New business drives strong six months for Cranswick
Cranswick posted a successful half-year, with many divisions performing ahead of the overall market, driven by new business.
Archives for November 27, 2017
Food industry welcomes new government strategy
The government’s new Industrial Strategy – which includes a Food and Drink Sector Council – has been welcomed by the industry and business leaders.
Weetabix boss backs Leadership Symposium
Weetabix ceo Giles Turrell is backing the third Leadership Symposium – which takes place tomorrow (November 28) at Rothamsted Research Centre – as a place to update food and drink industry leadership skills.
Iceland Foods boss takes over at frozen food federation
Nigel Broadhurst, the newly elected chairman of the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) board, has called on collaboration between all parts of the frozen food industry to promote the benefits of frozen foods to consumers.
Food industry must share more data with the FSA
Food safety experts have welcomed recommendations from a select committee of MPs that there should be a far more systematic process for sharing data and intelligence obtained from private sector audits of food businesses with the Food Standards Agency...
Welsh government welcomes new poultry factory
The opening of a new £20M poultry processing plant in north Wales has been welcomed by ministers from the Welsh government and the local council.
Unilever to ‘recruit new ceo in next 12 months’
Ben and Jerry’s owner Unilever’s reported search for a replacement for its current ceo, Paul Polman, could take up to a year, according to an industry insider.
Guest article
Food and drink manufacturers invited to back GroceryAid
I have now been in my role as chief executive of GroceryAid for 14 months and that time has truly flown, writes Steve Barnes.