Bells £500k factory extension approved
Scots baker Bells Food Group has secured planning permission for a new £500,000 cake facility that is expected to create 10–15 jobs.
Archives for October 10, 2018
£9.3bn cost of no-deal Brexit
The impact of Brexit is to be felt up and down the supply chain, with food manufacturers fearing a knock-on effect if no trade deal is agreed between the UK and the EU.
Development hub
Innovation driving success at Willowbrook
Northern Ireland’s Willowbrook Foods attributes its sustained success to its Innovation Centre and an ongoing ability to adapt to customers’ changing requirements.
Sleaford technical expert joins Food Industry Intelligence Network
Ingredients manufacturer Sleaford Quality Foods’ head of technical Gary Ridgewell has taken a position at the Food Industry Intelligence Network (FIIN).
Marks & Spencer Food makes raft of new hires
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced a raft of senior hires to its Food division’s leadership team, in a bid to modernise the franchise while protecting the best of the brand.
AB InBev reveals automated warehouse
Budweiser brewer AB InBev has unveiled a fully automated 80,000m2 warehouse at its site in Magor, south Wales, creating new jobs and reducing its carbon footprint.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
How a joined-up approach can make food firms greener
The pressure to be leaner and greener is prompting manufacturers to take a long hard look at their energy usage.
Sainsbury’s lists The Meatless Farm Co’s vegan products
Sainsbury’s is launching more meat-free products, this time targeting flexitarians with vegan mince and burger patties, made from plants by start-up firm The Meatless Farm Co.
Illegal gangmaster arrested for exploiting fresh food workers
Police have arrested a man in south Wales on suspicion of exploiting workers as an unlicensed gangmaster in the fresh food packaging and processing sector.
Radnor Hills unveils £6m PET reduction line
Welsh soft drinks producer Radnor Hills has ploughed £6m into a new production line that enables it to reduce polyethylene terephthalate (PET) content in bottles.
Undeclared allergens spark a raft of recalls
Undeclared allergens have been the cause of a number of recalls of food and drink products this week.