General Mills UK buys Saxby Bros
Jus Rol has snapped up Saxby Bros, its biggest rival in the branded ingredient pastry sector, for an undisclosed sum.The deal gives Jus Rol’s owner...
Archives for February 5, 2007
Food and Drink Skills Academy gets green light
The National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing will open in April after the government finally gave it the go-ahead.The announcement...
EFSA wins more funds as its workload mushrooms
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is to receive substantially more funding this year to cope with its increasing workload, which will now...
Pressure mounts for a single global food safety certification standard
A single international standard for the safety certification of food production premises moved a step closer last week when stakeholders in the...
Czech plans on hold at Lightbody as Finsbury makes an offer
Plans by Lightbody Celebration Cakes to open a new factory in the Czech Republic have been put on ice following its proposed acquisition by Finsbury...
New lab explores nutrition from the neck up
A new laboratory dedicated to exploring the relationship between nutrition and behaviour has opened at Aston University in Birmingham.Dr Julia Brown,...
Expert rejects Which? claim that consumers prefer discounters
A retail expert has rubbished claims made by consumer watchdog Which? that consumers want cheap products.Which? editor Neil Fowler said “customers...