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Baker & Baker sets deadline for Net Zero

By Bethan Grylls

European bakery products manufacturer Baker & Baker has set target year of 2040 to achieve Net Zero, acknowledging that the long-term challenge will be how to effectively decarbonise the ingredients supply chain.

How does a FOSFA arbitration work? Credit: Getty/PM Images

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Preparing for dispute - understanding FOSFA arbitrations

By Mikhail Vishnyakov, Emily Davies and Mark Tushingham

Much of the world’s oil, grains, seeds and fats are traded via FOSFA contracts, but against a backdrop of supply chain disruption and agricultural shortages, we may see a rise in disputes. Here, three legal experts outline the key features of FOSFA arbitrations...

Choosing new suppliers when existing supply chains are disrupted brings risk of food fraud

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Supply shortages increase risk of food fraud

By Gwen Ridler

Supply chain shortages could increase the risk of food fraud as manufacturers hurriedly search for new suppliers to help meet customer demand, according to compliance and assurance consultancy LRQA.

Tony's Chocolonely's additional €20m of funding will support its work to end slavery in the cocoa supply chain

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Tony’s Chocolonely secures €20m funding from shareholders

By Gwen Ridler

Confectionery brand Tony’s Chocolonely has secured an additional €20m (£17.1m) of funding from its existing shareholders to accelerate its growth in multiple markets and expand the reach of its ethical bean sourcing company.

Over 7,000 acres of Rhug Estate is managed organically

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Rhug Estate: The perks of organic production

By Becky George

Lord Newborough of Rhug Estate in North Wales has been a prominent organic advocate since the late 1990s. Beyond the estate’s organic livestock enterprises and expansive farm shop, the business has continuously diversified its routes to market to deliver...

Experts in sustainability gathered to discuss how they're untangling scope 3 emissions in our recent roundtable session. Credit: Getty/Flashvector

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How can we manage and measure scope 3 emissions?

By Bethan Grylls

In an exclusive roundtable, Food Manufacture heard from industry leaders and SMEs alike, as their sustainability leads discussed the challenges of scope emissions and how food and drink producers could start to manage and measure them accurately and with...

Food adn drink M&A activity is starting to bounce back, but the value of deals has yet to hit the historic average

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Food and drink M&A activity on the rise

By Gwen Ridler

Food and drink merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is on the rise, but the value of deals has dropped in the face of persistent macroeconomic headwinds and the absence of larger players in the market.

Exports to Australia and New Zealand are expected to boom once FTA come into effect

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FTAs to boost flagging exports to Australia

By Gwen Ridler

Exports to Australia and New Zealand dipped in the first quarter of 2023, but the free trade agreements (FTAs) that come into force this week could signal significant growth for the rest of the year.

Industry leaders were at Number 10 Downing Street to discuss the state of the sector. Credit: Getty/  Nigel Harris

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Food summit a first step, but must lead to ‘tangible change’

By Gwen Ridler

The Prime Minister’s Farm to Fork Summit has been described as a constructive first step towards addressing the biggest challenges facing the UK’s food and drink supply chain, but criticism was levelled at the lack of detail on how the Government would...

Rishi Sunak will talk with a select number of industry representatives on matters regarding food security

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Food and farming firms hit out at PM’s food summit

By Gwen Ridler

Key industry players have been ‘left at the door’ as food and farming alliance Sustain questions how the Prime Ministers’ farm to fork food summit plans to address the UK’s food security issues.

How can food and beverage manufacturers cut costs responsibly? Credit: Getty/Wasan Tita

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Where can I cut costs without impacting food integrity?

By Bethan Grylls

Food Manufacture recently aired a webinar that explored how food manufacturers could reduce costs without negatively influencing food integrity. Here are the highlights from our expert guest speakers.

Barbara Bray chaired this year's IFST spring conference

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Transforming the food system and where to start

By Bethan Grylls

At this year’s IFST spring conference, the discussion centred on ‘taming the perfect storm’ of food security, health and nutrition, and the environment – but where do we even begin in the face of such a ferocious gale? Bethan Grylls covers the highlights...

'Food manufacturers often think of themselves as the helpless one in the middle – but there’s a lot they can do', says Dan Crossley of Food Ethics Council. Credit: Getty/Klaus Vedfelt

The link between ethics and Net Zero

By Bethan Grylls

How is ethics and Net Zero related? Food Manufacture hears from Food Ethics Council’s Dan Crossley to find out following his participation in the recent FoodEx panel, 'The Race to Net Zero'.

Addy: 'With a government continually driven by Brexit ideologues, my concern is there will be no urgency to speed up implementation where snags occur'

Column: We need to talk about...

UK Border Control

By Rod Addy

As the UK gears up to implement the second half of Brexit, Provision Trade Federation director general Rod Addy questions whether the Government has set over-ambitious deadlines to achieve it UK Border Target Operating Model.

Team Refrigeration is set to open a new depot next month

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Team Refrigeration to open new depot

By Gwen Ridler

Mobile refrigeration specialist Team Refrigeration is to open a new depot in Milton Keynes in an effort to improve its UK coverage.

Stop Food Wate Day returns, calling for Brits to stop throwing away edible food

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Call for action to cut food waste

By Gwen Ridler

Brits have been urged to be more mindful of the food they are throwing away as organisations mark the return of Stop Food Waste Day (26 April).

Food and drink brands are getting creative. Credit: Getty / Urupong

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F&B investing more in NPD and outsourcing

By Bethan Grylls

Despite headwinds, food and beverage brands are spending more in new production development and contract manufacturing, and keen to embrace automation to relieve stress following historic global supply chain challenges.

Bethan Grylls visiting the Felix Project and Bruce Grove Youth Centre which relies on the distributions of the charity to help feed its vulnerable families and individuals within its community

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The benefits of working with a redistribution charity

By Bethan Grylls

Bethan Grylls interviews The Felix Project and FareShare to find out more about how they redistribute food, the food safety measures in place, and why they’re in dire need of help from manufacturers.

JS Davidson has invested almost £1m in improving the business

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JS Davidson £1m cold storage investment

By Gwen Ridler

Temperature controlled supply chain and logistics specialist JS Davidson has invested almost £1m in a suite of improvements across the business.

The Government has lifted bird flu restrictions on poultry, hearlding the return of free-range eggs to store shelves

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Free-range eggs back on store shelves

By Gwen Ridler

Free-range eggs will now start reappearing on store shelves, after bird flu housing restrictions are lifted from tomorrow (Tuesday 18 April).

People are the root cause of food safety issues, according to BSI

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People at the core of food safety risks

By Gwen Ridler

People rather than failures of machinery or technology are the common factor in food safety incidents, quality failures and recalls, according to BSI.

Overstocking could be costing your business more than £76k, claims Unleashed

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Food manufacturers dangerously overstocked

By Gwen Ridler

UK food manufacturers are dangerously overstocked and could be missing out on an average cash windfall of more than £76k as they recover from last year’s ‘overstocking crisis’, according to inventory management software provider Unleashed.

Robots are being touted as the future of food factories, so what's preventing manufacturers from adopting them more readily?

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The future of robotics and automation in the food factory

By Gwen Ridler

Robots have become more and more prevalent in the food factory, but there are still businesses reluctant to fully embrace automation into their production. Here, we explore the driving force behind robotics adoption and the key issues that could help...

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