Food manufacturers urged to support British spuds
Potato growers will become “extinct” if manufacturers and processors impose penalties on them for contract shortfalls caused by the poor weather.
Archives for October 30, 2012
Premier Foods scales debt mountain with £92.5M Mizkan sale
Food manufacturer Premier Foods moved closer to reducing its debt mountain today (October 30) with the confirmation of a conditional agreement to sell its sweet pickles and table sauces business to Mizkan for £92.5M in cash.
Manufacturers sign up to ‘weak’ national palm oil pledge
Food manufacturers, government and supermarkets have today (October 30) “stated their ambition” to ensure palm oil used in food production is responsibly produced and does not contribute to deforestation by 2015. But a leading retail organisation has...
Waitrose launches former meat counter worker’s snack product
Waitrose launched the snack product of its former meat counter worker in 196 of its stores last week (October 22).