Canada's Sofina Foods Inc has agreed to acquire Eight Fifty Food Group, which comprises several protein businesses including Karro Food Group and Young's Seafood from funds managed by CapVest Partners.
Professional networking group Meat Business Women aims to gather meat sector views on gender equality in the industry to feed into the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS).
Traditional Norfolk Poultry (TNP) has invested £5m in expanding its processing capacity for chickens and Christmas turkeys as part of a five year plan to meet increasing consumer demands.
Princes general manager of canning Rob James walks Food Manufacture through the final stages of its £80m Canning Excellence project, implemented in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, in this episode of FoodMan Talks.
Princes Foods has boosted canning capacity at its Long Sutton site in Lincolnshire with the installation of a new flexible canning line for ready meals completing another phase in an £80m investment programme.
Diageo has the best female board and leadership representation of any FTSE 100 company, according to a recently published review, with other firms and groups reporting progress on the issue this International Women's Day.
British Meat Processors Association trade policy adviser Peter Hardwick claims the UK’s Brexit deal offers little relief for exporters to the EU from the burden of Britain becoming a third country.
The Scottish government’s newly established seafood task force needs to take decisive action to save the industry from ‘relentless bureaucracy’ and protect jobs, urged Scotland’s fisheries minister.
The UK meat industry faces further skills shortages as the Government makes it harder for unemployed Brits to re-train in the sector, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has warned.
UK meat businesses are considering setting up an EU base to bypass export problems, as meat processors continue to struggle to ship product to the continent, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) claims.
Seafood firms could be left ineligible for £23m of Government support to help alleviate pressure caused by export delays, according to Seafood Scotland.
Watch this space for the virtual screening of the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards, the winners announcement for which will kick off this afternoon at 5pm.
The winners of the 20th Food Manufacture Excellence Awards will be revealed this Thursday (11 February) in an 80s-themed virtual ceremony running from 5pm to 6pm.
Avara Foods spent £6m on COVID-19-related measures in the year to 31 May 2020 and the investment was rewarded with an uplift in sales and pre-tax profit.
Many aspects of normal life have been disrupted by COVID-19, but meat in the retail market has proved resilient and adaptable, standing strong throughout the vicissitudes of 2020 and beyond.
Banham Poultry has begun a £500,000 overhaul of its odour abatement system at its Attleborough processing plant as part of a multi-million pound programme of improvements at the Norfolk-based production hub.
MPs have pressed food and farming minister George Eustice for details on Government aid for meat and seafood firms hit by Brexit-related border delays and launched an urgent inquiry into their impact.
Workers union Unite has demanded 2 Sisters Food Group provide full pay to workers at its Coupar Angus factory that are self-isolating amid a string of COVID-19 cases there.
Midlands-based Salisbury Poultry has unveiled a major three-phase expansion plan for its poultry processing facilities in Wolverhampton, which is set to create up to 100 jobs.
An automated core temperature measurement system that boosts food safety is being considered by food firms including a major Irish poultry processor following the signing of a worldwide licensing agreement to market it.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned consumers about meat deemed unsafe marketed via Facebook sites by an unregistered and unapproved Wiltshire based vendor.
The Scottish seafood sector hits ‘rock bottom’ as continued delays at the ports, technology failure and an increase in bureaucracy threaten to make British export undesirable to EU customers.
The biggest challenges the food industry currently faces from Brexit include delays caused by the 'impenetrability of paperwork', the shortage of vets and customs officials and dealing with the island of Ireland.
UK seafood producers are being priced out of export markets by European competition, following continued delays at EU ports and poor preparation from Government, according to Scottish food trade bodies.
The UK could face food shortages if key workers in the meat industry are not given priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the British Meat Processor Association (BMPA).
A trade deal has been agreed with the EU that sees the UK granted ‘third country’ listing status for exports of meat, dairy and other products of animal origin.
The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has repeated a call to the government to place meat factory workers on the list of early vaccine recipients.
A range of “unique and complex factors” were responsible for strong livestock prices in 2020, according to Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC).
The sale of Kerry Group’s chilled meat and convenience meals businesses would be unlikely to reach the ‘billions of Euros’ the manufacturing is reportedly selling them for, according to an industry expert.
The red meat industry will be faced with inevitable and permanent change whatever the outcome of any Brexit negotiations, warned Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC).
Meat processors have more freedom to set their own shelf life for vacuum- or modified-atmosphere-packed (VP/MAP) fresh beef, lamb and pork products, according to updated Food Standards Agency (FSA) guidelines.
