Supermarkets manufacturing food is ‘a real threat’
Food and drink business failures are on the increase and supermarket plans to bring more manufacturing in-house could make the food industry even more cut-throat.
Archives for August 11, 2015
Dairy Crisis
Morrisons boosts dairy farmers’ income with new milk
Morrisons is to launch a new milk brand where 10p per litre of the retail price will go directly to dairy farmers.
Amazon’s fresh food launch powers ahead
Amazon is fitting out a former Tesco warehouse in Weybridge, Surrey, amid speculation that it could launch its UK fresh food delivery service as early as next month.
Me and My Factory
In Allied Bakeries’ new bakehouse
Allied Bakeries’ Stevenage site has come to the end of a £31M investment, Russell Zaple tells Nicholas Robinson all about it.
Taylors of Harrogate reduces maintenance downtime
Taylors of Harrogate has significantly reduced the maintenance downtown on its packaging lines after making minor adjustments to operations at its Harrogate manufacturing facility, the company’s shift manager John Hennighan said.
Dairy Crest sale could be approved by October
Müller is one step closer to concluding its deal with Dairy Crest, following the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA’s) announcement that it agrees with Müller’s proposals for alleviating anti-competition concerns.