Premier Foods is making “demonstrable progress in self-improvement across the board”, according to analysts who met the company last month following a recent trading update.
Tennis ace Andy Murray has helped Dragons’ Den reject ice cream manufacturer Oppo secure more than £300,000 of crowd funding by investing in the ‘guilt-free’ ice cream brand.
Princes plans to install a high-speed baked beans cooker at its Wisbech site, after having introduced a new bottling line at its soft drinks factory in Bradford.
Premier Foods’s recovery strategy is “starting to bear fruit”, according to City analyst Investec, after the manufacturer posted its first quarterly branded sales rise in two years last week.
2 Sisters Food Group has announced it will invest £150M in its poultry business as it published its fourth quarter results which revealed a fall in operating profit and sales, today (October 27).
Nestlé is counting the cost of its Maggi noodles recall, after admitting it had “a significant impact” on regional performance in third-quarter results posted today.
Signature Flatbreads is well under way with the construction of a large expansion project which will see £10M invested in two new production lines and associated facilities to meet the expanding capacity needed for the rapidly growing company.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has invested £300,000 in its Edmonton factory in north London as part of its commitment to manufacturing excellence and innovation.
Cheese supplier Dairygold Food Ingredients (DFI) UK has announced a £1.1M investment in a new slicing line at its Crewe site, which will extend its offering for foodservice and manufacturing customers.
Finsbury Food Group has posted a 76% rise in profit before tax to £11.4M after a “transformational” year for the cake, bread and bakery goods manufacturer.
Pork processor Karro Food Group has posted an operating profit of £8M, for the year ending December 31 2014, representing an £11M improvement on the previous year and the firm’s first profit for many years.
The Hilton Food Group is “a quality high operator” concluded a leading City analyst, after the business posted operating profit in western Europe up by 4% to £15.4M for the 28 weeks to July 12.
Taylors of Harrogate will bring the production of its new coffee capsule products in-house as soon as possible, factory manager John Hennighan has said.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has invested £6M in its Scottish operations and signed up to the Scottish Business Pledge, in a bid to boost productivity, competitiveness and fair work.
2 Sisters Food Group’s strong like-for-like sales growth for the third quarter (Q3) was boosted by a positive performance from the firm’s chilled and protein divisions, reveal its results for the 13 weeks to May 2, as the firm ponders major investment...
Sainsbury boss Mike Coupe has blamed food price deflation for a drop in sales for the sixth quarter in a row, he said in a trading update today (June 10).
The Real Good Food Company will focus on growth, partly through acquisitions, following the sale of its sugar subsidiary Napier Brown business, according to boss Pieter Totté.
Premier Foods claims its strategy of brand investment is paying off, despite reporting branded sales down 4.1% to £683.7M for the year to April 4 2015.
Greencore is investing in longer shelf-life products to boost efficiency and cut waste and hot snacks to meet continued growth in demand for food-to-go, according to chief financial officer Alan Williams.
Poundworld Retail’s store expansion drive will accelerate in the wake of its acquisition by private investment firm TPG, according to a statement by the new owner.
A boost in profits for Bakkavor, a multi-million pound investment in manufacturing by United Biscuits and two acquisitions lead this week’s Good Week/ Bad Week.
United Biscuits (UB) will boost its overall output by pumping millions of pounds into its UK manufacturing facilities, following an initial £50M investment at its Harlesden site.
Food firms are targeting asset care as a way to ease pressure on profits, but lack of properly trained staff is proving a hindrance, according to Peter Gagg, md of MCP management consultants.
Bakery ingredients specialist British Bakels will pump £700,000 into its Bicester, Oxford, manufacturing headquarters in a bid to boost the site's efficiencies and its potential to grow sales.
Sainsbury has been left “licking self-inflicted wounds” after its results announcement today (May 6), according to leading food industry analyst Clive Black.
Coca-Cola Enterprises’ (CCE’s) 40 year-old Milton Keynes site has had more than £6M invested into it in the past three years, but plant director Nicholas Nixon wants more.
Meat processor Cranswick reported boosted annual sales following its acquisition of cooked poultry business Benson Park, based in Hull, North Humberside.
Hilton Food Group has announced a 2.3% fall in sales to £1.1bn, due to lower meat prices and “unfavourable” currency exchange rates in its full-year results for the 52 weeks to December 28 2014.
Food manufacturing investments and acquisitions dominate the headlines in the latest edition of Good week, Bad week – your sideways look at the past seven days in food and drink manufacturing.
