Inside food & drink manufacturing
There is a “low risk” coeliacs could suffer side-effects from the recent Genius Foods’s product recall despite many consumers voicing their anger and disappointment on social media, a free-from expert has claimed.
Müller Dairy has put 43 jobs at risk at its Market Drayton site in Shropshire as part of a review of its operational efficiencies, according to the firm.
Food and drink manufacturers would face higher long-term costs if Britain quits the EU, but the move would have less impact on business than some “scare-mongering” reports suggest.
United Biscuits’ £50M investment at its Harlesden facility didn’t stop production, despite major structural work being carried out, factory general manager Helen Day has said.
Scotland’s whisky exports would be badly hit should the UK vote for an exit in the government’s referendum on EU membership.
Sauce manufacturer BD Foods has invested £240,000 in two new production lines to boost capacity and service more orders, creating 40 jobs.
Frozen food retailer Iceland’s sales were hit by a triple whammy of intense competition from Aldi and Lidl, food price deflation and “changing consumer habits” over the past year, it claimed.