23-Jan-2012 - Monument Foods expects to open a new Sunderland bakery “within the next few weeks”, its director Tracy Lyons told FoodManufacture.co.uk.
23-Jan-2012 - Adams Foods has confirmed the closure of its Wincanton cheese packing plant in Somerset, putting 180 jobs at risk.
16-Jan-2012 - Putting more frozen food on UK dinner plates could help slash household food waste, according to the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF).
16-Jan-2012 - Canadian firm Maple Leaf has confirmed that it plans to close its West Midlands bakery, after failing to find a buyer for the site, with the loss of 236 jobs.
13-Jan-2012 - Leading pork producer Tulip is to close its Tranfoods Abbey Street site in Birkenhead with the loss of 218 jobs.
11-Jan-2012 - Bakery firm Warburtons' move to axe 73 jobs at its Oldham site was a “difficult decision that had to be made”, according to the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU).
10-Jan-2012 - Global flavour, colour and fragrance firm Sensient is to invest £13M ($20M) in improved UK production facilities.
10-Jan-2012 - Expansion at German dairy giant Müller's Market Drayton factory could result in new 300 jobs, following news that the firm has won full planning permission from Shropshire Council.
06-Jan-2012 - Rocketing utility and stock holding costs have forced Heinz to take the radical step of temporarily halting production at its Kitt Green site in Wigan for four days this Easter.
04-Jan-2012 - “Bitterly disappointing", is how Labour MP for Easington, Grahame Morris summed up his reaction to the news that Young’s Seafood is to axe 550 jobs at Cumbrian Seafoods.
03-Jan-2012 - Scottish food group Baxters’ acquisition of the Fray Bentos brand from Princes has received approval from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
01-Jan-2012 - Eclipse Magnetics, a maker of food processing contaminant separation and detection systems, has extended its product line with the launch of the Artemis range of metal detectors.
01-Jan-2012 - Membrane filtration for the treatment of effluent can bring significant cost savings, according to Axium Process.
01-Jan-2012 - A custom-made, carbon infra-red oven from Heraeus Noblelight has boosted the efficiency of Premier Foods' Loyd Grossman cooking sauce production line by 10%..
01-Jan-2012 - Compressed air products and pneumatic process systems specialist, Thorite has refined the selection of sterilisation filter systems that it supplies to the food and drink process and packaging industries.
01-Jan-2012 - ABB can now offer a complete range of high-efficiency motors for explosive atmospheres since the launch of its IE2 motors in frame sizes 80 to 132.
01-Jan-2012 - To improve bacon slicing capacity, Weber has launched twin log slicing of bacon primals on its 904 machine, which is supplied by Interfood Technology.
01-Jan-2012 - Marel's new advanced variable angle slicer – Marel I-Slice 1068VA – automatically slices flat muscle – such as flank, skirt and other cuts – which have traditionally been sliced by hand.
01-Jan-2012 - Food factories can be dangerous places. John Dunn looks at ways to make them safer
01-Jan-2012 - Refurbishment projects that take place while food production continues could avoid delays and escalating costs through better communication, according to Todd Hallam, health and safety manager for Chalcroft Construction.
01-Jan-2012 - Momentum is growing for greater capital investment by small and medium-sized food and drink manufacturers (SMEs) to improve their productivity. This is despite the harsh economic environment facing the sector and problems reported by some SMEs in obtaining finance from the banks.
23-Dec-2011 - From all the team at FoodManufacture.co.uk and our sister title Food Manufacture, Happy Christmas and a profitable 2012 to all our readers.
21-Dec-2011 - UK food and drink manufacturers have shown their resilience by launching more than 8,500 new products this year, despite the toughest economic trading conditions in decades, the latest Business Confidence Survey from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has revealed.
20-Dec-2011 - EU smoked flavourings regulations are driving swift growth at Sussex-based smoked food firm Besmoke.
19-Dec-2011 - High Pressure Processing (HPP), the technique for cold pasteurisation using pressure to sterilise, is becoming more popular with both food and drink manufacturers and consumers, according to industry experts.