Temperature-controlled storage and distribution has come under considerable scrutiny, as the food industry balances a need to keep food fresh and safe with the environmental and financial cost of doing so.
Devon-based frozen food firm Paramount 21 has increased wages for workers at its Newton Abbot site by introducing the Living Wage, as it embarks on a £650,000 investment into its production capabilities.
The cold chain faces three big challenges, according to Su Dakin, British Sugar head of food safety and quality, speaking at the Institute of Food Science and Technology’s Spring Conference 2021.
Demand for luxury products, thriftiness and the link between gut health and mental health have been identified as top 2021 consumer food trends by market research group The Food People.
Online recipe box business Mindful Chef aims to grow its product offer in categories such as frozen foods to reach £150m in sales by 2024, boosted by traditional retail and concessions.
Gourmet frozen ready meal manufacturer Cook aims to boost production capacity by 80% thanks to the installation of new spiral freezers supplied by Starfrost, supporting aims to double sales within five years.
Pukka is looking to tap into consumer demand for meat-free convenience meals with the launch of a Veggie Cheese, Leek & Potato microwaveable twin pack.
Food and drink industry veterans have united to launch REMS Frozen Foods, which is designed to grow into the ‘supplier of choice to all major UK and Irish food manufacturers’.
Nomad Foods Limited has agreed to acquire Fortenova Group’s Frozen Food Business Group (FFBG) for approximately €615m, taking it into the European ice cream market.
Temperature-controlled storage specialist Magnavale has secured planning and funding to construct a fully automated multi-temperature cold store in Easton, Lincolnshire that could create up to 530 jobs once complete.
Omar Meziane, founder of frozen ready meals firm Tweakd and former England football team chef talks to Food Manufacture about his decision to dive into the world of food production.
Significant growth in the UK’s frozen food sector due to a change in consumer shopping habits during lockdown could be here to stay, according to the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF).
