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Urban Legend to open a new custom-built factory after signing Tesco deal

Non-HFSS brand, Urban Legend, is set to open a new custom-built factory after signing a deal with supermarket chain Tesco to stock its doughnuts across the capital.

Barry Callebaut has raised salaries by 10% for 200 workers at its Banbury chocolate factory

Barry Callebaut hikes pay for 200 chocolate factory workers

Chocolate supplier Barry Callebaut has implemented a 10% pay increase for 200 workers at its Banbury factory in Oxfordshire in agreement with trade union Unite.

Food codes won't always need a separate, physical label in the future

Printing, labelling and coding: labelling without the labels

Consumers need to know what’s in their food and customers need to know what product they’re moving around their warehouse, but as technology advances what's the role of traditional labels in the food chain?

1,900 workers to strike at Port of Felixstowe

A total of 1,900 workers at the port of Felixstowe, all members of union Unite, will begin eight days of strikes on 21 August ending on 29 August.

Gadsby: 'Pressure to reduce carbon is mounting'

Food companies look to fuel cells as energy crisis hits

Almost nine out of ten food and drink businesses believe fuel cells will play an important part of their future energy strategy, according to research by energy generation and storage specialist Ylem Energy.

Call for free school meal access as cost-of-living crisis deepens

The Government must extend access to free school meals, according to the Food Foundation, as a report commissioned by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown outlines the deepening impact of the cost-of-living crisis.