Drinks giant Diageo has boosted sales, excluding acquisitions, by 1.8% and volume growth by 1% during a “challenging year for trading” during the six months to December 31 2015.
Britain’s “complete obsession” with sugar could skew the government’s childhood obesity strategy due next month, warns a leading obesity expert, who was dismissive of a sugar tax.
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has proposed a sugar tax, tougher reformulation targets and regulation of promotions in order to defuse an obesity “time bomb”.
Health and wellness has dominated the latest food and drink innovations, as businesses attempt to tap into consumers looking to start the year with a healthier diet.
A phosphatidylserine (PS) based sports-drink ingredient shown to increase stamina during exercise and accelerate recovery afterwards has been made available from Enzymotec.
A petition has been launched to rename the popular drink Jack Daniels and Coke as a Lemmy in honour of the founder of metal band Motörhead, who recently died.
High street baker Greggs ended its “excellent year” on a high note, after strong sales growth in sandwiches and drinks including healthy options, claims the firm.
Vimto maker Nichols has posted a fall in UK sales of 0.3% to £84.9M, in a declining market of 0.7% in a pre-close statement for the year ending December 31 2015.
A new study that claims reducing the sugar content of sugar-sweetened drinks could prevent 1.5M cases of obesity and overweightness has been dismissed as “fanciful” and “contrary to the evidence” by the food industry.
Soft drinks maker AG Barr, which manufactures the iconic Irn Bru brand, has restored its sales, which were up 3.9% in its third quarter trading results to November 28 compared with the same period last year, putting it back on track to meet its long-term...
Diageo has been removed from a slow payment ‘hall of shame’ after improving its payment terms but Premier Foods remains on the Forum of Private Business (FPB) blacklist.
Scottish craft brewer BrewDog has pulled Camden Town Brewery’s beers from its bars, after the north London craft brewer was acquired by global beer giant AB InBev.
The inexorable rise of digital printing is the first of six key trends set to influence the global food and drink packaging industry next year, according to a new report from Mintel.
An independent, national Exports Commission should be set up to boost exports – including food and drink exports – the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has told government.
Scottish craft beer brewer BrewDog has offered US presidential candidate Donald Trump shares in the company to quit politics in a witty open letter that attacked the outspoken US billionaire.
AB InBev could struggle to find a European buyer for its Grolsch and Peroni brands as it looks set to offload the North American rights to Molson Coors for a “cheap” $12bn (£8bn), according to a business expert.
The Scotch Whisky Association’s (SWA’s) new London office, will help to grow exports of Scotch, currently worth £4bn a year, while boosting jobs across the UK, claims the association.
Brewing giant AB InBev will look to offload its newly-acquired Peroni and Grolsch brands in a bid to appease EU competition regulators following its takeover of rival SAB Miller, with Heineken and Molson Coors the most likely bidders, according to an...
More than two-thirds of British adults believe a tax on sugar-sweetened soft drinks would: penalise most people who consume soft drinks responsibly, rise each year and lead to taxes on other foods, according to an independent poll commissioned by the...
Criticism hurled at Tesco, jobs under threat at Hovis a number of food and drink manufacturers posting positive financial results lead this week’s top headlines.
Three food and drink manufacturers have posted positive financial results, with Finsbury Food Group seeing a jump in revenue and Britvic and First Milk reporting profit rises.
Beverage giant Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has won the Beverage manufacturing company of the year in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs).
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has thrown open the doors of its Morpeth site in Northumberland to students in a bid to show them the many job opportunities in the food and drink manufacturing sector.
Grocery think tank IGD is planning a range of new activities designed to help consumers improve their understanding of a nutritionally balanced diet and encourage healthier eating as it takes a more prominent role in trying to curb the UK’s obesity epidemic.
Moy Park, Premier Foods and 2 Sisters Food Group were among the 11 businesses that graced the stage at the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards (FMEAs) earlier this month to collect Oscars for their top performance over the past year.
The main source of alcohol duty tax losses to the UK treasury – estimated at £500M to £700M annually – is from “diversion smuggled” beer channelled through the Port of Dover, the head of regulatory affairs at the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA)...
Food and drink manufacturers could benefit from a number of new apps that help promote beer and food pairings, manage food safety and reduce food waste.
The soft drinks sector has hit out at national media claims that a new study proves a clear link between sweetened drinks and an increased likelihood of heart failure in men.
Magners producer C&C has reported “difficult trading conditions” in its core markets as operating profit fell 9.5% to 62.2M in the six months to August 31 2015.
Brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev’s declining volume sales prove how much it needs its planned merger with SABMiller to achieve growth, according a leading business professor.
The boss of Adnams brewery has joined food industry executives and other business leaders in backing the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI’s) campaign in support of Britain’s EU membership.
The birth of a new global mega brewer moved a step closer today, as SABMiller revealed it had accepted “in principle” a higher takeover bid from rival Anheuser-Busch InBev, which valued the business at £44 a share.
Meatless meat products, 3D printed gummy sweets and milk chocolate reindeer droppings were just some of the innovations launched by food and drink manufacturers recently.
It has proved a vintage year for entries in the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs), says the chairman of the independent judging panel Paul Wilkinson.
