2 Sisters to create 250 jobs in funding boost
2 Sisters Food Group is pumping £5m into its Coupar Angus chicken processing plant near Perth in Scotland, resulting in the creation of more than 250 jobs.
Archives for June 27, 2018
Brewer and Manx farm create Iron Maiden pie
Robinsons Brewery has worked with the Isle of Man’s Ballakelly Farm to create a Trooper Light Brigade Steak & Ale Pie, flavoured with Robinsons’ Trooper Light Brigade ale.
Collaboration needed to tackle food fraud
The head of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) National Food Crime Unit has renewed calls for collaboration between the organisation and manufacturers, to help prevent food fraud.
Karro acquires cooked meat specialist
Pork processor Karro Food Group has grown its added-value pork production with the acquisition of Leicestershire-based TS Bloor & Sons.
Morrisons builds on supplier relations progress
Morrisons’ commercial director Darren Blackhurst has pledged to work harder to create open and fair trading relationships with suppliers, while cutting costs by improving forecasting accuracy and agreed on-shelf activity.
CO2 shortages: ‘crunch’ time for meat sector as Tulip site freezes production
The next week is “crunch time” for the British meat industry as C02 supply shortages edge closer to critically low levels, with processors forced into falling back on contingency plans.
Wrights Food Group to add 100 jobs by 2019
Wrights Food Group will have recruited 100 more workers over the course of this year as demand grows for its savoury and sweet baked goods, ready meals and sandwiches, the company pledged.
Green board to the rescue?
When it comes to consumer perception and brand aspiration, fibre-based packaging is in the strongest position it has been for years. But can it deliver on innovation to push home this advantage?