Two mobile billboards were circling Walkers Crisps’ Leicester factory and Reading headquarters on Monday (6 August), as part of a campaign urging the manufacturer to ditch plastic packaging.
The work done by women in the red meat sector and the help that is available to develop their skills and careers have been highlighted by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Production Wales (HCC) – in partnership with charity Chwarae Teg.
A new contender in breakfast beverages has emerged in the form of Lizi’s Breakfast Drink, a product made by Pioneer Foods (UK) that takes premium granola brand Lizi’s into a new category.
Soft drinks manufacturer Britvic has denied claims that it was using untrained labour to cover staff shortages caused by three days of strikes at its Norwich factory.
Young’s Seafood has appointed Billy Storer, who previously led 2 Sisters Food Group’s ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook production at its Derby site, as head of operations at its Humberstone Road facilities in Grimsby.
Workers at a Budweiser brewery in Lancashire have voted in favour of strike action after a union claimed a colleague was sacked for raising health and safety concerns.
A Scottish dairy processor is appealing a decision by Scottish ministers last month to refuse planning permission for a £20m dairy facility and housing development in Stirlingshire, which would have created up to 800 jobs.
PepsiCo’s start-up business competition, Tulip signing up to a scheme to tackle modern day slavery and a new acrylamide testing lab all feature in this round-up of recent food and drink industry news.
Sales growth at Meadow Foods has led to finance group Exponent investing in the dairy processor in a deal that entails buying key investor Paine Schwartz’s full shareholding.
Scottish baker Aulds has safeguarded 200 jobs at its two manufacturing sites after placing its retail business into liquidation as part of a group turnaround plan.
Export growth has helped Marlow Foods, which trades as Quorn and Cauldron Foods, pass £200m in sales last year, with markets in the US, Nordics, Australia and Germany boosting numbers.
British crops will be left to rot in fields as the “plummeting pound” turns seasonal migrant workers away from the UK, according to food distribution experts.
The Government needs to launch a clear and informed debate into the various policy options about access to non-UK workers, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has urged.
The just-in-time supply chain is at risk of becoming “just-too-late” post-Brexit, grinding manufacturing to a halt and driving up prices, according to an expert in food law.
Concern about sugar content in food is increasing among consumers, according to the results of the latest biannual Food Standards Agency (FSA) Public Standards Tracker survey, which have just been published.
Food traceability is expected to be boosted by a new £1.4m data-sharing network that will look at how the Internet of Things (IoT) can benefit manufacturers.
AG Barr has posted growth ahead of the soft drinks industry in its half-year results, as warm weather helped the beverages manufacturer recover from the ‘Beast from the East’ cold snap.
Global food flavourings manufacturer Frutarom has been ordered to pay more than £160,000 for two separate health and safety failings at its factory in Hartlepool.
Warburtons faces 33 compulsory redundancies at its Stockton-on-Tees bakery in County Durham as a result of falling demand for bread from the site, which employs 129 full-time staff.
Sausage production at Heck’s Bedale factory has hit the small screen, as MasterChef star Gregg Wallace visited the site in yesterday’s (31 July) episode of the BBC’s Inside the Factory television series.
