A social media campaign that could “provide a pipeline of talent into the industry” was announced by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) earlier this week.
An investment of just under £1M has increased the production capacity of Fudges Bakery by 50% and will generate up to 10 new jobs at the facility, according to the firm.
Mounting pressure on dwindling water resources means that food manufacturers must cut consumption sooner rather than later, according to the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).
European food industry body FoodDrinkEurope has joined farmers and environmentalists in a chorus of disapproval following the publication of the Commission’s plans to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
CSM UK has formulated Arkady RKD Clean - a bread improver for breads and rolls with additive-free descriptions. The product is designed to condition and improve the dough rheology to achieve a more process-tolerant dough. It does not contain stabilisers...
Sustain's Real Bread Mark has been criticised by the plant baking industry for potentially demonising necessary additives and failing to recognise work already achieved to deliver clean-label bread.
I will have been working here four years this autumn. I started as general manager of The Pastry Case, our pastry business, and moved to this role 18 months ago. Prior to that, I worked for Northern Foods for about 13 years, which is where I started:...
News that Denmark is to become the first country in the world to introduce a tax on foods with saturated fat, in a bid to foster healthy eating, has sharply divided British opinion.
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is planning a bumper Christmas with novel food and drink products and ‘natural’ packaging design ideas sourced from around the world.
The freak September heatwave is providing a welcome boost for the food industry but placing impossible demands on some parts of the supply chain, it has been claimed.
Finsbury Foods' results for 12 months to July 2 show ‘a year of substantial progress on the balance sheet’, according to financial analysts Panmure Gordon.
Britain’s free-from food sector is witnessing meteoric growth as more consumers report intolerance to certain foods, according to a new report about to be published by market research company Mintel. Retail sales are set to soar from £303M a year to £519M...
Employees of Park Cakes in Bolton and Oldham are considering industrial action after the introduction of new employment contracts which one union official described as tantamount to ‘slave labour.’
Marks & Spencer (M&S) insists it is not marginalising suppliers of mainstream food products, despite a high-profile shift into premium speciality goods.
The launch of two new gluten-free products by Dr Schär UK is further evidence of the category’s move from niche to mainstream lifestyle choice, according to the free-from manufacturer.
Food Manufacture magazine, the sister publication of FoodManufacture.co.uk, has been redesigned to meet the needs of 21st century food and drink industry professionals.
It's a curate's harvest - good is some parts but poor in others, according to Stuart Borthwick, operations director, Roberts Bakery, based in Northwich, Cheshire.
Manufacturers are no longer looking to make healthier cookies and biscuits, preferring instead to focus product development on indulgence and portion control, according to a market expert.
Reconciling retailers' expectations of a constant flow of exciting new products with the constraints of production lines has been a dilemma for plant bakers for many years.
Allied Bakeries' (AB's) group operations director Nick Law has admitted that meeting the 2012 salt reduction guidelines is a "huge challenge" for the firm.
Several UK research organisations have answered a call made only three days ago for scientific support to help food manufacturers meet their commitments on salt reduction under the Public Health Responsibility Deal.
Staff at Burton’s Foods in Blackpool will vote on a revised pay deal for the second time after initially rejecting the company's offer, FoodManufacture.co.uk understands.
A leading M&A lawyer has described Kraft’s plan to divide its global operations as a “hugely significant” move that could lead other multinational food businesses to demerge operations.
Premier Foods group sales director Ian York will leave the company at the end of the year to pursue "other business interests", a spokesman has confirmed to FoodManufacture.co.uk.
