Inside food & drink manufacturing
The controversial restructuring of Associated British Foods’ (ABF’s) Twinings tea division is progressing to plan with capacity expansion in China “well under way” and construction of a new €45m (£37.7m) factory in Poland planned to commission early next...
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has launched a logo that can be displayed on product packaging to inform consumers that the palm oil within has been sourced following RSPO rules.
FM Excellence awards
It takes a bold company to opt for an unannounced BRC audit two years in a row, but Northern Ireland-based Mash Direct has every reason to feel confident after picking up the Small Company of the Year award at this year's Food Manufacturing Excellence...
FM Excellence awards
Family-owned foodservice supplier apetito walked away with the Company of the Year award and scooped top prize in the frozen foods category at this year's Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards.
Marks & Spencer is aiming to deliver a 5% hike in availability in its food halls by 2013/14 as it rolls out a new forecasting and space planning system.
Northern Foods is now contemplating selling its Fenland Foods factory in Grantham after using it as a testing ground for new technologies to be installed at its other sites.
If they are not being hung, drawn and quartered for making our kids fat (and hyperactive), they are in the dock for peddling grey goo or destroying the rainforests (to ensure a steady supply of palm oil).