Kepak launches new range in bid to grow convenience sales
Kepak Convenience Foods has set out its ambition to double sales in the convenience channel by 2020, by capitalising on the gourmet burger trend with a new Rustlers range and packaging.
Archives for March 6, 2017
Supply chain system rollouts present challenges
Rolling out the same supply-chain systems across different sites might appear to offer benefits, but it can also present challenges.
Budget 2017
Budget requests: Don’t ditch diesel or lift beer tax
The Chancellor Philip Hammond has been urged to avoid “ditching diesel” or lifting beer tax in his first budget to be delivered on Wednesday (March 8).
National Apprenticeship Week
Bakkavor to recruit 40 new apprentices
Bakkavor has kicked off National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) by revealing it will take on 40 new apprentices this year in manufacturing, engineering, development and HR roles.
2 Sisters slams union protest for ‘untrue’ claims
2 Sisters Food Group Ltd has slammed a Unite union protest over its workers’ rights, claiming the union’s allegations were “untrue” and “misleading”.
Food firms boost innovation by extending ranges
Food and drink product innovation will focus on extending product ranges and developing entirely new products in the food and drink sector over the next two years, a Campden BRI survey revealed.
Chefs’ Choice Awards: tomorrow is the big night
Final preparations are underway for the inaugural Chefs’ Choice Awards, which will take place tomorrow night at the Haymarket Hotel, central London.
Petition to keep Walkers site open nears 2,000
A petition to stop Walkers’ Peterlee site from closing has received almost 2,000 signatories.
Union wants urgent Bakkavor talks over 300 job cuts
The Unite union has requested an urgent meeting with Bakkavor management after the manufacturer revealed plans to axe 300 jobs at Welcome Foods last week.
Quorn’s metal fears leads latest food recalls
Quorn Foods and Tesco were among the food businesses that recalled products over the past month.
Sayers’ bakery fined more than £160k for infestations
Bakery retailer Sayers was fined more than £160,000 last week for 13 food safety breaches, after cockroach and mice infestations were identified at its Poundcafe in Liverpool.