Chinese food giant ‘could buy’ Moy Park in £1bn deal
Moy Park may be sold to Chinese agri-food giant New Hope in a £1bn takeover, an industry expert told this website.
Archives for August 22, 2017
Finsbury plans Grain D’Or closure: 250 jobs at risk
Speciality cake and bread manufacturer Finsbury Food Group plans to close its Grain D’Or business in London, putting about 250 jobs at risk.
Fire crews battle Bakkavor factory blaze
Fire crews battled a blaze at Bakkavor Desserts in Nottinghamshire in the early hours of this morning (August 23), while sausage mix manufacturer Gordon Rhodes & Son has restarted production this week – less than nine days after a fire destroyed its...
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Dalziel Ingredients in £2.5M expansion after gluten-free boost
Ingredients supplier Dalziel Ingredients is building a new £2.5M warehouse extension to increase storage capacity, after demand for gluten-free ingredients doubled in three years.
Contaminated egg scandal ‘could have been avoided’
The fipronil imported egg scandal – which saw at least 700,000 eggs contaminated with the insecticide enter the UK – could have been avoided with stronger supply chain management, claims consultancy Adjuno.
Industry welcomes government’s Brexit trade plan
The government’s latest plans, to ensure goods already available in the UK and EU markets can remain on sale after Brexit, have been welcomed by Dairy UK and business leaders.
Moy Park profits rise 7.1% in ‘challenging market’
Meat processor Moy Park reported a 7.1% rise in like-for-like pre-tax profit to £18M in its second-quarter trading update, despite what it described as a “challenging market”.
Imported pork ‘infecting thousands’ with hepatitis E
Food manufacturers and processors must shift to locally-sourced foods to minimise the risk of hepatitis E to consumers, says supply chain firm Vendigital, after a Public Health England (PHE) report revealed thousands of Britons a year could be infected...
Young’s Seafood hires chief financial officer
Young’s Seafood has appointed Tim Busby as its new chief financial officer, effective from January 2 next year.