Zero-hours contracts in the food industry are on the rise and unions believe firms are using them to press workers into accepting longer hours and lower pay and avoid employment costs.
International Cheese Awards chairman Richard Paul has appealed for sense to prevail over milk pricing in the coming months, so the entire supply chain benefits from price rises.
Dairy Crest chief executive Mark Allen has netted £328,751, after selling shares in the firm to fund the purchase of a new family home following his recent divorce.
Companies across Britain’s food industry have raised the scrutiny of their suppliers, as concerns about supply chain assurance and traceability have increased over recent years, it has emerged.
The diversified logistics firm Stobart has announced “solid progress” in the first half of its financial year and the appointment of a new chairman in a pre-close trading statement, ahead of its interim results.
Britain’s biggest supermarket Tesco has received planning permission this week for an internet food shopping distribution centre in Oxfordshire that will create up to 750 jobs.
