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No EC demand that Twinings repay €12m Polish grant

No EC demand that Twinings repay €12m Polish grant

By Ben Bouckley

The European Commission (EC) has questioned the role played by the Polish authorities in Twinings’ application for a controversial €12m grant to build a factory that will see almost 400 UK jobs axed, but has not asked that the money be repaid.

Heinz Kitt Green pay dispute resolved

Heinz Kitt Green pay dispute resolved

By Ben Bouckley

Workers at the Heinz baked bean facility in Kitt Green have accepted a revised pay deal from the company and called off plans for further industrial action.

City: Unilever strategy in emerging markets is 'hugely impressive'

City: Unilever strategy in emerging markets is 'hugely impressive'

By Elaine Watson

70% of Unilever’s sales could be generated in developing and emerging (D&E) markets by the end of the decade, according to City analysts covering a ‘hugely impressive’ investor seminar in Singapore run by the consumer products giant.

Salkeld: £10m investment

Symington's to create 40 new jobs

By Ben Bouckley and Elaine Watson

Symington's will create up to 40 new jobs next year as it opens a new factory in Leeds and evaluates options for a second new facility.

Unilever slashes 1,200 SKUs in waste reduction drive

Unilever slashes 1,200 SKUs in waste reduction drive

By Elaine Watson

Unilever reduced its range by more than 1,200 stock keeping units (SKUs) last year as part of a bid to cut its long tail, prioritise top sellers and reduce waste, supply chain bosses have revealed.

Premier Foods: Our suppliers are happy to pay 10k

Premier Foods: Our suppliers are happy to pay 10k

By Elaine Watson

More than three-quarters of recruitment suppliers that signed up to Premier Foods’ preferred supplier scheme last year have “already confirmed their interest in taking part again in 2011”, the company has claimed.

BFAWU strike ballot called off at Fox’s Biscuits

BFAWU strike ballot called off at Fox’s Biscuits

By Elaine Watson

A strike ballot called by the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) at Fox’s Biscuits’ factories at Kirkham and Batley has been called off due to ‘technical’ glitches.

Northern Foods: Pay offer at Fox's Biscuits is fair

Northern Foods: Pay offer at Fox's Biscuits is fair

By Elaine Watson

Northern Foods has defended its pay offer to staff at Fox's Biscuits as "very competitive in the current climate" following news that the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) is balloting members at the Kirkham and Batley biscuit...

A run for your honey

A run for your honey

By Patrick Robinson, factory manager, Rowse Honey

I left school with O- and A-levels and got a job in a microbiology lab at a bakery, which funded a Higher National Certificate in food technology at South Bank Polytechnic.

Who feels like Chicken Tonight? (Don't all shout at once.)

Who feels like Chicken Tonight? (Don't all shout at once.)

By Elaine Watson

Who feels like some Chicken Tonight? Not many of us, apparently, which explains why brand owner Unilever now wants to get shot of it, along with fellow cooking sauce Ragu, sales of which are believed to be equally uninspiring.

Gurkha sauce, anyone?

Gurkha sauce, anyone?

By Elaine Watson

An unusual range of premium sauces and chutneys inspired by the Gurkhas is gathering steam in the independent retail sector.

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