YMCA encourages retailers to extend food poverty scheme
The YMCA has called on more retailers to join forces with it to help beat food poverty, following a successful partnership between an Asda store and its local YMCA in Staffordshire.
Archives for August 18, 2013
2 Sisters announces leadership restructure
2 Sisters Food Group has created two new leadership roles, effective immediately: chief operating officer, protein, and chief operating officer, chilled, ambient and frozen.
Tesco withdraws eight own-label ethnic meals
Tesco is recalling eight Indian and Chinese own-label ambient meals, due to a production fault.
Management buyouts difficult, but not impossible: Snowbird boss
Quicker decision making and more flexible business approaches are the two key benefits being enjoyed at Enfield-based Snowbird Foods in the wake of a management buyout.
Campden BRI strengthens its brewing and malting team
Food and drink research company Campden BRI has appointed Ed Wray as its new project brewer and maltster as part of its plans to strengthen its brewing and malting team.
ABP Food Group to fight horsemeat legal action
The ABP Food Group has vowed to fight legal action – citing alleged defamation and loss of business – brought by an Irish meat trader in the wake of the horsemeat crisis.
World’s first: Glow in the dark Cornetto
Wall’s Ice Cream is aiming to scoop up colourful extra sales with the launch of the world’s first glow in the dark Cornetto.
Hard up consumers chain retailers to promotions treadmill
Lack of consumer spending power is forcing retailers to maintain high levels of promotional activity against their own preferences, according to Marnie Millard, md of soft drinks firm Nichols.