Inside food & drink manufacturing
Horsemeat crisis
The European meat supply chain still contains “shocking blind spots”, said a supply chain management firm, after the Dutch authorities revealed 50,000t of meat supplied by two Dutch meat traders may have contained horsemeat.
Nearly a third of consumers feel misled by own-label brands – including food and drink products – which ape the packaging of leading brands, warns a survey by consumer watchdog Which?
Upmarket retailer Marks & Spencer’s (M&S’s) “excellent” food sales in the fourth-quarter of 2012/13 could be due to the horsemeat crisis, according to two City analysts.
Unite the union has lamented the way Vion has handled its Welsh Country Foods plant, which closed today with the loss of 310 jobs.
United Biscuits has appointed Martin Glenn as its new ceo with effect from May 6.
Morrisons has revealed plans to cut up to nearly 700 jobs, as part of plans to introduce cash-counting machines across its 490 stores nationwide.