PepsiCo praises Sheffield food engineering degree
Food and beverage giant PepsiCo has joined other leading food and drink firms in praising the UK’s first food engineering degree, which begins today (September 29) at Sheffield Hallam University.
Archives for September 28, 2014
Approved Food’s new site likely to create 20 jobs
Cut price online retailer Approved Food could create 20 new jobs with a £350,000 investment in a new 60,000m2 headquarters in Sheffield to meet growing demand and remain efficient, according to the firm’s boss.
Aldi’s caviar plan to catch wealthy shoppers
Aldi will attack the premium end of the food market by targeting wealthy consumers this Christmas, bosses have said, after announcing a 65% increase in its UK profits to £260.9M.
Graze’s online sales of healthy snacks hit £53M
Graze, the online retailer of healthy, portion-controlled snacks, which are sold direct to the consumer, continues it meteoric rise as it today reports a 31% increase in sales to £52.7M for the year ended February 28.
Ryder Cup tees up showcase of Scottish food
The Ryder Cup provided a “perfect platform” to showcase Scotland’s food and drink to more than 45,000 visitors from 75 countries on each day of the three-day golf tournament between Europe and the US, claimed the Edinburgh government.
‘Weekend warriors’ drive added protein demand
Weekend fitness fanatics are driving the demand for more mainstream food and drink products, such as milk, fortified with sports nutrition ingredients.
Tesco admits pork sausages contained chicken
Tesco has admitted batches of its pork sausages contained chicken, along with two other incidents of what it termed “crossover”, where products were found to contain meats not specified on the label.
Mackerel returns to sustainable safe to eat list
The return of mackerel to the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) ‘fish to eat’ list has been welcomed by the Scottish mackerel processing industry.
UK manufacturers: ‘We want to stay in Europe’
British manufacturers want overwhelmingly to remain in the EU, according to a survey by the manufacturers’ organisation EEF.
Tesco discovers more meat contamination
Tesco has suffered a further blow after testing revealed unlabelled meat content in products including venison burgers and pork sausages.