The manufacturing director of Kraft Heinz’s Kitt Green site, billed as Europe’s biggest food factory, explains the benefits of investment and continuous improvement.
Healthier snack manufacturer Nim’s Fruit Crisps is on course for a “record year”, after securing a string of new contracts and experiencing growing demand for its products.
Meat, dairy and alcohol helped drive UK food and drink exports to £10.6bn for the first half of the year, with the US, China and Hong Kong the main recipients.
Kraft Heinz has invested more than £20m in an initiative dubbed Project Darwin to enhance its canned baked bean, soup, spaghetti and Snap Pots factory at Kitt Green, near Wigan, which it claims is Europe’s biggest food plant.
Breakfast cereal brand Kellogg’s new UK senior sales director Chris Silcock – formerly Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) grocery channel director – will help it address nutrition concerns, the company has claimed.
Biscuit manufacturer Pladis has launched a range of extra-thin crackers under its Jacob’s Cracker Crisps brand, building on the popularity of ‘thin’ food variants.
Two mobile billboards were circling Walkers Crisps’ Leicester factory and Reading headquarters on Monday (6 August), as part of a campaign urging the manufacturer to ditch plastic packaging.
