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British food and drink manufacturers considering stockpiling ahead of Brexit are being faced with increased costs while business confidence dips further.
The director general of the British Nutrition Foundation asks weather gluten or fructans are the real culprit in symptoms linked to non-coeliac gluten sensitivity.
Staff at Fine Lady Bakeries were forced to evacuate its Banbury factory yesterday morning (25 October), after a fire broke out in an extractor fan on the roof of the building.
Members of the baking industry have welcomed the Government’s announcement that it would launch a consultation into the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.
A West Yorkshire baker is to increase capacity and add a dozen jobs after securing a £600,000 loan from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).
Hovis’ warehouse and logistics operations managed by DHL in Southampton and Bawtry are to cease by the end of the year, following the bread-maker’s announcement that it was closing its Southampton mill.
Real Good Food (RGF) Group’s board criticised the ‘uncontrolled growth’ of infrastructure and overheads and the ‘ill-advisedness of investing’ before securing necessary funds that had sparked a drastic business overhaul in the past financial year.
Hovis has announced a big shake-up of its milling operations in a move trade union Unite warned could have ‘serious ripple effects’ on logistics jobs across the UK.
On the back of at £4m investment at the firm’s Wigston site, Délifrance UK’s new boss Andrew Cole (pictured centre) discusses product choice and staff engagement
Barry Callebaut has acquired Burton’s Biscuit Company’s chocolate manufacturing assets in Moreton, Wirral, near Liverpool, as part of a wider deal that helps protect its supply chain.
Finsbury Food Group’s financial struggles reported in its preliminary results – following the sale of an unprofitable plant – should be set in the context of the challenging bakery market, business consultancy City Index claimed.
Demand for its chilled artisan bakery products has driven Bakkavor Bread to launch a recruitment drive at its two Crewe and Nantwich factories, according to the business.
International sweet bakery supplier Rich Products has announced plans to open a new state-of-the-art production site in Andover as part of a major restructure of all of its manufacturing in the UK.
Associated British Foods (ABF) is grappling currency exchange issues and rising wheat costs amid the rapidly building storm surrounding sugar prices, a company trading statement has warned.
Cotswolds-based bakery Huffkins is entering the Japanese market followed the shipment of a 1.7 tonne order of fruitcakes, shortbread and branded merchandise to Japan, with more orders already secured for October 2018 and into 2019.
Finsbury Food Group has bolstered its capabilities in gluten-free bread and morning goods with the acquisition of manufacturer Ultrapharm, just five years after selling off much of its free-from business to Genius.
Paul Allen, owner of Northern Irish crisp manufacturer Tayto Group, has rescued McErlain’s Bakery from administration in a pre-pack deal, protecting the jobs of more than 250 workers.
Scottish baker Aulds has confirmed the closure of four of its stores, a week after placing its retail business into liquidation in a bid to protect 200 manufacturing jobs.
Scottish baker Aulds has safeguarded 200 jobs at its two manufacturing sites after placing its retail business into liquidation as part of a group turnaround plan.
Warburtons faces 33 compulsory redundancies at its Stockton-on-Tees bakery in County Durham as a result of falling demand for bread from the site, which employs 129 full-time staff.
High street baker Greggs continues to invest in its supply chain operations, as it posts growth in sales and pre-tax profit in its 2018 half-year results.
Warburtons has launched new gluten-free round wraps, including a beetroot wrap, which it claims is the first of its kind in the UK gluten-free bakery market, as part of a wider gluten-free overhaul.
Two Essex-based bakeries and their directors must pay £10,000 in court costs and damages for the misuse of equipment belonging to bread basket management firm Bakers Basco.
Premier Foods’ chief executive officer (CEO) Gavin Darby has survived a shareholder revolt led by stakeholders Oasis Management Company designed to oust him from his position.
Premier Foods’ Mr Kipling cakes and Batchelors Super Noodles ranges helped fuel sales growth in the first financial quarter of 2018, although it reported the strongest percentage growth in own-label products.
Bakery firm Finsbury Food Group has said “unprecedented” commodity and labour inflation continued to blight the business after announcing a fall in annual revenue.
