Food Standards Agency survey highlights sugar fears
Consumer fears about sugar content have been flagged up in the latest Food Standards Agency (FSA) shopper survey.
Archives for February 2, 2018
Bath Ales on track for May 2018 opening
Bath Ales, the St Austell-owned brewery, has had 12 new fermenting vessels lifted into place as part of its new multi-million pound brewery.
Cranswick on track with plant construction projects
Cranswick’s factory builds are going to plan amid record levels of investment and a financial performance that has forced analysts to again upgrade forecasts for the meat processing firm.
2 Sisters donates 15,000 meals to charity
2 Sisters Food Group has donated 15,000 prepared ready meals to Wales-based surplus food redistribution charity FareShare Cymru.
Coca-Cola: site closures not down to any one factor
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has claimed the planned closures of two sites in 2019 are not down to “any single external factor”.
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EU exit could divide food industry on policy
Brexit could lead to further divergence in the UK’s food and drink policy, according to Dominic Watkins, head of food at law firm DWF.
UK-wide meat cutting plant and cold store review planned
A UK-wide review of meat cutting plants and cold stores has just been announced by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS).
Soft drinks firm pumps £240M into transforming manufacturing
Britvic plans to create 80 jobs at its manufacturing site in Rugby and invest in three new production lines.
Dunbia plays down job loss fears
Meat processor Dunbia has moved to allay fears there will be redundancies at one of its Welsh sites.
Up to 45 jobs at risk as Marston’s bottling line closes
Marston’s is to close a canning and bottling line at its Eagle brewery in Bedford, putting up to 45 jobs at risk.
Scotch whisky trademark secured in China
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has secured a 10-year trademark for Scotch whisky in China, during a three-day trade visit to the country with Prime Minister Theresa May.
Unilever pledges to modernise food portfolio
Unilever has said it will continue to modernise its food portfolio through “innovations and acquisitions” after the company revealed market conditions “remained challenging” in 2017.