Vegan food company The Fry Family Food Co’s new range of chilled meat-alternatives are set to appear in 500 Sainsbury’s stores, as vegan-friendly launches continue to hit supermarket shelves.
The coroner in the inquest involving the death of a 15-year-old girl is to write to Environment Secretary Michael Gove regarding gaps in food labelling regulations.
Shellfish processor Saggiomo Luxury Foods has secured £90,000 from HSBC UK, which it has invested in consolidating its operations in Croydon, having moved from Mitcham in south-west London.
Edible seaweed processor Seaweed & Co has reported export success for its products worldwide, as it works with the Department of International Trade (DIT) to help meet global demand.
Trade union Unite is set to launch a legal battle with Sainsbury’s over a long-running ‘sign or be sacked’ contract row affecting 123,000 members of staff.
Small food and drink companies were the top-ranked group for their corporate social responsibility (CSR) record in the second annual edition of EcoVadis’ Global CSR Risk and Performance Index. The report shows one of the ways in which firms’ performances...
Dairy processor Müller UK & Ireland has posted an operating loss of £132m for the 12 months ending 31 December 2017, as the company continued to target cost-cutting measures.
The Government has appointed David Rutley as new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with a focus on the UK’s Food and Drink Industrial Strategy.
As part of their proposal to establish a stronger collaborative alliance, providing food industry customers with full “end to end” processing and packaging lines, equipment firm Ishida and snack food system provider Heat and Control held an open house...
Offering the total coffee experience takes dedication. Elaine Swift, managing director of UCC Coffee UK and Ireland, sets out strong ambitions for the business.
An Essex-based desserts maker has been fined £50,000 after the managing director’s mother seriously injured her pelvis falling through fragile ceiling tiles.
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a common risk throughout our industry. But these can be difficult to avoid, or engineer out, as physically demanding work can put pressure on the body, with people at risk of developing problems later in life.
On the back of at £4m investment at the firm’s Wigston site, Délifrance UK’s new boss Andrew Cole (pictured centre) discusses product choice and staff engagement
A salary of up to £90,000 is on offer for a technical and product development director based in Berkshire, while up to £100,000 is up for grabs for a general manager post in the North West. These are just some of the fantastic opportunities currently...
Extreme weather conditions and government legislature have done little to dent drinks manufacturer AG Barr’s sales and profits, as it posted growth in its interim financial results.
Food industry trade groups have criticised the Government’s newest batch of Brexit technical notices, describing the prospect of a no-deal exit from the EU as “catastrophic” for the industry.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the dairy industry could be combated by changing the way bovine mastitis was treated, according to research by the International Dairy Federation (IDF).
As competition for skilled workers in food and drink heats up, London Metropolitan University ensures its students gain real-world experience to kick-start their careers.
Readers can now elect the winner of Food Manufacture’s Business Leaders 2018 Award, with managers at Premier Foods, Nestlé, Mondelez International, Adelie Foods Group, Birds Eye UK & Ireland and Cranswick all finalists.
As part of its Recycling Week celebrations, UK meat processor Cranswick is to use the plastic collected to create new recyclable packaging for its produce.
2 Sisters Food Group has disposed of two major businesses in the past eight months and, under new leadership, more might be on the way. But, as it seeks to streamline its business, what’s core to the company, and what’s potentially expendable?
There is nothing to stop smaller brands following the example of Coca-Cola and Merlin Entertainments and creating reverse vending partnerships of their own for plastic bottles and/or cans, says the company that supplied the equipment.
Ingredients supplier Sleaford Quality Foods is set to benefit from a new 14,000m2 spice processing facility opened by its parent company Jain Farm Fresh.
Nine out of ten bacterial contamination cases in food processing are caused by poor hygienic equipment design – and gearboxes and motors are a primary cause.
Firefighters battled a blaze at 2 Sisters Food Group-owned seafood processor Five Star Fish last night (20 September), after a fire broke out in an outbuilding.
The lack of collaboration between the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and UK food assurance schemes represents a ‘failure of the system’, an FSA board member has claimed.
A consultation on the potential amendments to food and animal feed law after the UK leaves the EU has been launched by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
NewCold Logistics has opened the UK’s biggest food deep freeze, which cost £100m to build and has created 200 jobs, with 70 more recruits and more investment anticipated over the next two years.
Young’s Seafood has launched a new range of frozen meals that can be cooked in minutes, as it jumps on a growing trend of consumers looking for healthier meals high in protein.
