Diageo boosts growth and sales
Drinks giant Diageo has boosted sales, excluding acquisitions, by 1.8% and volume growth by 1% during a “challenging year for trading” during the six months to December 31 2015.
Archives for January 28, 2016
FSA says industry must carry campylobacter costs
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking to transfer the high cost burden of surveying supermarket fresh chicken for contamination with the food poisoning bacterium campylobacter onto the industry itself, as its own budget comes under increasing...
Business Leaders’ Forum
Four food and drink industry surprises of 2015
A shift in power from retailers to their suppliers, leading to a better year than expected, was one of four key surprises that shaped the UK food and drink industry last year, Paul Wilkson, chair of the Food Manufacture Group Business Leaders’ Forum told...
Cranswick celebrates ‘crackling Christmas’ results
Cranswick’s “crackling Christmas” helped to boost revenue by 5% in the three months to December 31 2015, according to a leading analyst.
Manufacturers ‘not at table’ in obesity debate
Food and drink manufacturers need to stop being defensive and instead take a seat at the table to tackle Britain’s obesity crisis, according to a leading obesity expert.
Me & My Factory
Rapeseed oil pressing firm diversifies for growth
Cold-pressed rapeseed oil production has helped Phoenix Group grow from nothing into a £1.7M business in little over six years, but the ambitious Nottinghamshire-based company isn’t stopping there.