buys ingredients firm amid sales boom
Orchard Valley Foods has acquired Food Ingredients International (FII), boosting its potential annual sales to more than £20M.
Warburtons boss: innovation vital in discounters’ market
Innovation is vital in a retail market increasingly dominated by discount outlets, says Jonathan Warburton, chairman of Warburtons.