Premier Foods has lost market share in three out of four of its key trading categories in the second-quarter, according to Nielsen data supplied to Investec Securities.
Only about 15% of production at Warburtons’ bakery at Hereford Street in Bolton is likely to be impacted long-term by last week’s fire, bosses have insisted.
Shoppers are "becoming bored" with the cake fixtures in supermarkets, but rising input costs and weak retail pricing are making it difficult for firms to add excitement and value back into the category, according to the boss of Finsbury Food...
Shoppers are still trading down in the cake fixtures, although they have been prepared to splash out on bread and gluten-free, according to Finsbury Food Group.
The snacks and biscuits division of UK manufacturer United Biscuits could be parcelled out to different buyers, according to a research firm's analysis of the market following media reports the company is to be sold by its private equity owners.
Flour prices could head further north this summer, driven by a combination of lower-than-anticipated corn planting in the US, reduced wheat production forecasts in Russia and Canada and lower yields in Europe, Premier Foods is predicting.
Acrylamide reductions in bread of up to 90 per cent have been claimed in initial test results announced this week for a proprietary yeast product from Phyterra Yeast, a division of Canadian firm, Functional Technologies Corporation.
US company United Bakery Equipment (UBE) is to launch a campaign to raise its UK food industry profile in conjunction with its UK partner, Habwood Technical Solutions.
Northern Foods' Matthew Walker Christmas pudding factory has completed an asset care programme with MCP Consulting and Training, that has allowed it to improve equipment effectiveness and prevent contamination.
Fine Lady Bakeries is working with urban regeneration organisation New East Manchester (NEM) and JobCentre Plus to equip local people with the skills to work in its £20m new bakery in Newton Heath.
Hayden's Bakeries has signed the lease on a new distribution facility that will free up a significant amount of production capacity at its Devizes bakery.
The European Commission has published precise recommendations for the monitoring of acrylamide levels in food products, as the reduction of levels is patchy across categories.
Plans are underway to overhaul Warburtons' bread plant at its site in Bolton. The investment is estimated to be around £25M and the new facility should be up and running by the end of next year.
Ethnic breadmaker Honeytop Speciality Foods has moved into the morning goods sector after making a major investment in its Dunstable factory. This has resulted in some "exciting new product launches", according to Honeytop's new product...
Fats and oils specialist AAK has scored another industry first with the launch of a new low-saturated fat pumpable shortening containing fully-traceable, certified sustainable palm oil.
Free-from products should be stocked alongside their conventional counterparts to ensure they are visible to a broader group of shoppers, according to a leading player in the gluten-free bakery market.
Dunstable-based bakery Honeytop Speciality Foods has doubled its capacity and created 140 new jobs following new business wins and an expansion of its product range.
Malted loaf maker Soreen is sustaining its turnaround more than a year into its recovery strategy. Revenue is still rising on the back of new product development (NPD) and the growth of new sales channels, according to md Paul Tripp.
Cuts to reduce the £163bn fiscal deficit could undermine the next incoming government's efforts to create a more sustainable food supply chain, according to the Food Ethics Council (FEC).
Canadian firm Functional Technologies is seeking partners to help commercialise a radical new approach to tackling acrylamide formation in baked goods based on a proprietary strain of yeast.
Food manufacturers sourcing egg products are predicting further price hikes and availability worries as European egg producers struggle to get to grips with changing welfare legislation.
Organic baker Honeyrose has expanded capacity at its north London factory, reflecting its confidence in the organic cake market in defiance of the doom and gloom surrounding the sector.
SpringThyme Oils has launched a new range of bakery shortenings that have been infused with herbs and spices. The ingredients promise the functionality of hard fats combined with the convenience of liquid oils.
Dorset Cereals has been working with the Fairtrade Foundation and the Southern African Macadamia Growers' Association (SAMAC) to launch new breakfast granolas.
Finsbury Foods boss John Duffy has not ruled out the prospect of the firm being open to more approaches, after a bid to acquire the firm fell through last year.
Loaves with “astonishingly low levels of salt” could hit supermarket shelves early next year as the UK’s leading plant bakers launch the first products containing microscopic salt crystals from Nottingham-based firm Eminate, reports our sister title Food...
As healthy eating grips swathes of the UK population, the one category you would think would be suffering would be confectionery.But the situation is...
National Starch Food Innovation has unveiled a starch for the reduced fat cake market. The firm claims that manufacturers can now create high-quality...
