Job market sunny for food and drink manufacturing
More job gains than losses were announced in the food and drink manufacturing sector in the past six months, FoodManufacture.co.uk can exclusively reveal.
Archives for July 14, 2013
Finsbury has its cake and eats it
Finsbury Food Group is stepping up investment in its core UK bakery division as it slashes debt and announces strong profits in an annual pre-close financial statement.
Legislation to create ‘difficulties’ for pest control
Changes to the Biocidal Products Directive will create a number of “difficulties” for food and drink manufacturers’ pest control methods.
Thorntons sees strong commercial and export growth
Thorntons chief executive Jonathan Hart expects further growth from supermarket sales in the coming year, he told FoodManufacture.co.uk, after the company posted strong fourth quarter growth in the division including that area.
Collective failure to hit campylobacter targets revealed
Campylobacter targets for chickens have fallen woefully short of objectives set by government agencies and representatives, the poultry industry and retailers, FoodManufacture.co.uk understands.
Plan your recall strategy before the horse bolts
The furore surrounding the horsemeat scandal seems to have settled for the time being. But let’s not forget an estimated 10M beef burgers, among other products, were removed from supermarket shelves across the country. Perhaps this calm offers an...
Premier Foods could sell milling business next
The closure of Premier Foods’ Barry mill in the Vale of Glamorgan – with the loss of 43 jobs last week – and plans to reorganise its milling business into two parts could herald its sale, according to City analyst Investec.
Two new awards for food manufacturing Oscars
Two new awards are to feature in the food and drink manufacturing Oscars – the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards (FMEAs) – this year. The new categories are the ‘Best use of food ingredients’ and ‘Supply chain initiative’.
AG Barr tight-lipped on Lucozade and Ribena deal
Irn Bru maker AG Barr is remaining tight-lipped about press reports that it is preparing a £1bn bid for GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK’s) iconic drink brands Ribena and Lucozade, in the wake of its failed merger bid with Britvic.