All news articles for November 2017

Dalehead wins an Oscar: the firm’s Mike Bett (centre) and colleague received the trophy from Food Manufacture’s Noli Dinkovski (right) and awards host Matt Dawson (left)

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Dalehead Foods carves up meaty food manufacturing Oscar

By Mike Stones

Dalehead Foods has won the coveted Meat, Poultry and Seafood Manufacturing Company of the Year trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards – at The Hilton on Park Lane in London last week (Wednesday, November 1).

Nim’s Fruit Crisps is the brainchild of Nimisha Raja, who sold her home to finance her Kent factory

Nim’s set to double sales after Ocado deal

By Noli Dinkovski

A fast-growing healthy snack manufacturer is set to double its turnover by the end of the year after securing a deal to supply online retailer Ocado.

Sainsbury’s underlying profit before tax of £251M was down 9%

Sainsbury’s profits fall 9% in first half

By Rick Pendrous

Sainsbury has reported that a focus on food quality, price and innovation helped its supermarket business grow food transactions ahead of the market in its latest interim results for the 28 weeks to September 23 2017.

Bakkavor founders, Lydur (left) and Agust (right) Gudmundsson

Bakkavor’s flotation on London stock market is back on

By Rick Pendrous

Bakkavor’s plans to float on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) are back on exactly a week after the own-label chilled foods business announced it had decided against a flotation due to adverse market conditions.

2 Sisters owner Boparan Holdings has reported a drop in profits in its full-year results

2 Sisters owner’s profits drop in full-year results

By Gwen Ridler

Boparan Holdings, the parent company of 2 Sisters Food Group, has reported a £26M drop in operating profit in its full-year results, as it struggles with a “tough trading environment” and rising input costs.

Kodi Gledhill, from Coca-Cola European Partners, recieved the Young Talent award from FoodManJob’s Alix Hunter and awards host Matt Dawson

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Coca-Cola youngster adds fizz with manufacturing Oscar win

By Mike Stones

Kodi Gledhill, a youngster from Coca-Cola European Partners, has won the prestigious Young Talent of the Year Award in the food and drink manufacturing industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards – at The Hilton on Park Lane in London last...

2 Sisters hit by profits drop, despite sales rise

2 Sisters hit by profits drop, despite sales rise

By Helen Gilbert

The parent company of 2 Sisters Food Group saw sales rise for the final quarter of 2016/17, but a fall in profits, and cautioned that the West Bromwich chicken factory closure would hits its first-quarter results in 2018.

Biscotti triumph: Great British Biscotti Company ceo Paul Rostand (centre) collected the award from Mike Gallagher, sales director of manufacturing ERP solutions with category sponsor Sanderson. They were joined on stage by awards host Matt Dawson

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British biscotti firm shows Italians how cookie crumbles with Oscar win

By Mike Stones

The Great British Biscotti Company is showing its Italian competitors how the cookie crumbles after winning the coveted SME Innovation of the Year trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards – at The Hilton on Park Lane in...

Two-thirds of EU businesses expect to move their supply chain out of the UK due to Brexit

Two-thirds of food businesses to move supply chain out of UK

By Gwen Ridler

Up to two-thirds of EU businesses, including food and drink manufacturers, expect to move their supply chain out of the UK due to Brexit, according to a survey from the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS).

KHS’s FormFill system fills liquids directly into heated PET preforms

Pressurised drinks used to form bottles containing them

By Rick Pendrous

Single-operation beverage forming and filling into polyethylene terephthalate (PET) at commercial speeds has come a step closer with the unveiling by KHS of a system for filling liquids directly into heated preforms, using the pressurised liquid itself...

More foods needed to promote healthy gut microbiomes

Gut microbe health foods needed, says scientist

By Rick Pendrous

A leading gut health scientist and author has called for the development of more foods that stimulate beneficial microbes within people’s stomachs, following new research suggesting cancer sufferers with a healthy gut microbiome respond better to treatment.

Double Oscar honours: Jeremy Faulkner, md SK Chilled Foods (centre right) and NPD manager Emma Bell, receive the first of two trophies from category sponsor Kevin Haynes (right) and awards host Matt Dawson

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SK Chilled Foods triumphs in manufacturing Oscars

By Mike Stones

Ethnic snacks manufacturer SK Chilled Foods has snapped up the coveted Food Manufacture Company of the Year trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards – at The Hilton on Park Lane in London on Wednesday, November 1.

Food manufacturing Oscars: meet the 2017 winners

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Food Manufacture Excellence Awards 2017: meet the winners

By Mike Stones

The Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs) 2017 culminated on Wednesday (November 1) with the award of the overall Food Manufacture Company of the Year award to ethnic snacks manufacturer SK Chilled Foods, after the firm first won the Chilled Food...

Top trainer: Mike Lambert, Bakkavor head of operations, collected the award from Matt Betty (right), business development manager with category sponsor Appetite Learning. They were joined on stage by awards host Matt Dawson

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Bakkavor on top form after winning training Oscar

By Mike Stones

Fresh prepared foods manufacturer Bakkavor Hitchen Foods came top of the form, after winning the prized Training Programme of the Year trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards – at The Hilton on Park Lane in London on Wednesday...

Pladis has appointed Nick Bunker as its UK and Ireland md. McVitie's Hobnobs image by Flickr user Stuart Webster (CC BY 2.0)

Pladis hires new UK and Ireland md

By Gwen Ridler

McVitie’s brand owner Pladis has appointed former KP Snacks ceo Nick Bunker as the new md of its UK & Ireland business, effective from November 6.

Bakkavor founders, Lydur (left) and Agust (right) Gudmundsson

Bakkavor ditches plans for stock market flotation

By Rick Pendrous

Bakkavor, the own-label chilled foods group, has ditched its plans for a £1bn-plus stock market flotation, in an announcement released today (November 3) because of “current volatility” in the market.

Frozen meat firms face soaring refrigerant costs

Frozen meat firms face soaring refrigerant costs

By Rod Addy

Rocketing refrigerant costs are in store for companies running freezers and chillers, including distributors of temperature-controlled meat products, according to Star Refrigeration, which counts top meat suppliers among its clients.

Good luck to all the finalists in the food and drink manufacturing Oscars

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Food Manufacture Excellence Awards: tonight is Oscar night!

By Mike Stones

Tonight is Oscar night at the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs) at the Hilton on Park Lane in London, as hundreds of leading industry figures gather to celebrate the best of the best in Britain’s biggest manufacturing sector.

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