Inside food & drink manufacturing
Greencore said it was confident of mitigating any Brexit-related cost increases, as it reported a 9.1% rise in like-for-like sales to £417M on a constant currency basis, in the 13 weeks to December 30.
The Apprenticeship Levy represents “poor value for money”, warns a new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
Dairy company Arla Foods pledged to invest about £37.5M in its UK sites and logistics operations this year – 51% more than last year.
Greencore has appointed former Peacock Foods ceo Thomas Sampson as a non-executive director.
American coffee giant Starbucks has pledged to hire 10,000 refugees worldwide, after US president Trump introduced tough new rules restricting migration from seven countries.
Ice creams, sweet pizzas, cakes and even salads are the focus of a new range of bacon-flavoured fudge pieces.