Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to jointly acquire Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines (CCBPI).
Nestlé has invested £7m in a new recycling plant set to process hard-to-recycle flexible plastics, with the potential to recycle more plastic than the manufacturer places on the UK and Ireland market.
Italy’s decision to ban the production and marketing of cultivated meat products threatens innovations, hinders the fight against climate change and reduces customer choice, according to the Good Food Institute Europe (GFIE).
Food and drink firms from across Europe descended on Plant-Based World Expo Europe at the London Excel Centre to learn more about the latest trends in the sector. Here are four of our takeaways from this year’s show.
Incoming chief executive at Kraft Heinz Carlos Abrams-Rivera has announced the appointment of five new members to the group’s executive leadership team.
Unite the union has accused Morrisons of "fleecing" its workers after the retailer announced plans to reduce its pension contributions for hourly paid workers.
The producer of fresh and prepared vegetables has admitted a guilty plea, saying that ‘lessons have been learned’ after one of its employees was caught in a carrot baton machine and choked unconscious.
The world is already using twice as much nitrogen fertiliser as it needs, while production capacity is anticipated to grow a further 6%, reaching 202m tonnes by 2027.
Bethan Grylls explores how food and beverage manufacturers will need to adapt to increased consumption, alongside pressures around sustainability with insight from a range of experts.
From McCain’s biggest product launch in more than 10 years to Christmas pies from chart toppers Ladbaby, we round-up more recent product launches from food and drink manufacturers.
The manufacturer of the cookie and mini biscuits brand is launching a 360-marketing campaign, including social and in-store campaigns and a new TV advert, as it debuts new-look packaging.
UK advanced manufacturing can support sustainable regional and national economic growth, but it will necessitate long-term political vision, according to leaders from the UK’s top manufacturing sectors.
Former health secretary Steve Barclay has been appointed environment secretary as part of a major shake-up of the cabinet, as previous Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) head Therese Coffey resigns from the role.
Hiring new talent remains one of the biggest challenges facing UK manufacturers, according to new research, as skill shortages look set to worsen over the next five years.
International food and drink group Princes Group has announced a raft of senior appointments across its UK manufacturing leadership team this past week.
This month in The Talent Poole, we hear from Cameron Rigg and Claire Martino, both part of a small group of volunteers who have created and run the mentoring scheme, ‘Flourish-in-Food’.
Crafted from wasted rice by-product, the compostable packaging solutions leader says the new trays can not only be disposed of in compost bins in the home, but also recycled due to their 'rare pulp' make-up.
Andrea Gutierrez-Solana, a food and sustainability policy expert and associate director at Whitehouse Communications, offers insights into what the EU Protein Strategy means for the future of plant-based and alternative proteins.
Sam Hare, senior associate and competition and antitrust specialist at Squire Patton Boggs, looks into the recent Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) update on competition levels between retailers.
Food Manufacture investigates the current pet food manufacturing landscape in the UK, examining the driving forces behind the sector's growth and the latest trends, with the insight from BENEO, SARVAL and Mars Petcare.
Unilever has announced that it is granting a free non-exclusive license to the ice cream industry for 12 reformulation patents that support the storage of ice cream at higher temperatures.
The body governing UK food standards has launched a consultation over new regulatory framework proposals in England for precision bred organisms used for food and animal feed.
The latest ‘Our Food’ report, which assesses food standards across the UK has been published – and it’s sending out warnings of a lack of resource in key roles.
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and member organisations from 13 countries have reported alleged “misleading commercial claims” about the recyclability of products manufactured by major drinking water bottle companies.
Nidhi Jain, commodity specialist at The Smart Cube, looks at what is causing price increases in cocoa and sugar and how food producers can prevent supply chain disruptions during periods of increased input costs.
Baris Kavakli, managing director of Portera B.V, looks at why IoT-enabled manufacturers are swimming against a tide of information from the shop floor and how they can begin to reorganise outdated workflows to make better use of data.
A lack of investment and unappreciation of the UK’s horticulture industry has placed British growing at a crossroads and left holes in the UK’s food security, according to a new report from the House of Lords Horticultural Sector Committee.
