Millions of pounds of savings are on offer across the grocery supply chain through pallet consolidation as global specialist Chep’s project targeting the topic builds momentum among manufacturers and retailers.
Sleaford Quality Foods is overcoming tough challenges in the global supply chain as it seeks to source and process dried and dehydrated foods for foodservice customers and other manufacturers.
Have you made any New Year’s resolutions yet? Perhaps you have broken a few already? We asked key industry figures and opinion-formers to make three resolutions on behalf of UK food and drink manufacturing.
The limited reduction in supply chain product and packaging waste in the latest phase of the Courtauld Commitment is due to its relative recent introduction as a target, said the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP).
An adjudicator with teeth is needed to police the Groceries Supply Code of Practice to prevent overly powerful retailers reneging on deals with their suppliers, according to leading processors.
Software systems used by many UK food manufacturers are 10 years behind those of their European competitors and need to be upgraded urgently, a software supplier has claimed.
UK food firms have eliminated 1,400t of waste in a project led by grocery think-tank IGD and commissioned by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Participants also believe they could eradicate waste by a further 1,193t within a year.
Increasing demand for cross-category continuous replenishment and flexibility and growing calls for sustainability are core challenges that manufacturers must face to add value to the supply chain, according to General Mills.
Manufacturers need to improve their assessment procedures to quantify the level of risk involved as they source more ingredients from around the globe, a food safety expert has warned.
Northern Foods/2 Sisters Food Group began meeting suppliers yesterday, with the professed aim of shedding around half ‘‘over time’’ in a bid to boost supply chain efficiency and increase turnover to £3bn by 2015.
Mapping exactly where Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) starts and finishes as a discipline has never been easy. But experts say that task is being made that much more challenging by the pace of change in the UK economy and society, and in the wider world.
With plans to ratchet up production and the development of its flavoured milk, cottage cheese and Cravendale interests, there’s a lot going on at Arla’s Stourton dairy, as site operations director Steve McAuley reveals.
The way food companies do business with their retail customers is changing, as sustainability issues muscle in on boardroom decision making. While the present tough economic climate may be causing some companies to delay making environmental investments,...
A new forum for food logistics has been launched, which will enable supply chain managers to collaborate and share ideas about new ways of working together.
The queen marched on, confident of her move. The bishop stayed near her, knowing that his position was vulnerable to attack. If the enemy struck, he would be the victim. Yet it would be an honour to die protecting his queen. The moment was tense. Then,...
Despite the clamour to reduce food miles, the food industry relies on transporting products and ingredients whether it is milk, poultry or hops between locations, in order to add value to them.
Standardised product information for the whole grocery supply chain has been opened up to mobile devices via a data management service launched by global data standards (GDS) body GS1 UK.
I thought I was doing well. The employee at the till had entered a frightening scanning frenzy, throwing cans of beans and packs of chicken breast at me. My wife seemed unaware of my marathon-beating performance.
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.
Morrisons has reduced its cost per case by 13% since 2006 and slashed its pick error rate by 66% over the past year as part of a project to propel its ageing supply chain into the 21st century.
Demand planning accuracy at Lactalis-Nestlé Chilled Dairy UK has surged 10% to 85% over the past two years leading to a significant improvement in availability and a huge drop in waste in a category in which 70% of volumes are now sold on promotion.
The boss of one of the UK’s biggest milk supply groups has slammed cost-cutting by discount stores that he claims has taken £252m out of the supply chain.
Food manufacturers must invest in supply chain collaboration as well as brand development to offset price volatility and secure viable long term raw material supplies in the next decade.
Small to medium-sized food manufacturers will be able to participate in global moves to standardise and access food product data online more easily, thanks to global supply chain solutions firm GS1 UK.
Waxing lyrical about “how organic food will save the planet” will not give the sector the sales boost it needs, according to the agency producing a new organic marketing campaign that will launch in January.
By rod Addy The vast majority of manufacturers reported having boosted supply chain efficiency in the past year – some by as much as 25% – in a new industry survey conducted by Culina Logistics.
Culina Logistics is looking to work more closely with retailers on primary distribution contracts (collecting goods from manufacturers or shared user depots on behalf of retailers for delivery into their regional distribution centres).
Growing demand for meat with a clear provenance was one driver behind a multi-million pound investment programme by Vion to expand its processing operations in Scotland and create 250 new jobs.
The Food Storage and Distribution Federation (FSDF) has revealed a wide ranging strategy targeting crucial environmental, economic and training issues in the chilled and frozen supply chain in coming years.
On-shelf-availability at the leading UK supermarkets has increased by more than 1% over the past year to 97.8%, according to the latest ECR UK (Efficient Consumer Response) availability survey.
‘Green’ transport options such as electric vans, hybrid trucks and fuel cells have so far failed to deliver significant efficiency benefits, according to supply chain bosses at Marks & Spencer.
Birds Eye has awarded DHL Supply Chain a £30M, three-year contract to handle exclusive distribution of all its frozen foods to UK customers.The deal...
A contest is being launched in several nations this year, pitching teams against each other in a race to turn around the supply chain of a fictional...
Supply chain systems giant Inovis is expanding global data synchronisation (GDS) in the food sector, having clinched a five-year deal between The Bay...
