The Co-op Group admitted it had “fallen short” of the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP), following news Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) Christine Tacon had launched a probe into the society’s dealings with suppliers.
Welsh pie and pasty maker Village Bakery has won planning permission to open a new site at an industrial estate in Wrexham, with plans to create new jobs for the area.
Nestlé claimed it has cut 2.6 billion (bn) teaspoons of sugar and more than 60bn calories from its products since 2015, as it takes steps to meet its pledge to cut sugar across its confectionery portfolio by 10%.
Food companies and manufacturers are increasingly focusing on animal welfare, driven by customer pressure, the sixth Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) report has revealed.
Meat processor Scotbeef’s plans to build a new abattoir and processing facility have received a boost, thanks to grant money awarded by the Scottish Food Processing, Marketing and Co-operation (FPMC) fund.
An abattoir boss and three slaughtermen have been sentenced for causing unnecessary suffering to animals after they were secretly filmed mistreating sheep.
Euromonitor International, the market research company, has predicted the top eight “megatrends” it believes will shape the packaged food sector during 2018.
Indian cuisine supplier East End Foods has been fined £180,000 for food safety offences, after an infestation of rats was discovered at one of its warehouses in Birmingham.
Food manufacturers are being urged to start reformulating “everyday” products without delay after Public Health England (PHE) set a 20% calorie reduction target in food consumed across 13 product categories by 2024.
Price inflation primarily fuelled seafood sales value growth over Christmas 2017, up 4.4% to £171m compared to the 2016 festive period, according to UK seafood industry body Seafish.
Food industry groups have pushed the Prime Minister for more details on the government’s Brexit plans, after her speech on the UK’s future economic relationship with the EU on Friday (2 March).
Premium breaded fish products from Young’s Seafood and a vegan variant of Diageo’s Baileys Irish Cream are two of the latest product launches by food and drink manufacturers in the past week.
Unilever is to remove all traces of plastic from its PG Tips tea bags, as its moves to make all of its tea bags fully biodegradable by the end of this year.
Cranswick chief operating officer Chris Aldersley has been appointed the 2018 Festival Chairman of the Butchers’ and Drovers’ Charitable Institution (BDCI).
A meeting between representatives of the Scottish meat industry and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has been hailed as “constructive” by parties from both sides.
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is stepping up its innovation through four key brands, with the promise of more to come later in the year as it aims to demonstrate its healthy credentials.
Edible seaweed startup Seamore has started a crowdfunding campaign to raise between €250,000 (£219,106) and €500,000 (£442,638), in a bid to launch a worldwide rollout of its products.
A Food Standards Agency (FSA) investigation of 2 Sisters Food Group (2SFG) plants following the scandal which plagued the company at the end of last year found “several process weaknesses” and “regulatory failures”.
