Inside food & drink manufacturing
A new business relationship management and benchmarking subscription service for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) brands and suppliers, launched by Food Manufacture’s publisher William Reed, is gaining increased traction within the sector.
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Ready meals and prepared vegetable supplier Mash Direct has secured a deal, for an undisclosed sum, to supply upmarket retailer Waitrose.
Pork processor Tulip proposes to axe 170 jobs at its Bodmin facility in Cornwall.
Sainsbury’s is recalling a batch of its Sliced Beetroot sold in jars as a “precautionary measure” because the product may contain small pieces of glass.
Northern Irish baker and healthy snack manufacturer Linwoods is to make 90 workers redundant, as part of business restructuring prompted by changes in market demand.
2 Sisters Food Group is to close its Cambuslang site in Scotland with the loss of 450 jobs.
Meat processor Cranswick has urged the entire food chain to become more transparent to restore public trust, predicting consumers would increasingly insist on accessing traceability information via smartphone.
UK food and drink producers should expand trade beyond Europe and focus on shipping goods to the US and Asia, according to the Department of International Trade (DIT) and the Welsh government.
Pork pie manufacturer Vale of Mowbray is to feature in an episode of Channel 5’s TV documentary series Made in Yorkshire.
Cheese supplier Dairygold Food Ingredients has acquired an ambient storage site and office space in a deal worth £1.2m.
AKM Foods has recalled some Zaiqa International Mini Fruit Jelly products, after certain batches of the confectionery proved to be a choking hazard.