Morrisons is to spend £10m to ramp up food production and send deliveries of ambient food to help restock the nation’s food banks during the Coronavirus outbreak.
Bosses of sandwich and convenience food manufacturer Greencore Group are to take a pay cut of 30% as they furlough colleagues in its food-to-go divisions hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Liverpool-based Sykes Seafood has completed the acquisition of processor Klaas Puul from the Dutch Seafood Company, leading to the creation of a €300m (£269m) pan European seafood business.
The coronavirus outbreak has prompted food and drink supply chain businesses to form a united emergency working group to ensure the industry can continue to feed the nation.
Coronavirus panic buying has prompted dairy processor Müller to launch a significant recruitment drive for up to 300 additional key workers amid the demand spike.
Understanding issues throughout the supply chain is important to animal proteins producer Essentia, as sales director Tom Cooke (pictured far right) explains.
Now, more than ever, it is important that we here at Food Manufacture show solidarity with our readers, friends and supporters in the industry, who are integral to the survival of this nation during the coronavirus outbreak.
Meat factory workers at Moy Park’s Portadown plant and ABP's Lurgan facility in Northern Ireland walked out over concerns about social distancing yesterday (25 March), trade union Unite has said.
Sandwich producer Halal Kitchen has reported more than a 50% drop in sales and production as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, despite industry reports suggesting a contrary trend.
Poultry processing giant 2 Sisters Food Group has launched recruitment campaigns at multiple sites across its business, as it copes with “unprecedented levels of demand for food”.
As the plant-based and vegan product market becomes increasingly populated, is there a danger of saturation and how can manufacturers ensure that consumers latch on to their offer rather than that of their competitors?
