Food manufacturers are helping consumers to make significant cuts in the £12bn worth of food they waste each year, according to new research from the government-funded Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP).
Online food sales are a “very big opportunity” for Marks & Spencer (M&S) but realising that potential may be several years off, warns financial specialists Shore Capital.
The success of plans to appoint a groceries code adjudicator ― set out in the Queen’s speech today (May 9) ― will depend upon the adjudicator's ability to listen to third-party referrals and levy penalties, say food and drink manufacturers.
The UK’s third largest supermarket Sainsbury claims to be the country’s fastest growing online food retailer in a statement published with its financial results for the year to March 17.
Food and drink manufacturers have urged the government to outline plans for an effective groceries code adjudicator in the Queen’s Speech, which sets out government policy, due tomorrow (May 8).
In 1962 management guru Peter Drucker described logistics as the economy's "last dark continent." He said: "We know little more about distribution than Napoleon's contemporaries knew about the interior of Africa."
Culina Group is pressing ahead with ambitious plans to enhance services for food manufacturers and retailers – slashing store delivery lead times and pursuing rapid growth in fresh food and other categories.
Suppliers reporting abuses of power under the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) might need “a witness protection programme”, according to business guru Digby Jones.
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King has hit out at proposals to create an adjudicator to police the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP), arguing that it would not be in consumers’ interests.
Supermarket chain Morrisons, the only major multiple retailer to operate its own meat processing factories, has struck a deal to acquire a 9,755m2 meat processing facility in Winsford, Cheshire from Vion UK.
Food manufacturers have reaffirmed their support for the introduction of a Groceries Code Adjudicator following yesterday’s (January 24) Opposition Day debate on rising food prices and poverty.
Burton's Biscuit Company has signed a deal with Canada's largest supermarket firm Loblaw in a move that will boost its total exports by £70M over the next two years.
Marks & Spencer’s Simply Food stores are a “bit of a square peg in a round hole” and have lead to missed opportunities for the group, according to city analysts.
Food suppliers have reacted nervously to Tesco’s announcement of £500M of price cuts, and warned that the grocery sector’s discount culture will cost more jobs.
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and the Food Ethics Council have welcomed a select committee report that endorses government proposals to introduce a Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA).
Bakkavör plans to make more than half of the staff redundant at its English Village Salads (EVS) division in Yorkshire, due to the loss of an Asda contract, as the retailer transfers much of its salads procurement in-house.
In response to the increasing volume of sales in the out of home market, the world’s largest trade fair, Anuga, is launching a tradeshow for the foodservice sector this October.
BIS today published a draft bill to aimed at “giving teeth” to the groceries supply code that protects suppliers against excessive risks or unexpected costs in dealings with retailers, but the BRC has hit out at what it says is "ill judged"...
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) says news that the Groceries Code Adjudicator may not start work until mid-2013 will harm innovation in the sector amongst small and medium-sized companies and reduce consumer choice.
Limited supermarket shelf space and own label competition are reasons why food firms are growing online sales, both directly and through third-party sites, says food and grocery analyst IGD.
The Groceries Code Adjudicator must take an interventionist approach rather than simply reacting to complaints if it is to have any teeth, according to the boss of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA).
It would not be surprising to see food retail inflation creep up in the coming months as there is no sign of commodity prices easing in the near term, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
Dairy was the top performing category in the latest ECR UK on-shelf availability survey, achieving 97.91% availability in an audit at the leading supermarkets conducted during October 14-20 compared with 96.2% in October 2009 and 96.33% in October 2008.
Tesco's commercial and marketing director has refuted recent press claims that the involvement of big businesses would undermine the success of government public health initiatives aimed at addressing issues such as the growing obesity epidemic.
Food manufacturers working with Amazon on its UK online grocery store are becoming increasingly frustrated by its progress just over four months after the launch, with patience wearing thin in some quarters.
A fledgling food manufacturing business created by an accountant, a geophysicist and a priest is targeting independent retailers, delis, farm shops and supermarkets with an unusual range of products based on British herbs, Asian spices and blueberries...
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.
Arla’s proposed 1bn-litre ‘super dairy’ in Greater London will shake up the UK liquid milk market but is unlikely to alter radically the balance of power in the trade, according to one analyst.
Small, unaffiliated independent stores will continue to go to the wall unless they can improve their retailing skills and find new ways of attracting...
Peter Kendall, president of the National Farmers Union (NFU), has accused retailers of using different forms of carbon labelling on products as means...
The first products made at a new desserts factory at Hain Celestial’s Fakenham frozen food site in Norfolk should hit supermarket shelves in mid-September following a £1.5M investment.
The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) has raised fears that the draft protocol between supermarkets and the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) might...
