Chief Executive Officer

Bernard Matthews appoints new chief executive

16-Feb-2018 By Aidan Fortune

Poultry processor Bernard Matthews has appointed Chris Just as its new ceo.

Unilever pledges to modernise food portfolio

02-Feb-2018 By Michelle Perrett

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.

Tyrrells owner acquired by Hershey in $1.6bn deal

20-Dec-2017 By Gwen Ridler

Amplify Snack Brands, owner of UK crisp manufacturer Tyrrells, has been acquired by US confectionery giant Hershey, in a deal worth about $1.6bn (£1.2bn).

Hilton Food Group acquires Seachill in £80.8M deal

18-Oct-2017 By Gwen Ridler

Hilton Food Group has agreed to buy chilled fish processor Icelandic Seachill, in a deal worth £80.8M.

Tulip plans 118 job cuts in King’s Lynn

21-Jul-2017 By Matt Atherton

Meat processor Tulip plans 118 job cuts at its King’s Lynn food production plant, as part of a restructuring strategy.

Food Standards Agency hires new chief executive

12-Apr-2017 By Michael Stones

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has appointed Jason Feeney as its new chief executive.

Meat firm Yorkshire Game gets new owners

13-Mar-2017 By Noli Dinkovski

A gourmet food business that fell into insolvency has been taken over by its current md and the former boss of Ragu and Aunt Bessie’s maker Symingtons.

Food Standards Agency chief executive to stand down

25-Nov-2016 By Gwen Ridler

Food Standards Agency (FSA) chief executive Catherine Brown has resigned from her role and will leave the organisation by the end of March 2017.

Bord Bia new ceo to build closer stakeholder bond

31-Oct-2016 By Matt Atherton

The Irish Food Board, Bord Bia, has appointed new chief executive Tara McCarthy with the mission of building stronger relationships with stakeholders.

Brexit impact

Greene King warns of fall in consumer confidence over Brexit

29-Jun-2016 By Michelle Perrett

Greene King, the brewer and pub operator, has warned that consumer confidence will be hit by Brexit.

Bakkavor: trading conditions to ‘remain challenging’

13-May-2016 By Michelle Perrett

Bakkavor expects trading conditions to remain “challenging” in the coming months, as it reported revenues up 1.4% to £415.8M for the first quarter ended March 26, 2016.

People on the move in food and drink

22-Apr-2016 By Michelle Perrett

Hilton Food Group, Hovis and Finsbury Food Group lead our selection of the most recent appointments in the UK food and drink industry.

Ingredients maker FDL bought by US firm

22-Feb-2016 By Noli Dinkovski

UK-based ingredients maker Fuerst Day Lawson (FDL) has been taken over by a Dallas-based private equity firm in partnership with current FDL chief executive officer Mac Mardi.

Financial results: Finsbury, Britvic and First Milk

25-Nov-2015 By Alice Foster

Three food and drink manufacturers have posted positive financial results, with Finsbury Food Group seeing a jump in revenue and Britvic and First Milk reporting profit rises.

Findus deal to yield £7M more savings than expected

16-Nov-2015 By Alice Foster

Nomad Foods’s acquisition of Findus Group’s continental European business will yield approximately £7M more cost-saving synergies than expected, the firm claimed.

Carlsberg to axe 2,000 jobs and cut UK production

12-Nov-2015 By Alice Foster

Carlsberg plans to cut about 2,000 white-collar jobs worldwide and scale back on beer production at its brewery in Northampton.

Young’s Seafood to focus on efficiencies after Findus sale

02-Nov-2015 By Alice Foster

Young’s Seafood plans to focus on processing efficiencies and market growth following the sale of Findus Group’s continental European operations.

Tesco pledges to simplify supplier payment terms

06-Oct-2015 By Alice Foster

Tesco has announced plans to standardise payment terms in a bid to simplify its relationship with suppliers in the UK.

Morrisons ceo Potts invests £500,000 in shares

18-Sep-2015 By Alice Foster

Morrisons ceo David Potts has invested £500,000 in the business, shortly after reaffirming the retailer’s commitment to food and drink manufacturing.

Cake firm Bright Blue Foods acquired by Endless

09-Sep-2015 By Alice Foster

Cake maker Bright Blue Foods has been acquired by private equity investor Endless for an undisclosed sum.

Nomad Foods reports £392M loss as empire grows

27-Aug-2015 By Alice Foster

Nomad Foods, the new owner of frozen food company Iglo Group, has reported a £392M loss in the six months to June 30 as the investment firm eyes other potential acquisitions.

Flavour firm opens in Japan

10-Aug-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Givaudan, a global flavour and fragrance house, has pumped more than €11.5M into a new Tokyo-based technical centre.

Japan signs Alga Tech deal

16-Jul-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Alga Technologies, an Israeli-based astaxanthin producer, has signed a deal to supply Fujifilm in Japan with AstaPure, which will be used in the firm's Astalift skin care products.

Symrise snaps up US’s Flavor Infusion

01-Jul-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

The €1.5bn turnover European-based flavour and fragrance firm Symrise has acquired the US natural beverage ingredients firm Flavor Infusion in a multi-million euro deal, it has revealed.

Fertility firm combines tech with supplements

21-May-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Fruitful Way claims to have developed a fertility toolkit with supplements to help couples conceive naturally.

Nestlé boss rejects 'glass ceiling' theory

16-Apr-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Nestlé’s boss Fiona Kendrick has rejected accusations that a glass ceiling is preventing women from becoming leaders of big UK food and drink firms.

Morrisons new boss invests £1M in shares

23-Mar-2015 By Michael Stones

New Morrisons boss David Potts has signalled his faith in the troubled retailer by buying more than £1M of the supermarket’s shares.

Trades union ‘saddened’ by 140 job cuts at Kellogg

22-Jan-2014 By Rod Addy

Trades union Usdaw said it was “saddened” to hear of the 140 job cuts planned at breakfast cereal giant Kellogg’s Wrexham factory, part of a global business restructure.

Macphie appoints new executive chairman

15-Jan-2014 By Nicholas Robinson

Alastair Macphie will become executive chairman of bakery ingredients firm Macphie later this year, following an 18-year stint as chief executive officer, as part of a management restructure.

Iglo Group appoints new chief executive

15-May-2013 By Laurence Gibbons

Frozen food firm Iglo Group has appointed Elio Leoni Sceti as its new chief executive with effect from May 23.

Food manufacturers join retailers’ rejection of No. 10 ‘silence’ claims

15-Feb-2013 By Mike Stones

Food manufacturing bosses and retail chiefs have joined forces to hit back at government criticism that the food industry "remained silent" over the horsemeat crisis.

Premier Foods bank deal in “last chance saloon”

14-Mar-2012 By Mike Stones and Dan Colombini

Troubled giant Premier Foods is still in “the last chance saloon” after it agreed a four-and-half-year re-financing package with its lenders this week (March 12), according to Martin Deboo, financial specialist with Investec Securities.

Kellogg buys Pringles from Procter & Gamble

15-Feb-2012 By Dan Colombini

Cereal maker Kellogg has agreed a £1.7bn ($2.7bn) deal with consumer goods group Procter and Gamble (P&G) for its Pringles canned crisp business after it was revealed that the firm had ended its previous deal with Diamond Foods.

Morrison’s growth hit by Asda performance

09-Jan-2012 By Dan Colombini

Intense competition in the UK retail sector and a strong performance from Asda has hit sales at grocery giant Morrisons, according to city analysts.

Resurrected seafood plant to create 70 jobs

10-Jun-2010 By Hayley Brown

Lighthouse Caledonia is on track to reopen its refurbished, Marybank processing plant in Stornoway, which was mothballed in 2008.