Cargill opens China innovation centre
Global ingredients supplier Cargill has opened an innovation centre, designed to create new food products and flavours for its customers, in China.
Archives for December 9, 2016
Tangerine faces more strikes after pay row
Further strikes at confectionery manufacturer Tangerine’s York factory are planned, after a breakdown in talks over workers’ pay.
Amazon launches zero checkout store
Online shopping giant Amazon has opened its first physical grocery store in the US, which allows consumers to pick up their purchases and walk out, without queuing to pay at a checkout.
Red meat sales may be boosted by innovative labels
Food manufacturers could boost sales by including more information about nutrition and recipes on red meat packaging labels, claims the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
Ferrero completes deal for United Biscuits’ Delacre
Biscuit brands Delacre and DeliChoc have been bought by Ferrero from United Biscuits, for an undisclosed sum.
Pie maker ‘hit with £7,000 equipment compensation’
Pastry maker Andrew Jones Pies (AJP) has allegedly agreed to pay £7,000 in compensation for using another firm’s equipment for transporting its products without permission.
Food firms get boost from business growth scheme
The launch of a new business growth programme hopes to boost turnover and create new jobs for small food and drink companies in Scotland.
Food prices to rise without access to EU workers
Food prices will rise without access to non-UK EU workers, warned 32 food and drink organisations, including the Food and Drink Federation and the British Retail Consortium.
Children’s ‘junk food’ ad ban hailed by FDF
The decision to ban ‘junk food’ advertising across all children’s media, in a bid to tackle childhood obesity, has been welcomed by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
Cottage Delight acquired by Vestey Holdings
Premium condiments and biscuits maker Cottage Delight has been acquired by Fine Foods Group, part of Vestey Holdings, for an undisclosed fee.
Food sales to reach £20.6bn over Christmas: IGD
UK shoppers are set to spend £20.6bn on food and groceries over the Christmas period, according to grocery think-tank IGD.
Bird flu threat won’t affect busy Christmas supply
Poultry producers have insisted that supplies for the busy Christmas period won’t be affected by the government warning of a potential UK bird flu outbreak.
Banana supplier in £632M takeover deal
Banana supplier Fyffes is to be acquired by Japanese giant Sumitomo Corporation in a takeover worth £632.7M (€751M).
FDF president elect Gavin Darby sets out priorities
The Food and Drink Federation’s (FDF’s) new president elect, Premier Foods’s ceo Gavin Darby, has named his top twin priorities as helping to remedy the nation’s obesity epidemic and ensuring the sector has a “strong plan” to thrive after Brexit.
Iceland vs Iceland: Start-ups must protect brands
Food and drink start-up businesses must use distinctive names and logos to protect their branding more effectively, urged Roythornes solicitor Lizzie Walters, after Iceland Foods’s row with the Icelandic government threatened to reach boiling point.