Tesco has moved to crack down on food waste as it emerged it is lagging behind other grocery retailers in the crucial area of bagged salads, according to its own data.
Müller Wiseman has safeguarded fresh milk supplies to customers after its ‘advanced’ Hampton Lovett dairy near Droitwich, Worcestershire, was hit by fire earlier this week.
The food and drink industry cannot continue to tolerate food poisoning outbreaks and needs to evaluate its whole supply chain in order to stamp it out.
Tackling the horsemeat scandal was not hampered by confusion over the roles of different agencies and departments, according to the government, despite independent reviews claiming otherwise.
Responsibilities for testing, labelling, food fraud, food safety and traceability should be reassessed, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report on the horsemeat crisis.
Fruit importer and ripener SH Pratt has begun a 45-day consultation with staff and trades union GMB over proposals to axe more than 100 jobs at its Luton plant in Bedfordshire.
The “sustainable intensification” of farming – including the use of genetic modification (GM) – is vital for feeding the developing world and enabling global manufacturers to secure enough raw materials to feed a growing population.
Food manufacturers have been warned to get sustainably certified or lose business, as the deadline approaches to meet retailers’ 2015 commitments to source sustainable produce.
Tesco’s blunder in labelling a pork chop British with the Red Tractor Logo when it probably came from the Netherlands reveals how easily firms can lose control of their supply chains, according to Warwick Business School.
Up to 40 new jobs will be created at the new National Centre for Sustainable Energy Use in Food Chains, opened yesterday (September 5) at Brunel University, London.
Supplies of beer, lager and soft drinks to 30,000 pubs, hotels and other outlets throughout the UK are under threat, the union Unite, has warned distribution firm Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics (KNDL), as its members prepare for a 24-hour strike from...
Small-scale farmers are joining forces to boost their bargaining power against the ‘unfair pricing policies’ of large dairy producers, according to the National Farmers Union (NFU).
Britain’s biggest supermarket Tesco has received planning permission this week for an internet food shopping distribution centre in Oxfordshire that will create up to 750 jobs.
Consumer confusion over long-life milk is prompting them to scrap significant amounts of fresh milk, according to research by processing and packaging specialist Tetra Pak.
Food price increases could throttle back in the next year amid expectations of a strong global harvest, analyst Darren Shirley at Shore Capital has predicted.
Premier Foods is reportedly following the lead set by some multiple retailers in seeking to reduce costs by cutting the numbers of its suppliers while recouping cash from those that continue to supply it.
Sainsbury boss Justin King is to co-chair a new taskforce to find ways of boosting the UK’s food economy through partnerships between businesses, universities and government.
Bakers and millers can get more cash from by-products through projects launched by the Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA), one of which holds big potential for users of natural vanilla flavouring.
British food manufacturers will be able to draw on food ingredients produced by a high output, environmentally friendly and progressive modern farming industry, thanks to the new “green revolution”, after the launch of an Agri-tech Strategy today (July...
Grocery promotions are failing across Europe, with retailers and manufacturers increasingly having to revisit strategy to maintain margins, according to a report from market analyst IRI.
More than 80% of shoppers want food labels that tell them how meat and dairy products were produced, according to new research commissioned by an alliance of pressure groups.
Developing a better understanding of the food industry, including its complex supply chains, is a key recommendation of a new report commissioned by the Scottish government to learn the lessons of the horsemeat crisis.
Nearly 60% of consumers lacked confidence in the UK food industry to respond to food scares effectively, warns the latest research from research group Mintel.
The Labour Party’s food policy review document published yesterday (July 3) pledges to give genetically modified (GM) food technology a chance to flourish and to learn the lessons of the horsemeat crisis.
Almost 6Mt of food waste will still be sent to landfill by 2025 if the practice isn’t banned – a decision dubbed a “political no-brainer” by a policy expert.
Owen Paterson, head of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) claimed Grocontinental made a “major contribution to the local economy” as he opened its £5M frozen food warehouse.
The long-awaited reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will create a fairer, more market orientated, greener and stronger food production chain.
The National Farmers Union (NFU) has upped the pressure on dairy processors to sign its Dairy Industry Code of Best Practice for contractual relations by publishing a name-and-shame list of firms that have refused to sign.
The boss of the government-funded Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has played down plans to axe its budget by 40%, unveiled as part of the government’s latest spending review.
The prospect of 10 wet summers in a row means food and drink manufacturers will need more flexible and responsive supply chains, according to grocery think-tank IGD.
Senior retail bosses don’t understand the complex changes the ‘omni-channel revolution’ will require of the supply chain, according to delegates at the launch of a report on the topic.
Europe risks becoming a “museum of 20th century technology” unless EU rules on genetically modified (GM) crops are relaxed, government ministers have warned EU officials.
Marks & Spencer’s (M&S’s) new £200M distribution centre at the London Gateway Logistics Park – which will create up to 700 jobs – will handle ambient foods, a spokesman has told FoodManufacture.co.uk.
The future of Britain’s food industry outside the EU will feature in a conference to be staged by grain marketing and storage co-operative Fengrain at the East of England Showground, Peterborough on November 7 2013.
Bill Gates tackled global hunger in a live web debate on Friday (June 7), the eve of the Big IF London Hyde Park rally, part of the Enough Food For Everyone IF campaign against starvation.
