Amazon Fresh finally launches – in Birmingham
Amazon has chosen Birmingham as the long-awaited UK launch city for its Amazon Fresh food delivery business.
Archives for September 29, 2015
Huge blaze engulfs Halloween toffee apple factory
A factory making toffee apples for Halloween was burnt down at the weekend.
Morrisons follows Lidl and gives pay rise
Morrisons has announced a pay rise for store staff at a cost of £40M, following the lead of discount supermarket Lidl earlier this month.
Tate & Lyle ordered to pay £18M in damages
Tate & Lyle plc has been ordered to pay £18M in damages to American Sugar Refining (ASR) by the Commercial Court in London after the US firm acquired its EU sugars business.
Labour conference: food policy remains unclear
Labour needs more time to develop its food policy, while industry should respect the vegan convictions of the new shadow environment secretary, according to the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
Aldi online launch seen as ‘major worry’: analyst
Aldi’s move into online shopping will be a “major worry” for other supermarkets offering home delivery, according to a leading analyst.
Food safety conference
Organised food crime: time to face the threat
The UK food and drink industry should start preparing now to beat the challenge of organised crime, which could plague the industry in “a few years’ time”, warns the head of food crime at the Food Standards Agency.