Air filtration scheme is Taylors' cup of tea
11-May-2005
Dust transport systems means workers can breathe easy
11-May-2005
Injury rates in food and drink companies are nearly double the manufacturing industry average. Yet 80% of accidents are easily preventable through better training and reduced manual handling, says Michelle Knott
Signposting system awaits green light
11-May-2005
Government moves to make food manufacturers adopt a front-of-pack signposting system on labels to help shoppers make healthier choices raise some...
11-May-2005
Prohibition notices can put you out of business, so assess the risks now before it's too late, warns Susan Dearden
11-May-2005
There's been a significant change here in the last few weeks because for the first time in 18 years we're filling New Covent Garden (NCG) products...
11-May-2005
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is the forum in which operations and sales directors organise themselves to balance their sales effort and...
11-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
Effective demand planning for promotions continues to be scuppered by poor communications both within and between companies, according to a new study...
11-May-2005 By Paul Gander
As Tesco's demands for shelf-ready packaging (SRP) begin to bite, packaging suppliers are urging manufacturers to see this as an opportunity for...
PeptoPro could help elderly or obese
11-May-2005
DSM says its high protein ingredient PeptoPro can benefit a wider audience than simply athletes and exercise fanatics. It could be used to create...
11-May-2005
In April, the European Commission published a list of authorised genetically modified (GM) foods and feeds which have been notified according to...
11-May-2005 By Susan Birks
Government guidelines on fat in the diet should be revised to put more emphasis on replacement of bad fats with good ones, reports a new British...
Superfood sense
11-May-2005 By Claire Allen
According to the media, we're in the grip of a global cancer epidemic. Some 20m people worldwide live with the disease in one form or another -- a...
Micro mighty! Look what we've found for caterers
11-May-2005
A range of wholesome gourmet dishes using the best of British produce has been developed for serving in restaurants and pubs, or even as room service...
11-May-2005 By Susan Birks
The naming and shaming of children's products by Jamie Oliver in his TV show 'School dinners', as well as by lobby groups such as Consensus of Action...
Food firms accused of keeping the best jobs for the boys
11-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
Men's club culture means firms are missing out on women's skills
Grampian staff threaten pensions walkout
11-May-2005
Grampian Country Food has entered a critical stage in talks to avert strike action. The threatened walkouts follow Grampian's decision to end final...
11-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
Men's club culture means firms are missing out on women's skills
Sugar daddy may try to add some sauce to the ABF mix
11-May-2005
Associated British Foods (ABF) has given its strongest hint yet that HP Foods is on its shopping list of companies that could reduce its reliance on...
11-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
Outright ban on all synthetic dyes could prove the only answer
Packaging firms feel boxed in by Europe
11-May-2005
Medium-sized packaging companies will "go to the wall" within 10 years unless the regulatory burden on businesses is cut, warned one of the world's...
11-May-2005
Manufacturer claims that it has been absorbing costs for years
Geest's burned offerings do not deter Bakkavör bid
11-May-2005
Geest has temporarily halted external recruitment to give staff affected by a blaze at its pasta and bread factories in Barton-on- Humber a chance to...
11-May-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Halal is just one new area of interest to offset falling sales
11-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
Elaine watson reports from paris on latest developments in efficient consumer response
11-May-2005 By Susan Birks
US maize scare highlights impossible task for manufacturers
Gone West
11-May-2005
RHM has shed its McDonald's burger bun factory and the logistics arm which delivered 1m cases of product a week.Golden West's bakery, which has a...
Healthy food claims row gives Europe one fat legal headache
11-May-2005 By Susan Birks
Dairy industry in race to endorse products before the axe falls
It's bye-bye to Atkins and hello to GI
11-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
Manufacturers have a "tapestry of opportunities" to capitalise on the low-glycaemic index (GI) diet by altering processes or reformulating products,...
Beer-lovers fight takeover of brewer
11-May-2005
The future of the brewer and pub company Jennings could be decided by beer enthusiasts, after the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) urged the firm's...
Rathbones sites are rescued from limbo
11-May-2005
Administrators for baker New Rathbones struck a deal to sell the business to two buyers as Food Manufacture went to press.The purchasers have not...
11-May-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Investors show mixed views of the viability of dairy processing
Quorn tunes into radio tagging trial
09-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
Meat-free manufacturer Marlow Foods is aiming to run a radio frequency identification (RFID) trial before the year-end to see if it can build a...
Meat standard lets smaller processors compete
09-May-2005 By Sarah Britton
A revised abattoir and processor standard was launched by the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) and Assured British Meat (ABM) on May...
Tesco suppliers beat invoice blues
09-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
Invoice disputes between Tesco and its suppliers could be significantly reduced following the roll-out of a new collaborative promotional planning...
09-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
The food industry could face an unsustainable bill for product recalls if the Food Standards Agency continues to adopt a zero tolerance approach to...
Changeovers
12-Apr-2005
Dr Stewart McLelland is the new md of Macrae Food Group. An experienced and qualified food scientist, he has held a number of senior management roles...
04-Apr-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Food and drink manufacturers are looking for bright young graduates who have technical and interpersonal skills, but who also are not frightened by a challenging working environment. Rick Pendrous reports from this year's Careers in Food and Drink...
THE FIRM:
04-Apr-2005
Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers. 57 Grampian Country Food Group
Bakery gets cold store flexibility
04-Apr-2005
Compact articulated truck raises Mantinga's cold storage space by an impressive 40%
04-Apr-2005 By Lynda Searby
The Road Transport Directive has made a 48 hour working week for drivers mandatory. But at what cost to the food industry? Lynda Searby finds out
Cat gets the cream
04-Apr-2005
General purpose hygienic pump for dairy and liquid food
04-Apr-2005 By Michelle Knott
Manufacturers often handle a mixture of solids in viscous sauces. And, as Michelle Knott discovers, they don't want pumping systems that convert everything into a gloopy pulp
04-Apr-2005 By Susan Birks
Soya is accredited with several health benefits and has some consumer recognition, but will it ever go mainstream? Susan Birks investigates
04-Apr-2005
Start making healthy products now or pay the price in the long run. That was the message from Food Manufacture's 'Winning ways to healthier NPD' conference held in London recently, as Stefan Chomka reports
04-Apr-2005
Tesco's plans to put 10,000 products into shelf-ready packaging are sending shockwaves across the industry. Elaine Watson investigates
04-Apr-2005
Me & My Factory David Donaldson, director of supply chain, Edrington Group
04-Apr-2005
Tesco has started the roll-out of shelf-ready packaging by making a special offer to suppliers. It runs roughly like this: "Commit to shelf-ready...
RFID skills shortage delays progress
04-Apr-2005
Progress on RFID could be severely hampered by skills shortages, according to a survey conducted by the Computing Technology Industry...
04-Apr-2005 By Elaine Watson
Collaboration between food manufacturers and caterers to drag the foodservice supply chain into the 21st century is starting to bear fruit after a...
PET could expand in spirits before beer, analysts predict
04-Apr-2005
The much-trumpeted arrival of beer in single-serve barrier polyethylene terephthalate (PET) could be eclipsed in the UK by growth in the premium...
