Inside food & drink manufacturing
Category commoditisation destroys value, yet in many grocery categories, the dynamic seems entrenched and value chain participants are either perplexed or defeatist. But some manufacturers and retailers in the frozen ready meals category (FRM) are...
Gluten-free bakery company Genius Foods has announced the acquisition of frozen pie maker Chapel Foods in a £3.5M deal.
Autumn spending review
The government will clarify exactly how it plans to reach its target of 3M more apprentices during the lifetime of this parliament in Chancellor George Osborne’s autumn spending review on Wednesday (November 25), according to business secretary Sajid Javid.
Food Manufacture Excellence Awards
Beverage giant Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has won the Beverage manufacturing company of the year in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs).
Premier Foods’s recovery strategy is “starting to bear fruit”, according to City analyst Investec, after the manufacturer posted its first quarterly branded sales rise in two years last week.
A huge fire destroyed a warehouse at a food processing plant after an electrical fault last week.
Bakkavor has created 160 jobs at its Newark desserts business in a bid to meet increased demand.
The supermarket price war has hit small food manufacturers hardest, squeezing profit margins by more than a third, according to law firm EMW.
A commercial vehicle firm has been told to pay £212,500, after one of its workers was killed by a slow-moving heavy goods vehicle (HGV).
Food manufacturing’s key contribution to Morrisons’ recovery was again highlighted by leading City analyst Shore Capital, following a meeting with the troubled retailer.