Inside food & drink manufacturing
More than three-quarters of recruitment suppliers that signed up to Premier Foods’ preferred supplier scheme last year have “already confirmed their interest in taking part again in 2011”, the company has claimed.
Robert Wiseman Dairies has struck a deal to supply Tesco with another 35m litres of milk a year, but said volume gains with the Co-operative Group had been offset by the retailer's decision to source ‘value’ milk from another supplier.
Blackburn based Stockley’s Sweets has invested £100,000 in a new production line that has boosted its capacity by 25%.
Unilever has announced bold plans to halve the environmental footprint of its products and source 100% of its agricultural raw materials sustainably over the next decade.
Cranswick has posted a 12% rise in pre-tax profit to £23.8m on sales up 8% to £384.3m in the six months to September 30.