Culina to create 280 jobs at ambient food depot
Culina is to create 280 jobs at a new 26,000m2 ambient food and drink logistics facility at the National Import Centre at Port Salford.
Archives for March 23, 2015
Morrisons new boss invests £1M in shares
New Morrisons boss David Potts has signalled his faith in the troubled retailer by buying more than £1M of the supermarket’s shares.
Dairy Crest sale referred to competition authority
Dairy Crest’s plan to sell its dairies to Müller UK & Ireland is to be probed by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), after the £80M deal was referred by the EU.
Heinz axes 71 roles at baked beans plant
Heinz UK and Ireland has slashed 71 roles at its Kitt Green factory near Wigan.
Discount stores Aldi and Lidl create 1000 jobs
The hard discount store chains created a total of 1,000 jobs Last week, as Lidl and Aldi both unveiled two new distribution centres, with 500 jobs a piece. This week’s Good week, bad week also reports good news for whisky drinkers, Charlie Bigham and...
Panesar Foods invests £9M to create 30 jobs
Panesar Foods is investing almost £9M in the expansion of its West Bromwich sauce manufacturing business, creating at least 30 jobs and potentially boosting its turnover.
£8,000 food fraud fine the first of its kind
Peter Boddy has been fined £8,000 at Southwark Crown Court after he admitted failing to comply with food traceability regulations, the first horsemeat food fraud sentence pronounced following the scandal.
Dairy exports reached record high last year
A surge in cheese exports powered dairy exports to reach a record high of £1.4bn last year, according to the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
Food firms to profit from de-stress food and snacks
Food manufacturers can profit from producing products that help stressed consumers unwind, according to market research specialist Canadean.
Food Vision 2015
Innovative food packaging to end sell-by-date labels
Innovative new food and drink packaging could kill off conventional ‘sell-by-date’ labels, according to innovation research firm Stylus.