Olympics boss urged to ditch ‘junk food sponsorship’
New Olympic boss Thomas Bach should ban “junk food sponsorship” of the Olympic Games, demands a children’s charity.
Archives for September 10, 2013
Thorntons claims record production levels
Thorntons has hailed record production levels in its full-year results, securing permanent jobs for many of its factory workers.
Step up to the plate and share efficiency
Major food manufacturers need to overcome concerns about commercial sensitivity and share with their supply chain partners and the wider industry how they have become more efficient in order to benefit the sector as a whole, according to a resource...
Food engineering students to get 100k in bursaries
Students accepted to study for the UK’s first food and drink engineering degree will be offered a combined total of £100,000 in bursaries in their first year to help stave off student debt, according to the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
Supermarkets must spur suppliers to cut campylobacter
Retailers must incentivise poultry suppliers to tackle the UK’s soaring levels of campylobacter contamination, according to the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) board, which met in Aberdeen today (September 11).
‘We’ve slashed the salt, now where's the credit?’
Bradford-based Seabrook crisps has slashed its products’ salt levels by 20% – but its boss says the industry as a whole is not getting the credit is deserves for undertaking such costly and challenging endeavours.
Hilton Food’s results divide City opinion
The Hilton Food Group’s half-year results posted yesterday (September 10) received a mixed reception from City analysts.
DEFRA prepares for EU country of origin labelling
An expert committee of the EU wants country of origin labelling (COOL) for fresh meat products under the new Food Information Regulation (FIR) to be restricted to member states and no other geographical area, sparking fears the same could apply to...
Burton’s £2M factory investment takes the biscuit
Burton’s Biscuit Company’s £2M investment in its Maryland cookie plant will boost capacity by nearly 700t and establish Blackpool as its Cookies Centre of Excellence, the firm claims.
£1M 2 Sisters lab poised to open
2 Sisters Food Group’s new £1M microbiology lab will help keep it on top of threats posed by pathogens, the firm’s technical chief told FoodManufacture.co.uk.
Premier Foods gets City vote of confidence
Signalling a key vote of faith in debt-laden Premier Foods, leading City analyst Shore Capital has upgraded its advice on the firm’s stock from ‘hold’ to ‘buy’.
Tesco rat infestation in Perth ‘isolated incident’
A rat infestation in Tesco’s Perth Metro store, recent complaints about a live caterpillar discovered in a sandwich at a store in Sussex and a ‘supermouse’ at its Covent Garden Metro outlet were isolated incidents, according to a spokeswoman for the...