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Thermal transfer overprinters cut packaging costs

Thermal transfer overprinters cut packaging costs

Family-owned fresh produce business S&A Group is using Zodiac thermal transfer overprinters from Interactive Coding Equipment (ICE) to help reduce packaging costs and increase coding efficiency across its two production sites in Herefordshire and...

Poultry producers said feed costs were the biggest cause of production cost hikes

Concern over poultry production cost hike

By Rod Addy

Poultry producers have reported a ‘major change’ in production costs in the past six months, according to a British Poultry Council (BPC) survey.

Goldenfry Foods wins trade secrets case

Goldenfry Foods wins trade secrets case

By Ben Bouckley

Goldenfry Foods has a won a legal judgement against three former employees who misused trade secrets to establish a breakaway company and appropriate a £5m supermarket contract for gravy granules.

How long is a supply chain?

How long is a supply chain?

By Hugh Williams

I bought a new calculator recently. I thought my old one was faulty: the numbers didn't add up! Let me explain. Over the past 10 years businesses...

Free advice on new compressed air code

Free advice on new compressed air code

By Rick Pendrous

Free advice is being offered to manufacturers of food and drink to help them comply with a new Code of Practice on the use of compressed air,...