Coffee founder crowned at House of Commons ceremony
Pact Coffee founder Stephen Rapoport scooped the crown at the first Investec Food & Drink Entrepreneur of the Year awards, held at the House of Commons last week.
Archives for November 10, 2014
Cheddar is nation’s favourite cheese but sales fall
Cheddar remains the nation’s favourite cheese but total cheese sales continue to fall, according to new research from Mintel.
Use of slave labour must be stamped out
Unscrupulous gangmasters that traffic slaves into the food and drink sector must be eliminated, the minister of modern slavery and organised crime Karen Bradley has urged.
Mondelēz to invest £30M at Banbury coffee plant
Mondelēz International is to invest £30M at its Banbury coffee plant in Oxfordshire, creating 80 jobs.
Soft drinks firms engage as election nears
Soft drinks makers are preparing to fight off mounting attacks they expect from health groups and other critics in the run-up to next year’s general election, the president of the British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA) has signalled.
Greencore sandwich plant taps Hungary for workers
Greencore has defended itself against claims it is drawing mainly on workers from Hungary as part of an expansion of its Northampton sandwich factory entailing at least 250 new jobs.
Soft drinks sector 'really important' says Eustice
Food minister George Eustice has stressed the importance of the soft drinks industry to the UK economy and applauded its achievements in reducing its environmental impact.
Faccenda buys duck processor Cherry Valley Foods
Faccenda Foods has agreed to buy Cherry Valley Farms’ duck processing business Cherry Valley Foods by the end of December 2014 in a move that broadens its portfolio of poultry processing operations.
Manufacturers urged to take passage to India
India could be the ‘new China’ for food and drink manufacturers looking to increase margins and supply emerging markets in Asia, two industry experts have claimed.
Carr’s Milling hails bakery wins as profits climb
Bakery business wins have boosted production at Carr’s Milling’s flour mills, as increased efficiencies in this and other divisions delivered record profits for the group.