Asda re-ignites price war with £500M investment
Asda looks set to re-ignite the price war among the UK retailers by investing £500M in price cuts.
Archives for January 11, 2016
Great British Food Unit to drive progress: BIS
The Great British Food Unit – a new partnership between food and drink manufacturers and two government departments, to be launched this year – will help to boost sales at home and abroad, the secretary of state for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)...
Axing Business Growth Service sparks criticism
Government plans to axe the Business Growth Service (BGS) – which included the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) and Growth Accelerator programme – has sparked a storm of industry protest.
Innovation conference
Disruptive change drives real growth
Creative insights are the real drivers of business growth in food and drink and yet, all too often, companies stick with the safe option, adopting a tick-box approach to innovation, according to leading consultants in the field.
Karro invests £2M in Scunthorpe site – 140 new jobs
Karro Food Group plans to create 140 jobs and invest £2M in its Scunthorpe plant following a significant increase in retail sales this year.
Soup-maker Campbell switches to GMO labelling
The world’s largest soup-maker has responded to calls for more food transparency by announcing it is to label the genetically modified organism (GMO) content on all of its US products.
Scotland urged to be vigilant after bird flu found in Fife
A suspected case of bird flu has been identified on a farm in Scotland, causing the country’s government to issue a warning to nearby poultry processors.
Stand or sit with new pallet truck
A new series of rider pallet trucks, claimed to combine the key benefits of platform and seated forklift trucks, has been introduced by Yale Europe Materials Handling.
Aryzta’s fleet management system to optimise distribution
Aryzta Food Solutions UK, the bakery products company which owns the Delice de France brand, has a deployed fleet performance and journey management system across its entire UK fleet of 105 vehicles in a move designed to boost its delivery operations and...
Asda meat acquisition no threat to food manufacturers: analysts
Food manufacturers have nothing to fear from Asda’s acquisition of two multi-million pound meat manufacturing firms, according to leading analysts.
Frozen distributor Reed Boardall reports steady results for 2015
Reed Boardall Group, the Yorkshire-based cold storage and transport firm has just reported another year of steady performance with revenues rising to just under £66M in the year to March 31 2015, an increase of 3% from the previous year’s total sales of...
Agritech funding cuts will damage the food supply chain
The future of the UK’s agricultural technologies (agritech) strategy has been called into question after last year’s “savage cuts” in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ budget, which is likely to feed through into a reduction of its...
Food chain transparency is the goal
The 2013 Horsemeat Scandal Created A Demand For Better Supply Chain Transparency. Michelle Knott Explains What This Means In Practice