25-Aug-2009
Sweet bakery specialist Dawn Foods has promoted European business analyst Stuart Deakin to the position of operations manager for the UK. Stuart now...
Call for government to help firms at risk from insolvency and swine flu
10-Aug-2009 By Hayley Brown
Trade bodies are urging the government to increase its credit insurance cover to more food and drink companies, as risks to the supply chain continue...
Paperless productivity for single-users
28-Jul-2009
Aiming to reduce paperwork and bring productivity and compliance gains to smaller manufacturers, Applied Principles has launched a paperless quality...
Environment Agency demands odour management plans
27-Jul-2009 By Elaine Watson
Large food manufacturers with smelly plants would have to produce detailed odour management plans even if they were far from residential areas under...
24-Jul-2009 By Rod Addy
Government, retailers and suppliers are co-ordinating action to deal with shortages
Catch 'em and keep 'em
24-Jul-2009
Attracting and holding on to talent is a fine art and as relevant in these tough times as it ever was, as Rod Addy discovers
02-Jul-2009
Sauces and soup manufacturer, BAR Foods, has appointed Sian Jones as commercial executive. Jones has been working for BAR Foods for over 3 years,...
East Midlands probes fifth party logistics
30-Jun-2009
A working party investigating the concept of fifth party logistics has been launched in the East Midlands.The group grew out of an event organised by...
10-Jun-2009
Culinary alcohol supplier, Thomas Lowndes & Co, is expanding its UK operation with the appointment of Jonathan Marsh as general manager and Tony...
08-Jun-2009
Jeff Halliwell has been appointed the new UK md of Bernard Matthews Farms. Halliwell joins the company following a three-year period with the dairy...
Mass redundancies loom at Luton sandwich site
01-Jun-2009 By Elaine Watson
There is enough business to sustain Hain Celestial’s Luton sandwich factory for another 12 months, but its long-term future is uncertain if bosses...
26-May-2009 By Elaine Watson
Survey showed over a quarter of raw materials production sites didn't manage systems
26-May-2009
Good process technologists are worth their weight in gold. It is their responsibility to take the approved concept product and trial it through...
Good X-ray things come in small packages
26-May-2009
The new entry-level version of Ishida Europe's X-ray inspection system aims to ensure maximum quality control of packaging.The Ishida IX-EA-2161 has...
M&S and Gist sign £2bn supply contract
26-May-2009
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has signed a 10-year contract with supply chain specialist Gist worth £2bn.Gist has provided supply chain services for...
26-May-2009
What's the average memory span of a business? Judging by how quickly they make the same mistakes again, I would say six months. In fact, six months...
01-Apr-2009 By Elaine Watson
we need action, not words, says greenpalm
01-Apr-2009 By Hugh Williams
I wait for this moment with great anticipation. I know someone will say it. Most of them have been thinking it for a while. Suddenly one of them is...
Offshoring fear raises alarm at United Biscuits
16-Mar-2009 By Hayley Brown
Union representatives are planning to hold urgent meetings with United Biscuits (UB) this week over fears that the manufacturer will offshore its...
04-Mar-2009
Shrewsbury-based Evolution Foods has appointed Dawn Taffinder as its new technical and new product development manager. Taffinder has over 20 years...
25-Feb-2009
Britvic has appointed **Murray Harris** as its new customer management director in the UK, and he will also join the company’s executive...
19-Feb-2009 By Hayley Brown
Ingredients supplier Beacon Foods has appointed a new operations manager.Jonathan Hayward has joined the company after many years of experience in...
Cheviot becomes Northumberland Foods in MBO
07-Feb-2009 By Rod Addy
Cheviot Foods has escaped closure in a last minute management buyout (MBO), after its sale to a subsidiary of Country Chef fell through.The MBO has...
27-Jan-2009 By Rod Addy
supply chain prepares emergency measures
Fresh meat for cranfield's lean training
27-Jan-2009 By Rod Addy
Cranfield University's Fellowship in Manufacturing Management for the Red Meat Industry has been a big success and it is inviting applications for...
Maintenance software keeps engineers informed
02-Jan-2009
The Kerrygold Company will use computerised maintenance management software (CMMS) to manage engineering maintenance at its new £30M cheese...
02-Jan-2009 By Rick Pendrous
Recent national press reports have stated that major supermarkets, such as Asda, have been drawing up plans to deal with the many suppliers they...
01-Dec-2008 By Elaine Watson
Asda looks to reduce unjustified 'May contain' warnings on pack
01-Dec-2008 By Hugh Williams
How dare you waste your chief executive's time, talking about supply chain opportunities? This is of no interest to him. Surely, it is your job to...
Process improvement failures down to poor Board-level support
10-Nov-2008 By Rick Pendrous
New research conducted across food manufacturing plants in the US and Europe has shown that the biggest barriers to companies making operational...
29-Oct-2008 By Hugh Williams
Let's be quite clear from the outset: arson is a crime. So why do we persist in lighting fires in our own businesses? Have you ever wondered how many...
Cadbury’s executive director steps down
02-Oct-2008 By Hayley Brown
Cadbury’s executive director and chief financial officer, Ken Hanna, will step down from the board in April 2009. Hanna is to become chairman of...
UK supply chain staff shortage
22-Sep-2008 By Rod Addy
Lack of supply chain and demand planning managers is becoming a national problem, according to Hugh Williams, md of specialist consultancy...
Management buyout creates Jigsaw Foods
04-Aug-2008 By Rod Addy
DF Manufacturing has undergone a management buyout, headed by general manager Nick Angus and Christine Moir, business development director at sister...
Northern Foods hit by soaring costs
28-Jul-2008 By Rod Addy
Northern Foods has forecast a £32M full-year rise in its commodity costs and utility bills, according to information released today.In an interim...
23-Jul-2008
One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of premium cakes, Finsbury Foods, has made three new appointments to further strengthen its product...
30-Jun-2008
Do you have a formal documented strategy for your new product development (NPD)? I often ask this question of senior management at the food...
30-Jun-2008 By Rod Addy
Corporate change may be painful for the staff involved, but it can be made easier, says Rod Addy
28-May-2008 By Sarah Britton
Monitoring product temperature during processing is vital to ensure optimum viscosity in Macphie's new Ku-li branded range of coulis, which are...
29-Apr-2008 By Hugh Williams
Software gone bad? I'm talking about implementations that don't deliver the expected benefits, or have gone astray over time. The result is an...
29-Apr-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Promotional sales are some of the biggest sources of conflict between retailers and their suppliers in the UK today. But it is an area where better...
Innocent project results in improved forecasting system
31-Mar-2008 By Sarah Britton
Smoothie firm Innocent Drinks has begun operating a single forecasting system after completing a research and implementation project that began in...
26-Mar-2008 By Elaine Watson
He joined Rich Products in its first week of production and now manages a factory with a multi-million pound turnover. Meet Andy Lill
BSI launches malicious attack standard
17-Mar-2008 By Rod Addy
The British Standards Institute (BSI) has launched a Publicly Available Specification (PAS) providing guidance for suppliers on how to prevent...
10-Mar-2008 By Rod Addy
Many processors are neglecting crisis management and so could encounter serious difficulties over product recalls, according to the latest survey of...
Brand care adds value
26-Feb-2008
Manufacturers need to go beyond good food safety procedures to properly manage the potential risk of damage to their brands, according to cleaning...
Bulmers' plans for the very worst crises with its risk management strategy
02-Jan-2008
Drinks producer Bulmers Cider has introduced a risk management strategy to help cope with potential disruptions to its supply chain - however serious...
New board appointment for Dairy Crest
28-Nov-2007
Dairy Crest has announced the appointment of Martyn Wilks to the board as executive md of the Foods Division with effect from January 7 2008.Wilks,...
26-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Regime of action plans and regular reviews
26-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Food wholesaler Booker is seeking greater supplier involvement as it forges ahead with plans to expand its "delivered wholesale" services, following...
