The closure of Premier Foods’ Barry mill in the Vale of Glamorgan – with the loss of 43 jobs last week – and plans to reorganise its milling business into two parts could herald its sale, according to City analyst Investec.
More job gains than losses were announced in the food and drink manufacturing sector in the past six months, FoodManufacture.co.uk can exclusively reveal.
The furore surrounding the horsemeat scandal seems to have settled for the time being. But let’s not forget an estimated 10M beef burgers, among other products, were removed from supermarket shelves across the country. Perhaps this calm offers an opportunity...
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) food safety director Steve Wearne has fleshed out the FSA’s proposed action plan to deal with supply chain crises such as the horsemeat scandal.
Grocery promotions are failing across Europe, with retailers and manufacturers increasingly having to revisit strategy to maintain margins, according to a report from market analyst IRI.
Morrisons’ boss Dalton Philips has claimed his current strategy will catapult Britain’s fourth-largest retailer into a position to directly challenge larger rivals Tesco, Sainsbury and Asda by 2015.
Rebuilding European consumers’ confidence in the supply chain is a key challenge facing the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), according to its tenth anniversary report, which also set out its achievements over the past decade.
Cadbury is offering Irish men an exclusive, face-to-face meeting with Hollywood heartthrob Megan Fox as part of a ‘No Nuts No Glory’ promotional campaign for its Starbar snack bar.
Coca-Cola Enterprises’ (CCE’s) Edmonton factory welcomed David Heath, minister for agriculture and food at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), on a visit showcasing sustainable manufacturing.
Allied Bakeries’ deal to supply bread to Co-op stores has helped the grocery division of its parent company Associated British Foods (ABF) achieve 7% growth in the third quarter of its financial year.
Larchwood Foods has appointed Julian Cruttenden as its new sales and marketing director in a bid to drive sales of its Mr Hugh’s range of cold pressed rapeseed oil.
A company making handmade fudge is predicting a 40% to 60% rise in turnover over each of the next two years as high-end retailers increasingly seek to stock its products.
Premier Foods plans to cut 43 jobs with the closure of its mill in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, by the end of October, in a bid to align capacity with market demands.
Confusion over job cuts at Tulip is rife among industry insiders and analysts at a time when things were beginning to look up for UK and export markets for pork.
More than 80% of shoppers want food labels that tell them how meat and dairy products were produced, according to new research commissioned by an alliance of pressure groups.
Perceptions of the food industry are changing and manufacturing is becoming a more popular career for young people, according to Mars UK president, Fiona Dawson.
Soft drinks firm Britvic has signalled its willingness to renegotiate the terms of its merger with business rival AG Barr or abandon the deal, after the Competition Commission issued a final approval yesterday (July 9).
How engaged are the people who report to you – or your peers? American business magazine Forbes has helped to take the guesswork out of answering that question by publishing 10 top tips to spot complacent workers.
A Hull bakery and a west country brewer have been ordered to pay a total of more than £43,000 after two separate accidents in which their workers suffered finger injuries.
The practicalities of safe food and drink production will be the focus of Food Manufacture’s Food Safety conference, according to its chairman Professor Colin Dennis.
Tetra Pak may be downplaying UK dairy processors’ potential for growth in the flavoured milk market, Andy Smith, UK and Ireland marketing manager at the firm, has claimed.
Food continues to outshine clothing at posh retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S), according to the firm’s first quarter results, covering the 13 weeks to June 29 2013.
Developing a better understanding of the food industry, including its complex supply chains, is a key recommendation of a new report commissioned by the Scottish government to learn the lessons of the horsemeat crisis.
The UK is in dire need of a national strategy to tackle malnutrition, which is at least as big a problem to public health and the public purse as obesity.
Food safety remains a core issue for manufacturers, as highlighted by the annual report of the EU’s rapid alert system, which reported 8,797 notifications last year.
The next generation of omega-9 rapeseed and sunflower oils can help manufacturers slash levels of saturated fats by up to 70%, according to figures from Dow Seeds.
The Courtauld Commitment 3 – which aims to further reduce the weight and carbon impact of household grocery and packaging waste – lacks ambition and the threat of a “government stick” to drive through the required changes, the food industry has been warned.
Nearly 60% of consumers lacked confidence in the UK food industry to respond to food scares effectively, warns the latest research from research group Mintel.
Samworth Brothers plans to invest £10.1M in its Brooksby Foods unit in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, in the next three years, having bought a 2,973m2 plant adjacent to an existing factory there.
The Labour Party’s food policy review document published yesterday (July 3) pledges to give genetically modified (GM) food technology a chance to flourish and to learn the lessons of the horsemeat crisis.
Many of the luxury ice cream products on supermarket shelves are overpriced despite their soaring retail popularity, claims the boss of a family-owned ice cream firm that serves the foodservice sector.
Almost 6Mt of food waste will still be sent to landfill by 2025 if the practice isn’t banned – a decision dubbed a “political no-brainer” by a policy expert.
Former Vion operation Snowbird Foods has undergone a management buyout and joint mds Philip Paul and Albert McGovern have big plans to invest in the future growth of the business.
Nestlé UK has dismissed four workers from its Fawdon factory, which makes confectionery brands such as Rolo and Yorkie, for what it described as “gross misconduct safety-related offences”.
Key speakers from the Food Standards Agency, Unilever and Which? will be joining our expert line-up at Food Manufacture’s Food Safety Conference at the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull on Thursday October 17, 2013.
So far food manufacturing news in 2013 has been dominated by stories about horses, jobs, analysts, Premier Foods, 2 Sisters and the star of the BBC show The Apprentice securing business with Tesco and Waitrose.
Morrisons’ suppliers will probably have to cover some of the huge costs of changing packaging labels on up to 10,000 food and drink items over the next 18 months, it has emerged.
The global popularity of spicy foods, combined with the trend towards ethnic foods in the US, makes Tabasco pepper sauce poised for growth, claims its manufacturer the McIlhenny Company.
