There is now just one week to go to submit entries to the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs) – widely regarded as the Oscars of the UK food and drink manufacturing industry.
More than 400 jobs are under threat at Addo Food Group’s Spalding site after the chilled pastry specialist opened a consultation process to close the factory and transfer production to its Poole and Palethorpes bakeries.
Bakery firm Finsbury Food Group has said “unprecedented” commodity and labour inflation continued to blight the business after announcing a fall in annual revenue.
Bakery ingredients supplier Real Good Food (RGF) has secured at least £8.2m of additional funding from its three major shareholders, after facing severe financial challenges over the past 12 months.
Bakery equipment manufacturer Bakers Basco has been awarded £6,438 in damages and costs, after a plastics recycler in Shropshire was found “stealing” its equipment to sell the raw materials.
The Celtic Bakers, a north London baker of hand-crafted breads, cakes and patisserie, has become one of the first users of Rotech’s new RF-Lite sleeve and carton coder.
Middlesex-based supplier Ambit International is introducing two machines to the UK bakery market, following their successful launch earlier this year...
