All news articles for February 2017

Food innovation winners last year were Ryan Clifford and Dominic Urban. They received a Eotrophelia UK cheque for £2,000 from M&S's Sue Bell

Food students lured by £2,000 innovation prize

By Rick Pendrous

UK food science and technology students are being urged to take part in Ecotrophelia UK, a prestigious food development competition promoting innovation, creativity and sustainability to students pursuing a future career in the food sector, with the chance...

Dawn Farms and Subway agreed on a £724M contract (Dawn Farms & Flickr/Random Retail)

Dawn Farms agrees £724M contract with Subway

By Matt Atherton

Cooked meat ingredients maker Dawn Farms has agreed a £724M (€850M) deal with the high-street sandwich franchise Subway, to supply 4,000 of its restaurants across 30 European countries.

Seabrook Crisps boss Daniel Woodwards: ‘It’s important for them to know you are sharing that burden’

Me and my factory

Crisp making boss on his mission to win over staff

By Noli Dinkovski

A West Yorkshire crisp making boss says his time spent working on the shopfloor has helped him turn around a negative culture between factory workers and management.

The UK caramel ingredients market is forecast to grow 7% by 2021

Bakery supplier in £1.5M caramel line spend

By Noli Dinkovski

A range of “true caramel” toppings and fillings to suit a variety of uses has been launched by an ingredients firm after it invested £1.5M in a new production line.

Tributes have been paid to the late Sir Ken Morrison

Tributes paid to Sir Ken Morrison who has died

By Michael Stones

Tributes have been paid to Sir Ken Morrison, who turned a small family grocery business into one of Britain’s biggest supermarkets, after his death at the age of 85.

Abbey Logistics has acquired bulk liquid food transport specialist Armet

Brexit must not delay smooth freight movements

By Rick Pendrous

Britain needs to keep trading with the rest of the EU and maintain smooth transport and logistics operations as Brexit progresses, with as few delays as possible, the head the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has warned.

McCain Foods plans to cut 74 jobs at its Scarborough site (Flickr/David Holt)

McCain Foods plans to cut 74 jobs

By Matt Atherton

McCain Foods plans to cut 74 jobs at its Scarborough site, after it proposed to close a loss-making facility.

Consumers' changing expectations about product labelling is having a big impact on manufacturers and retailers

Food allergens: the cost of inaccurate reporting

By Mark Thomson

The rapid change in consumer expectations when it comes to product labelling has had a palpable effect on retailers and is changing the way the food and drinks manufacturing industry is operating.

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