Early indications are that Yeo Valley may have turned the swag on with its latest ad campaign, which has become an overnight YouTube sensation (and turned an owl called Ted into an international celebrity).
Higher commercial sales coupled with new product development could help Thorntons offset its high street sales slump, according to Investec analyst David Jeary.
Strong turnover last year means that buying group for independent retailers Nisa-Today’s is expanding into a 195,000 sq ft distribution centre in Livingston, Scotland.
A complete solution for the weighing and packing of salmon lardons has been supplied by Ishida Europe to smoked fish specialist Meralliance based in France, enabling the company to reduce product giveaway while enhancing pack presentation in retail outlets....
Six-out-of-10 food manufacturers are planning to pump more cash into improving the quality of product data exchanged with customers this year, according to Food Manufacture’s annual state of the nation survey.
Small, unaffiliated independent stores will continue to go to the wall unless they can improve their retailing skills and find new ways of attracting...
Frozen food producers have welcomed the sharp rise in retail frozen food sales that has resulted from consumers switching from chilled to frozen food...
Shoppers are shopping more at the hard discounters as the economy worsens, the latest Harris Interactive (HI) Omnibus survey for Food Manufacture has...
An ongoing consultation by government officials on a UK deposit system for beverage containers is likely to run aground due to cost, the interests of...
All retail categories may be under pressure to reduce packaging volumes but, despite the availability of film and laminate alternatives, cartons seem...
New products, lower costs and increased concern over food wastage are rapidly eroding UK retailers' resistance to time temperature indicators (TTIs),...
As you measure the real costs to serve your customers and can see the true trading margins created, you will be faced with some interesting dilemmas....
The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) has commissioned new research to explore ways of reducing costs in the distribution leg between frozen food...
It was only a few weeks ago that Tesco started its initiative on shelf-ready packaging (SRP). Already the big manufacturers that do not have largely...
Berger Wild, based in Passau, Germany, is Europe's largest processor of European game and, among other products, supplies 2.5kg and 5kg bags of cubed...
