Inside food & drink manufacturing
Warburtons has acknowledged receipt of a letter from Welsh rival Brace’s Bakery expressing an interest in its Newport bakery, but does not appear keen to engage in talks, according to Brace’s.
Morrisons has invested £1.5m in introducing wireless infrastructure to support real time working in five factories in Yorkshire, Northampton and Cheshire.
Management of food safety incidents should be far more effectively handled once the Food Standards Agency (FSA) installs new computer systems helping it to analyse extensive information contained within its own and external data banks.
Northern Foods is streamlining group operations into branded and chilled divisions.