08-Feb-2012 - Operational and supply chain efficiency improvements are more important now than they have ever been, as pressure to cut costs increases, it has emerged.
02-Feb-2012 - Novel concepts for forklift trucks (FLT) are emerging to the point where little seems impossible and new designs and products are appearing from virtually every forklift supplier.
13-Jan-2012 - Drink distributor Tradeteam's decision to cut 128 jobs at its Hams Hall, Warwickshire plant has left employees “disgusted”, according to Unite the union.
11-Jan-2012 - Six key challenges face the food and drink industry in 2012 and beyond, says research organisation Campden BRI.
09-Jan-2012 - The balance of power in global food production is shifting away from national governments to multi-national firms and from western economies to emerging nations, warns a new report from SAC’s Rural Policy Centre. In the first of a two-part series, we focus on the growing power of trans-national corporations (TNCs).
06-Jan-2012 - Food and drink manufacturers are predicting that the London 2012 Olympics will give the industry a big boost – provided effective plans are put in place.
01-Jan-2012 - Poultry, chilled, frozen and bakery products supplier 2 Sisters Food Group has installed a Microsoft Dynamics navigation-based LINKFresh supply chain business management system from Anglia Business Solutions.
01-Jan-2012 - The food and drink supply chain is gearing up to ensure consumers are kept fed and watered during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
16-Nov-2011 - Food and drink manufacturers have welcomed figures showing a significant fall in UK household waste generated over the past three years.
01-Nov-2011 - Wheat producers have been warned that, unless the world accepts genetic modification (GM), global production could suffer a similar fate to that of the US where the crop has been progressively replaced by GM maize and soya.
27-Oct-2011 - The food industry stands to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of a change in the law which will allow longer lorries on Britain’s roads.
27-Oct-2011 - A delivery driver for Garth Bakery died yesterday after becoming trapped by heavy gates at wholesale firm Blakemore’s premises in Newport, Gwent.
03-Oct-2011 - The Promotion Shuttle is a remote-controlled, battery-powered pallet handling vehicle that operates in pallet racking. Developed by storage firm BITO-Lagertechnik, it promises continuous infeeding and outfeeding of pallets into a storage lane and keeps track of stock.
03-Oct-2011 - Would you buy a bottle of whisky called anaerobic digestion? Probably not. But it was out there, for a time, compliments of the Bruichladdich distillery in the Hebredean Isle of Islay, Scotland. You can still pick up a bottle online for just under £100.
30-Sep-2011 - Rising demand has prompted food logistics specialist, ACS&T Logistics, to invest more than £1M in 14 new fleet vehicles.
30-Sep-2011 - 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.
01-Sep-2011 - Falling quality in feedstock for UK polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plants is having an impact on costs and the prices charged to converters, experts have said.
01-Sep-2011 - Midlands-based equipment agent and consultant, Habwood has clinched an exclusive deal to distribute the Sacmi Filling range to UK beverage manufacturers.
01-Sep-2011 - Bibby Distribution has acquired specialist ingredients logistics supplier Atchison Topeka in a deal that is expected to expand its activities and increase the firm's annual turnover by £26M.
01-Sep-2011 - Palletblocker Quarantine Systems has launched what it claims is the world’s first lockable pallet quarantine device. It describes its product, Palletblocker, as “a tough, highly visible barrier to fork-lift entry that will protect your supply chain” .
19-Aug-2011 - Weetabix head of procurement Anthony Bowdidge believes that e-sourcing can benefit suppliers as well as buying firms, despite the former sometimes seeing auctions as a threat.
15-Aug-2011 - The food supply chain was not compromised during recent riots and disorder across England, trade associations say.
04-Aug-2011 - The food industry is entering a crucial planning period with the 2012 London Olympics now a year away and unless it takes action now availability will suffer, according to logistics experts.
02-Aug-2011 - I was greatly saddened recently to hear of the death of Dr Eli Goldratt, with whom I had the pleasure of learning from for six years in the early 1990s. Those who know the name and have read 'The Goal' will know Eli left us an understanding of bottlenecks and constraints and a great book written in a unique style.
01-Aug-2011 - Increasing demand for cross-category continuous replenishment and flexibility and growing calls for sustainability are core challenges that manufacturers must face to add value to the supply chain, according to General Mills.