Archives for April 17, 2016

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2 Sisters slams Living Wage strike action threat

By Noli Dinkovski

2 Sisters has slammed suggestions it is facing strike action at two of its Yorkshire operations, after a union accused the food giant of trying to offset the extra cost of the National Living Wage by cutting a number of other working benefits.

Pouches are set to grow in non-retort packing applications

By Paul Gander

The latest report on high-barrier pouches from Smithers Pira predicts that global demand will continue to increase at rates above 6% a year to 2020, but with retort pouches despite the apparent opportunities here showing lower growth than less demanding...