Inside food & drink manufacturing
Fresh prepared foods manufacturer Bakkavor has expressed disappointment at news that 600 of its workers at the Park Royal pizza plant in London are to be balloted over strike action, in a dispute with the GMB union over pay.
Agri-food businesses face “a golden age” Simon Coveney, Irish minister for agriculture, fisheries and the marine, told the Oxford Farming Conference, the day before Irish food board Bord Bia confirmed food and drink exports reached nearly £8.27bn (€10bn)...
Morrisons’ results for the six weeks to January 5 were branded as “a surprise and a disastrous Christmas update”, by city analyst Shore Capital.
Europe will become a food and farming museum without science on genetic modification (GM), environment secretary Owen Paterson has warned – echoing food manufacturers’ long-standing fears.
Leading retailers Tesco, Morrisons and Marks & Spencer (M&S) have all reported sliding sales over the Christmas period, with one retailer accused of delivering “a quite awful trading update”.
Food manufacturers should substitute sugar with other sweeteners more or face public shaming and risk missing significant commercial benefits, according to a prominent nutrition policy expert.
The horsemeat scandal took supermarkets by surprise because they took a complex supply chain too much “on trust” and were over-reliant on paperwork, rather than sampling and close trade relationships.
Waitrose md Mark Price has been appointed as a life patron of the charity GroceryAid.