Geest's group HR director Mark Martin has dealt with some tricky staff issues of late, including the redundancies of 10% of its management jobs. Yet the company is still a model employer, he tells Rick Pendrous
Gums, starches and all manner of gelling agents can help manufacturers meet key convenience and indulgence trends as well as cut costs. Susan Birks reports on new product ideas to be had from tweaking food textures
Chocolate-flavoured dairy beverages are popular with consumers, but without proper stabilisation, most of the chocolate powder ends up at the bottom...
A central location makes the Czech Republic an ideal base to reach emerging eastern European markets, but strong competition in its crowded domestic market makes food retailing tough. Susan Birks reports
Lipgene is a huge pan-European research project that could result in manufacturers adopting radically different ingredients and processes, as Sue Scott reports
For some manufacturers Christmas doubles the average sales for the rest of the year. Most work their production lines hard all year round to maximise...
This time last year, I covered a review of forthcoming labelling changes that were predicted to have a significant impact on the industry as a whole,...
Unilever has finally decided that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, with a range of low-carb as well as low-calorie foods under its Slim-Fast slimming...
Sandwich maker Gibsons has expanded it operations with the purchase of a second manufacturing site at Devizes.Production will begin this month at the...
Manufacturers and retailers are being invited to join a new research network that aims to slash carbon dioxide emissions from the UK's food chain.The...
The growth of eating and drinking on the move in the UK and the rise of convenience stores poses problems for food packaging and design.According to...
CIAA, the Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the European Union, has appointed Daniela Israelachwili as its next director general.She...
A new company offering food and drink manufacturers glycaemic index (GI) testing for diet and weight control products has been set up by researchers...
Meat from cattle over 30 months old, which have been banned from entering the food chain since 1996, may be available to processors by the end of the...
The chairman of the Society of Food Hygiene Technology (SoFHT), Neil Griffiths, has hit out at the Food Standards Agency's (FSA) policy of naming and...
The UK's leading food and grocery retailers are now holding record low levels of stock in their stores as a result of increasing efficiency in their...
