Real Good Food acquires Brighter Foods
Real Good Food (RGF), the bakery ingredients company, has paid £9M to acquire an 84% interest in Brighter Foods, based in Tywyn in Wales.
Archives for April 4, 2017
Crisp makers under fire for ‘carcinogenic’ acrylamide
Premium crisp manufacturer Tyrrells has played down warnings over the cancer-causing chemical acrylamide, after an investigation revealed its ‘sweet potato lightly salted crisps’ contained almost 2.5 times the recommended EU limit for acrylamide.
Westbridge Food Group bought by Thai firm for £60M
Frozen and ready meals manufacturer Westbridge Food Group has been acquired by CPF Investment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thai firm Charoen Pokphand Foods, for about £60M.
2 Sisters and Bakkavor make senior appointments
2 Sisters Food Group’s UK Poultry division has promoted Gill Pendergrast to the position of retail director working with Sainsbury.
ME AND MY FACTORY
Coca-Cola boss on overcoming first impressions
The boss at Coca-Cola European Partners’ (CCEP) Morpeth site has claimed her management style has been helped by a greater understanding of how others perceive her – boosting staff engagement at the site.
Low-glycaemic hard-boiled candies on show at ISM
Sugar-free hard-boiled candies made with the sweetener isomalt were on display at this year’s ISM, the world’s largest trade fair for sweets and snacks.
Brexit
Food exports face border delays after Brexit
The UK’s food industry faces severe delays and rising costs of exporting and importing foodstuff to and from the EU following Brexit, if the government fails to negotiate a favourable deal to ensure “frictionless” border controls.
Tayto snacks to appear in 7,000 vending machines
Snack manufacturer Tayto Group’s sister company Montagu Group has acquired vending machine firm Freedom Refreshments, in a multi-million pound deal which would see Tayto’s products feature in 7,000 more vending machines across England.
Cadbury branded ‘ridiculous’ by Theresa May over Easter egg hunt
Cadbury has been branded as “absolutely ridiculous” by Prime Minister Theresa May, over its decision to drop the word ‘Easter’ from a Cadbury and National Trust egg hunt.
Meat firm in jobs boost after £10M contract wins
A meat supplier is to create 25 jobs and invest £1M across its two sites following new contract wins worth in excess of £10M.
Battle Oats to supply 300 Holland & Barrett stores
Nutrition brand Battle Oats has secured a deal with high street retailer Holland & Barrett to supply 300 of its stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland.