British Bakels invests to grow
Bakery ingredients specialist British Bakels will pump £700,000 into its Bicester, Oxford, manufacturing headquarters in a bid to boost the site's efficiencies and its potential to grow sales.
Archives for May 6, 2015
Morrisons’ boss to exploit ‘unique attributes’ as sales slide
Morrisons’ boss David Potts has pledged to exploit the retailer’s “unique attributes”, as the retailer’s first-quarter trading results revealed like-for-like (LFL) sales down nearly 3%.
True food innovation means ‘disruptive’ change
Breakthrough innovation is marked by a total transformation of an organisation and is completely different to developing food or drink products that just follow the latest fad or trend, according to a leading consultant.
Concerns raised about EU listeria rules for ready-to-eat foods
Ready-to-eat (RTE) food providers are worried about the increased risk of food poisoning that could result from confusion over the EU rules on the levels of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) allowed during the shelf-life of these products.
International firms target UK food acquisitions
International players buying UK food businesses was one of the main trends characterising merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the first quarter of 2015, according to financial advisory firm Grant Thornton.