Food and drink manufacturing news: Food Manufacture

Headlines

Pictured: Kepak Merthyr General Manager Chris Jones

Kepak £5.5m investment to create more than 100 jobs

Meat processor Kepak has announced plans to invest £5.5m into its Merthyr site in Wales in reponse to a recent rise in demand for its products, creating more than 100 new jobs.

The company has appointed administrators

Farming and haulage firm goes into administration in wake of pandemic

Farming and haulage firm, T.Wilson & Sons (Farmers), has gone into administration following a year-long battle to survive the financial effects of the pandemic.

Paid for by Handtmann Ltd

All in the mix: the challenge of meat-free manufacture

While all the signs point to the meat-free trend continuing to gain traction, the challenges of manufacturing well-textured, tasty end-products remain. But one solution could lie in how ingredients are blended together, as Handtmann explains.

Food Standards Agency along with Food Standards Scotland have launched the new review.

Major review of UK food system launched by FSA and FSS

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have launched a major review of the UK food system.

Thistle Seafoods is based at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire in Scotland

Dawnfresh Seafoods bought out of administration, saving 40 jobs

Dawnfresh Seafoods Limited has been bought out of administration by Thistle Seafoods Limited, saving 40 jobs at its Uddingston fish processing facility in Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Paid for by Aptean

Why recipe-managed businesses need robust automated processes

An automated system that provides transparency throughout the supply chain and production process has huge cost and safety advantages for a recipe-managed food manufacturing business. So why are so many still resorting to manual paperwork and spreadsheets?...

Greencore and the Bakers union are continuing discussions

Greencore and union in talks over pay and conditions deal at Northampton factory

Greencore, the prepared foods and ready meals manufacturer, and the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union are continuing negotiations after employees at its Moulton Park site in Northampton rejected the company’s proposed offer on pay rates and contracts....