13-Jun-2005
Me & May Factory Interview: Adrian Bowen, Dyfed Bakery Manager, Memory Lane Cakes
13-Jun-2005
It's roughly 1,000 miles from Northern Spain to the UK Midlands by road. That journey has a current commercial cost of around 70p per case for double...
13-Jun-2005 By Elaine Watson
Drinks companies that want to get to grips with radio barcoding (RFID) without making a major financial commitment are being urged to join a new...
Barrier needs will delay biodegradables
13-Jun-2005
Brands are interested in the potential of biodegradable plastics for food, but see short-term takeoff in demand as being unlikely, largely because of...
Glanbia concentrates on heart health
13-Jun-2005
A new partnership between Nurture Inc in the US and Glanbia Nutritionals will give the European ingredient supplier exclusive European distribution...
13-Jun-2005 By Paul Gander
Suppliers of thermoformed packaging need to act quickly to improve their service and quality levels dramatically, according to new research carried...
13-Jun-2005
Vitafoods, held in Geneva last month, is the annual event where just about every plant extract, new ingredient and health claim can be found within...
13-Jun-2005 By Susan Birks
Bakery ingredients supplier Puratos has gained new consumer insights which it hopes to share with manufacturers in order to help them fill the gaps...
13-Jun-2005
When was the last time Umble pie was seen for sale in the supermarket? Would the average home cook know what a Wet Nelly is, let alone how to make...
13-Jun-2005
Sussex-based hand-crafted cake specialist Kate's Cakes has introduced a new range of indulgent cakes for coffee shops, cafes and independent...
13-Jun-2005 By Susan Birks
Innovation in the UK market is in decline these days but the smaller companies are proving to be the best innovators, often out-doing their larger...
Branston spices up snacks sector
13-Jun-2005
Premier Foods has seen two successful pickle brand tie-ups launched this month. Snack maker United Biscuits (UB) has introduced Mini Cheddars in a...
LETTERS Working all hours is a poor recipe for productivity
13-Jun-2005
SirThe catering and food manufacturing industries should welcome plans for the UK to come into line with the European Union's (EU's) maximum 48-hour...
13-Jun-2005 By Elaine Watson
Producers smart at six-figure compensation claims after scare
Tests for illegal dyes called into question
13-Jun-2005 By Elaine Watson
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has come into conflict with testing laboratories and some food manufacturers over its advice on testing methods for...
Industry pours 8% of turnover down the drain
13-Jun-2005
UK food manufacturers spend almost £5.5bn -- or nearly 8% of the industry's annual turnover -- on water and getting rid of it, according to a new...
Paperless trading gets thumbs up at Glanbia
13-Jun-2005
Glanbia wants to plug 300 suppliers into a new electronic trading system by August in order to boost supply efficiency and reduce invoice...
13-Jun-2005 By Elaine Watson
Group claims some parts of business may be too small to continue
Glass eye on Barnsley plant
13-Jun-2005
Packaging firm Rexam has sold its Barnsley glass business to Ardagh Glass, which owns Rockware Glass, for £50m.Rexam will still make plastic food...
Nestlé takes different route
13-Jun-2005
Nestlé has embarked on a radical overhaul of its UK packaging with new labelling to help consumers make healthier choices.The new labels include...
13-Jun-2005 By Susan Birks
Europe could save billions on treatment costs for obesity
Room for everyone in bigger, beefier EU
13-Jun-2005
Growth in demand for meat products within the expanded European Union (EU) means there is more than enough room for both domestic production and...
13-Jun-2005 By Rick Pendrous
MHS inspectors' union fears haccp will not be good enough
13-Jun-2005 By Elaine Watson
Unique project opens one-stop shop for patentable food projects
Lifecrown gets Krisp
13-Jun-2005
Lifecrown, which owns the fresh produce firm Fenmarc, has bought the ready-to-cook meals producer Pann Krisp for an undisclosed sum. Most of the two...
13-Jun-2005 By Elaine Watson
Concern over margins, staff and FSA. .. all in the Food Manufacture survey
Heinz unveils big European slimming plan
13-Jun-2005 By Elaine Watson
Canned goods and soft drinks giant Princes is emerging as the frontrunner to pick up the John West canned seafood business as its owner Heinz...
13-Jun-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Consortium struggles against pressure from dairy companies
Northern to slash supply base by half
06-Jun-2005 By Elaine Watson
Northern Foods is aiming to slash its supplier base by 50% from 8,000 to 4,000 suppliers over the next two years as part of a radical cost cutting...
Nutrient profiling the model of refinement, says FSA
06-Jun-2005 By Elaine Watson
Nutrient profiling is not the blunt instrument for arbitrarily categorising foods that some critics make it out to be, the Food Standards Agency...
Manufacturers should expect new labelling costs
06-Jun-2005 By Susan Birks
Mandatory nutrient labelling currently being considered by the European Commission (EC) could cost individual companies as much as £4.18m, according...
Tate & Lyle adds value
06-Jun-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Tate & Lyle plans to grow the added value side of its business to 60% over the next few years as its traditional sugar business is hit by reforms...
Zetar boss spells out his vision
06-Jun-2005 By Elaine Watson
Kinnerton Confectionery’s new owner has unveiled an aggressive acquisition timetable over the next five years with plans to buy a second business...
06-Jun-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Premier Foods is to acquire Marlow Foods Holdings, owner of the mycoprotein-based meat alternative Quorn, for £172m from Montagu Private Equity,...
Get in synch, says P&G
23-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
Manufacturers and retailers need to standardise more of the product data attributes they share if they want to speed up and automate information...
Too many signposts lead consumers on road to nowhere, warns FSA
23-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
Retailers and manufacturers won’t do shoppers any favours if they all roll out proprietary front-of-pack nutritional ‘signposting’ labels, the...
Cash-flow blues as manufacturers forced to chase invoices
23-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector spend an inordinate amount of time chasing invoices compared to counterparts in...
Product changeover times targeted for reduction
23-May-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Time wasted during the changeover from making one food product to another on the same production line could be slashed, following the introduction of...
Own-label on a small scale
23-May-2005 By Susan Birks
A new service to enable medium-sized retailers to offer own-label ranges of sandwiches has been set up by Freshway Foods.The Wolverhampton-based...
23-May-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Food contributes almost one-third of Europe's total global warming potential (GWP), with meat and meat products having the highest environmental...
Compact fluidised bed freezer
13-May-2005
Freezelite is the latest development in Heinen Freezing's range of compact fluidised bed freezers for the cooling and freezing of bulk flow...
Chilling tale of nitrogen tunnel replacement takes the bacon
13-May-2005
Roach Foods, based in Bodmin, Cornwall and part of the Tulip Group, which supplies cooked bacon products to foodservice and retail outlets across the...
Magmeter overcomes measurement problems due to product inconsistency
13-May-2005
A significant percentage of flowmeters are measuring incorrectly in the food industry due to changes in consistency or throughput of ingredients,...
Bread coding now on wrapper
13-May-2005
Coding information on bread wrappers is recorded on the plastic tape or clip which is used to fasten the bag. However, when the bag is opened the...
Automated sachet line for tea-maker
13-May-2005
Ilapak has designed and built an automated sachet line for tea-packing company, Premier Foods.Based on the Alfa 700 PC vertical sachet machine, and...
Marking and coding acquisitions
13-May-2005
Videojet Technologies has acquired a number of marking and coding brands to strengthen its product offering and develop its technological expertise,...
Ginger Nuts go with the flow
13-May-2005
McVitie's has invested £7.2m in a new site in Carlisle which is being used for the production of its Ginger Nut and other biscuits. As part of this...
Air blast labelling
13-May-2005
AEW Delford Systems has extended the range of its labelling products with the launch of the Concept A500 air blast laser applicator. Said to be ideal...
Five-deck oven
13-May-2005
Haigh's Farm Shop, based in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, is open seven days a week supplying meat, sausage, bacon, poultry, bread, and confectionery. In...
Bangers with that traditional look
13-May-2005
Cooking sausages to look like they've been prepared in the frying pan at home is something that Double D Food Engineering knows all about."Some...
