Food promotion has been described by the Department of Health (DH) as the final priority area for the Public Health Responsibility Deal Food Network. Bluntly, it is all about how manufacturers and retailers can be persuaded not to promote their products...
Oils and fats company AAK will have pumped around £30M into its production facilities by the end of the decade as part of a continuing investment programme to improve its production capabilities.
Britain’s £3.2bn obesity crisis is set to become much worse, according to a report in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), which predicts that one-in-three adults now have pre-diabetes.
Mondelēz is challenging palm oil suppliers to step up their game so it can move towards using physical supplies of purely sustainable palm oil for all its products.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) will launch its first Stevia-sweetened Coca-Cola drink in a bid to grow the sparkling soft drinks market, attract new customers and tackle obesity, the company has revealed.
Diageo’s 200 job cuts reflect bigger industry issues and the maker of Guinness and Johnnie Walker whisky is not alone in feeling the pinch, according to Shore Capital analyst Phil Carroll.
UK food firms must seize the huge business opportunity afforded by the underdeveloped morning snacking market, as chains such as McDonald’s, KFC, Costa and Starbucks lead the way, according to Conlumino.
Food and drink manufacturers are invited to apply for a listing on a new hospitality website that aims to link chefs and caterers with suppliers in a nationwide network to share news, views and useful information.
Food science offers solutions to many of the biggest challenges facing the world today, claimed the director of innovation and skills at the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) speaking at last month’s Institute of Food Science...
Food and drink distributor NFT aims to develop a temperature-controlled dockside handling facility in the south east of England within the next 18 months.
The Brazil 2014 football World Cup is set to kick off a £271M boost to Britain’s food and drink industry, according to research from e-marketing firm Webloyalty.
Morrisons has hit back at claims from its former chairman Sir Ken Morrison that boss Dalton Philips’ strategy for the recovery of the business was “bullshit”.
Biscuit heavyweight United Biscuits (UB) has reaffirmed plans to grow its UK savoury biscuit retail sales value by 20%, challenging competitor Burton’s Biscuits Company’s announcement it would storm the category.
The British Nutrition Foundation has launched a series of postcards celebrating wartime food heroes to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day, today (June 6).
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) will attempt to change the recycling habits of over 300,000 people at UK music festivals this summer, according to the firm’s director for recycling.
Europe’s strict novel foods approval system is preventing businesses from bringing new novel ingredients into their home markets and driving them to countries such as the US instead, industry leaders have warned.
Environment secretary Owen Paterson has urged more UK food firms to harness EU protected name schemes to promote and protect global exports, pledging government support in that process.
Food businesses and consumers don’t understand the impact emerging economies could face if pressure to source 100% sustainable palm oil builds too quickly, Marks & Spencer’s (M&S) sustainable development manager Fiona Wheatley claims.
Sir Ken Morrison, the outspoken former chairman of Morrisons, has launched a stinging attack on the retailer’s boss Dalton Philips, describing his strategy for the recovery of the troubled business as “bullshit”.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has launched ParkLives, a £20M initiative to press people to take part in physical activities – such as hula hooping and tai chi – in parks throughout the UK to tackle obesity.
Social media should not be used by food and drink manufacturers and retailers to make false marketing claims as a means of driving sales, according to the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), which has launched a campaign to encourage companies to...
Dorset Cereals is likely to benefit from strong support and investment from Associated British Foods (ABF) following the latter’s agreement to acquire the company, according to one analyst.
Morrisons’ chairman Sir Ian Gibson is to step down, the supermarket chain has announced, a month after Roger Owen, a former director of the business, had called for his resignation.
The cost of official food hygiene inspections remains a contentious issue for many primary meat processors that would like to see the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) monopoly on inspecting abattoirs broken.
The government is unlikely to return authenticity and labelling policy to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) as recommended by Professor Chris Elliott’s interim report into last year’s horsemeat scandal.
A new pizza box concept has been introduced by plastic packaging specialist Faerch Plast, in which the base is produced from crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (CPET) for use in ovens - up to a maximum 220°C - or in microwaves, while the lid is made...
The latest addition to the range of one of Britain’s oldest pasta sauces, Ragú, has become the first UK product to go on-shelf in a new type of oxygen barrier pack.
Chadwicks has developed a lidding system for a range of Yeo Valley dairy products that applies a unique code. The code, which is only revealed when the polyester lid is peeled back, is the first of its type to be used in the UK dairy market. Chadwicks...
In a boost for beverage brand owners wanting to increase the recyclability of their plastics and recyclers wanting to maximise their yields, new pressure-sensitive label materials which disengage at the washing stage could have a surprisingly significant...
Prima Cheese, based in Seaham, County Durham, is installing a third Ishida multihead weigher to handle its range of cheese products supplied to wholesale food and catering businesses worldwide.
A stainless steel, medium capacity, automatic bread roll machine, which is claimed to set new hygiene and cleaning standards, has been launched in the UK by European Process Plant.
Confectioner Mondelēz International has reduced product wastage within its Cha-Cha brand process line at its Herentals-based factory in Belgium by 20% through the installation of a self-cleaning Russell Eco Filter.
London-based baklava manufacturer Persis has taken delivery of a Loma Systems IQ3 metal detector conveyor for checking products at its Wembley factory.
