Cheese processor adds 24 jobs at £1.2M new site
Cheese processor Extons Foods’s £1.2M investment in new premises in Manchester will lead to the creation of 24 new jobs in the short term, according to the company.
Archives for May 29, 2014
Cott Corp snaps up Aimia Foods for £47M
Cott Corp’s UK business unit has clinched a deal to acquire Aimia Foods for £47M ($80M), the latest instance of a North American company investing in UK food and drink manufacturing.
Action to reduce salt, fat and sugars published
More than 390 food businesses have published reports on their actions to meet the Public Health Responsibility Deal, the Department of Health (DH) has announced.
Rice firm fined £35k for safety failings
A rice processor has been fined for safety failings for a second time this year, after a worker crushed three fingers in unguarded machinery.
Obesity epidemic is ‘worse than previously thought’
Global obesity levels are soaring, while other major health risks such as smoking and childhood malnutrition are declining, a new medical study reports.
Paramount 21 invests to expand production
Seafood processor Paramount 21 has invested in a 464.5m2 warehouse adjacent to its Newton Abbot production site in Devon to release production space as it steps up its new product development.
BNF to school children on provenance of food
The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) will educate school children on the provenance of food as part of its Healthy Eating Week 2014.
Illegal Scottish gangmaster gets community service
A Scottish gangmaster who illegally supplied workers to Scottish vegetable farms, paying below minimum wage, has been ordered to perform 180 hours of unpaid community work.
Ice cream firm scoops up new employees
Ice cream firm Suncream Dairies has appointed Helen Procter as its new technical manager.
AG Barr production shift could see 40 jobs go
AG Barr’s relocation of carton production from its Tredegar site in Wales to Milton Keynes could result in a net loss of 40 jobs as it closes the Tredegar factory.
Freshtime appoints NPD boss
Snack salad and vegetable manufacturer Freshtime has appointed Amanda Turner as its new product development manager.
Burton’s takes 17% of the convenience savoury snack market
Burton’s Biscuit Company plans to invest £15M across its factories to equip it to grow its share of the savoury snacking market, according to the firm’s chief commercial officer Stuart Wilson.
Tate & Lyle profits hit by fall in sweetener price
Tate & Lyle has reported a fall in profits as a result of an increasingly competitive sweetener market and a decline in beverage sales.
FSA lacks resources to take on national food fraud policing role
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) lacks the resources to take on a national policing role for food fraud within a new food crime unit, as recommended by Professor Chris Elliot in his interim report following last year’s horsemeat scandal.