Inside food & drink manufacturing
Consumers continue to restrain grocery spending amid Brexit-related uncertainty and rising living costs, but discounters Aldi and Lidl are reaping the benefits, according to market analysts Nielsen and Kantar.
Signature Flatbreads has created 50 jobs so far this year and is raising factory wages to a base level of £9 an hour – above the Government's National Living Wage.
Pladis is set to launch two new additions to its McVitie’s Digestives range of biscuits, in a bid to drive younger customers to the brand.
The defeat of the Prime Minister’s withdrawal agreement in parliament last week could be leading the UK toward a catastrophic exit from the EU, warned the head of the National Farmers Union.
The nutrient levels of thousands of the most commonly eaten foods and recipe dishes in the UK has been made available online following a tie up between Public Health England (PHE) and the Quadram Institute.
An update on the progress made on the recommendations set out in the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) and Food Standards Scotland’s (FSS’) meat cutting plant and cold store review is expected imminently.
McCain Foods (GB) has posted robust profit and sales growth in the face of Brexit uncertainty in its latest annual results.
Biscuit manufacturer Pladis’ Carlisle McVitie’s plant is set to appear on UK television screens this week, in the next episode of the Channel 5 programme Secrets of the McVitie’s Factory.
2 Sisters Food Group has been fined £1.4m for health and safety offences, after a worker suffered crush injuries at its Scunthorpe site.