Premier warned that planned plant closure could cut South African canning capacity in half
Fruit producers in South Africa have spoken out against Premier FMCG’s plans to close a major processing plant.
Archives for August 19, 2026
Russian firm petitions Putin to put Nestlé assets under ‘temporary administration’
A small logistics firm has petitioned Russian president Vladimir Putin to temporarily run the Russian-based assets of Nestlé.
Major freight shake-up on horizon
The new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) includes the first-ever dedicated policy for freight and logistics in the UK.
One dead in UK-wide salmonella outbreak linked to imported eggs
One person has died and hundreds have fallen ill after an outbreak of salmonella affected all four corners of the UK.
Diageo cuts 2,000 staff members amid restructuring
Diageo’s workforce fell by almost 2,000 people in its last financial year as chief executive Sir Dave Lewis pushes ahead with a major cost cutting programme.
Overturning 7 industry assumptions about the GLP-1 consumer
The newest evidence challenges some of the food industry’s most comfortable conclusions about GLP-1 consumers
Can culturally rooted snacks survive industrial scale?
As regional flavours go global, manufacturers risk engineering away the very character that made them valuable
Caffe Nero appoints group CFO
The international coffee chain has named a new chief finance officer.
Britain can’t afford to lose control of its wheat
To secure future harvests, the UK must rethink who owns, develops and deploys the genetics behind its most important crop, writes Dr Ross Hendron, co-founder and CEO of Wild Bioscience.