Inside food & drink manufacturing
Unilever’s results for the first half of 2016 have shown profitable growth in what it claimed were challenging markets particularly in Europe, where underlying sales were flat and volume growth offset continued price deflation.
Kellogg’s Trafford Park distribution facility was acquired by a real estate investment trust for £23.5M yesterday (August 9).
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Bakkavor workers belonging to the GMB union plan to protest outside Sainsbury’s London headquarters on Friday (August 12), as part of a row over changes to their pay and conditions.
The new Industry Approved Apprenticeship Programmes (IAAP) for the food and drink industry “puts employers in the driving seat with regards to standards”, says 2 Sisters Food Group’s people and change director Nigel Perry.
Samworth Brothers has expanded its food-to-go range, after the grocery think-tank IGD predicted the value of the sector could reach £16.1bn by December.
The secret recipe behind Heinz Baked Beanz remains a mystery, after Heinz’s 70-year-old Wigan factory appeared on BBC Two’s ‘Inside The Factory: How Our Favourite Foods Are Made’ last night.
Angry milk producers have hit back at Müller, after the dairy processor dismissed protests outside its Market Drayton factory last week.