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- Brand owners see chance to seize baton from FSA (Joe Fernandez)
Food and drink marketers should find it easier to promote healthy eating without the interference of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) if it is scrapped, according to industry experts
- Why size matters for Cadbury (David Burrows)
With the price of commodities, like cocoa, on the rise, and the health lobby proposing smaller portions, confectionery manufacturers may well be weighing up the merits of cutting bar size.
- Nestlé in strategy review after confectionery marketing chief leaves (David Burrows )
Nestlé’s marketing team faces further scrutiny after the relocation of its UK marketing director for its confectionery division.
- Mars cuts sat-fats by 15% (Rosie Baker)
Mars is reducing the saturated fat content of its chocolate bars as part of its ongoing strategy to improve the nutrition credentials of its products.
- Chilled ready meals sales up 8.4% year-on-year (Elaine Watson)
Sales of chilled ready meals surged 8.4% in the year to July 11, while volumes shot up 14.4% over the same period, according to new data from Kantar Worldpanel.
- Findus fills senior UK Frozen marketing role (John Reynolds)
Findus Group, which owns the Findus and Young's food brands, has hired Unilever marketer Tasha Gladman as marketing director of its UK frozen-food business.
- Frozen Food: Global Industry Guide - new market report released (Mike King)
Frozen Food: Global Industry Guide - a new market research report on companiesandmarkets.com
- Welsh Assembly begins 10 year plan for food (Debbie James)
The first phase of a strategy for generating sustainable and profitable growth for the Welsh food industry over the next decade, has begun.
- BaxterStorey's innovative approach to Food waste management (Adrienne Cohen)
Adrienne Cohen describes the nationwide programme of recycling food waste into green energy set up by BaxterStorey, one of the UK’s leading catering companies.
- EU Clears Lactalis To Buy Ebro Foods' Milk Unit (David Tidmarsh)
The European Commission Monday cleared French dairy products corporation Groupe Lactalis to purchase Puleva Foods, the milk product unit of Spanish food company Ebro Foods SA.
- Tata Global to enter food business (indiatimes.com)
Tata Global Beverages (TGB, formerly Tata Tea) is planning to enter the food segment.
- Farmers reap benefits of food firm success (Andy Richardson » )
NORTH-EAST farmers are set for a boost following confirmation that a County Durham food firm is to complete a major expansion that will triple its capacity, after doubling the size of its workforce over the past 12 months.
- Campbell’s eyes United Biscuits deal (Oliver Shah)
CAMPBELL’S, the American maker of tinned soup and pasta sauces, has emerged as a potential bidder for part of United Biscuits (UB), the manufacturer of Jaffa Cakes.
- Straw theft is omen for the future of food (By Garry White and Rowena Mason)
Mining giant BHP Billiton has made its bid for Canadian group PotashCorp of Saskatchewan because it sees a bright future for agricultural commodities. It looks like a very sensible move – providing the price is right.
- Study to check if garlic and asparagus can fight diabetes (David Batty )
Diabetes UK examining whether foods rich in fibre could supress appetites and reduce blood sugar levels
- East, west, home’s best: British food (Lesley Foottit)
Lesley Foottit looks at ideas for how pubs can maximise food and drink sales during British Food Fortnight.
- Batchelors expands its range with new Cup a Pasta (talkingretail.com)
Premier Foods, the UK's No.1 food manufacturer, is set to drive sales in the Hot Snacks category with the launch of the new Batchelors Cup a Pasta range from September 2010.
- Fruitapeel in line to squeeze £12m turnover in first year (Graham Henry)
A JUICING factory that only started production five months ago is on course to reach a turnover of £12m in its first year, after being bought out of administration.
- Green leafy veg 'may cut diabetes risk' (Emma Wilkinson)
A diet rich in green leafy vegetables may reduce the risk of developing diabetes, UK research says.
- “Simply Halal” launch of Halal Barbeque Range (newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk)
“Simply Halal” launch of Halal Barbeque Range could create more employment on the New European Halal Food Park.
- Poultry firm aims to create Wrexham jobs (Phil Robinson)
A POULTRY firm aims to create up to 50 jobs when it opens its first UK plant in Wrexham.
- Monaghan gets employment boost as mushroom factory announces 150 jobs (careersportal.ie)
Monaghan Mushrooms will create 150 new jobs, thanks to the opening of a new state-of-the-art plant.
- Baxters Food Group Optimises Best Practice And Boosts Profits Thanks To Domino’s M-Series Print And Apply Labelling System (packagingessentials.com)
Baxters Food Group is renowned across the UK for its wide range of delicious soups, preserves and condiments.
- UK-based Compass Group buys India's Tirumala Hospitality Services (Press Trust Of India)
UK-based Compass Group Plc has snapped up Indian catering services provider Tirumala Hospitality Services Private Ltd for an undisclosed amount.
- Kellogg's pledges to reduce sugar levels in cereal range
Company responds to campaigning by health groups with announcement of 15% cut in sugar content in Coco Pops
- Greggs stays bullish despite wheat shortage
The humble sausage roll looks set to escape the worst effects of the global wheat shortage, Greggs has forecast, as the pastry and sandwich chain said it did not anticipate sustained high prices for grain in spite of the drought in the Black Sea region.
- Nestle First-Half Profit Rises 7.5% (Goran Mijuk at goran.mijuk@dowjones.com )
Nestle SA on Wednesday warned of a difficult second half as the Swiss food and beverages giant reported a 7.5% rise in first-half net profit.
- Northern Foods Agrees To Sell Dalepak Unit For GBP6.4M Cash (Hannah Benjamin)
Food producer Northern Foods PLC (NFDS.LN) Monday said it has reached an agreement to sell its Dalepak Frozen Foods business to the Irish Food Processors Group in a cash deal worth about GBP6.4 million
- The East India Company to resume trading - but this time under Indian control (David Wilkes)
It was the paragon of British imperialism, set up to exploit India’s wealth of resources and ending up governing large parts the country in the process.
- Marks & Spencer Appoints AWAS' Alan Stewart as CFO (Simon Zekaria )
U.K. clothing, homeware and food retailer Marks and Spencer Group PLC (MAKSY) said Tuesday it has appointed Alan Stewart as chief financial officer.
- Government To Create Supermarket Adjudicator (kamcity.com)
Suppliers and farmers will have the power to complain to a Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) about their treatment by the major supermarket multiples, under plans published today by the government’s business department.
- Sausage skin firm Devro post 86% rise in profits (bbc.co.uk)
Scottish sausage skin maker Devro has announced an 86% rise in half year profits as global demand for its product continues to grow.
- Liverpool-based Real Good Food Company has right ingredients for progress (Neil Hodgson)
LIVERPOOL-based The Real Good Food Company is filled with “considerable confidence” ahead of its second half period.
- Rush for jobs in fast food outlet that doesn’t exist (cambridge-news.co.uk)
Fast food giant Subway has been inundated with job applications from people who want to work at a store it says it has no intention of opening.
- Plan aims to boost food exports by 40% (ALISON HEALY)
An ambitious ten-year plan for the agriculture and fisheries sector aims to increase food and beverage exports by more than 40 per cent and boost value of primary production by farmers and fishermen by €1.5 billion euro.
- Kelloggs to create 50 jobs in Ireland (examiner.ie)
Kelloggs, the producer of breakfast cereals, has announced the creation of 50 jobs in Ireland.
- Jersey success in UK food awards (news.bbc.co.uk)
Chocolates made from Jersey's special preserve, black butter, have won a national award.
- Morrisons acquires Simply Fresh Foods (James Thompson)
The new chief executive of Morrisons has made his first acquisition by purchasing Simply Fresh Foods, a supplier of packaged vegetables, to enhance its distribution services as it expands in the UK.
- Real Good Food Company serves up strong half year performance (Stockopedia News)
Bakery ingredients group Real Good Food Co (LON:RGD), has reported “good trading progress” during the first six months of the year, with a continuation of strong sales growth at Renshaws, its baking ingredients business, and at Hayden's Bakeries.
- Welsh lose to French in bid for Rachel’s Organic (Richard Misstear)
ONE of Wales’ most high-profile food brands – Rachel’s Organic – has been sold by its American owners to a rival French firm.
- Fire-hit company look for temporary site (The Lowestoft Journal)
EMPLOYEES at the Lowestoft food factory gutted by fire are waiting to hear if the company will relocate to new temporary premises in the area.
- Chester based fudge maker gains gold taste award (Naomi Dunning)
CHESTER-based confectionery business FudgeBox has been awarded a sought after "Gold Star Award" at the Guild of Fine Foods "Great Taste Awards 2010" for its “Blossom Honey and Amaretti Fudge”
- Restaurants drop out of calorie count scheme (Dan Thomas)
The majority of hospitality operators that took part in a Food Standards Agency (FSA) trial of labelling menus with calorie information have failed to commit to the scheme, it emerged today.
- Lion to buy Picard in biggest French LBO since 2008 (Quentin Webb)
BC Partners BCPRT.UL has agreed to sell French frozen-food firm Picard Surgeles to rival Lion Capital, highlighting the keen appetite of private equity firms to strike deals in the recession-resilient food industry.
- United Biscuits' units may split in private equity firm exit (Jane Byrne)
The snacks and biscuits division of UK manufacturer United Biscuits could be parcelled out to different buyers, according to a research firm's analysis of the market following media reports the company is to be sold by its private equity owners.
- Agricultural Wages Board axed by government (Michelle Stevens )
The Agricultural Wages Board has been abolished in a quango cull announced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
- Cows given new feed to reduce fat in milk
Shoppers could soon be able to drink healthier milk, after dairy cows were given an experimental new feed.
- Kraft seeks manufacturing allies in India (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
Kraft Foods, the world’s second largest foods company, is in talks with at least three biscuit makers including Cremica group and Surya
Food & Agro for manufacturing alliance in India.
- Jobs boost as M&S warehouse opens in Bradford (bbc.co.uk)
A Marks and Spencer distribution centre that will create hundreds of jobs in West Yorkshire has been opened.
- Starring role at taste awards for provinces food and drink firms (Russell Lynch)
Thirty food and drink companies from across Northern Ireland have gained over 100 gold stars for their produce in the annual UK Great Taste Awards.
- Bid to win special status for Welsh food (Steffan Rhys)
THEIR status is such they have been made the protected species of food.
- Penguin biscuit firm could be p-p-p-picked up (Dab Milmo & David Teather)
Private equity owners put United Biscuits up for sale
- Tilda Easy Cook Gains Craft Guild Stamp of Approval (Sam Rooke)
The Craft Guild of Chefs has passed Tilda Easy Cook Basmati and Easy Cook Basmati & Wild rice ranges with flying colours, exceeding the pass mark for use of the ‘Approved Product’ logo.
- Co-op launches £21m skills drive (David Coates)
North West group Co-operative has launched an £21m campaign to boost skills levels in the region.
- Fivemiletown cheeses have gold star quality (newsletter.co.uk)
HANDMADE cheeses from Fivemiletown Creamery have added to the Tyrone dairy's reputation for quality after winning another raft of awards in the prestigious Great Taste Awards in London.
- Birds Eye looks to kick off frozen food brand war (Joe Fernandez)
Birds Eye Iglo is looking to become Europe’s leading frozen food brand following its €805m (£684m) acquisition of Findus Italy from Unilever yesterday.
- Waitrose to double stores by 2015 (Sarah Howard)
High end supermarket chain Waitrose plans to double its offering of shops by 2015, drawing on its recent successes in terms of revenue and customer satisfaction.
- Nestle UK staff balloted in pay dispute (news.bbc.co.uk)
The first national ballot for industrial action at food giant Nestle is to be held in a dispute over pay.
- The Innocent school of business (Sarah Bridge)
First there were the Men from Mars, then the Tescocrats but now it is the trendy Innocent Men and Women who are making a name for themselves in the world of business.
- Unilever to sell Italian frozen foods business Findus for €805 mln (Sergei Balashov )
Food manufacturer Unilever (LON:ULVR) gas agreed to sell its Italian frozen foods business Findus for €805 million to a company controlled by Birds Eye Iglo, which will now own the 4 Salti in Padella, Sofficini.
- Northern Ireland - Linden Foods in Awards Hat Trick (meattradenewsdaily.co.uk)
Linden Foods, one of the UK’s leading meat processing companies, has recently won a series of awards for innovation and quality across its range of beef, lamb and rosé veal products.
- Lasagne sandwich launched by Tesco (Martin Frecker)
If you're Italian, we suggest you look away now. Tesco has created the ultimate student sandwich... designed to taste like leftover cold lasagne.
- Factory which supplies all of Burger King's burgers is destroyed in blaze (Chris Musson )
A MASSIVE blaze has destroyed Burger King's main supplier.
- Starbucks Expands in Japan and U.K. (Zacks Equity Research)
Starbucks Corp announced the launch of two new innovative quick-brew products to expand the coffee giant's presence in grocery stores in the U.K. and Japan.
- Premier Foods lures rival marketer to head international division (Joe Fernandez)
Burton Foods marketing director Jaspal Chada is to leave the company to take up the newly created role of international director for grocery at Premier Foods.
- Waitrose opens cookery school (telegraph.co.uk)
Waitrose has become the first British supermarket to set up its own cookery school.
- UK's gluten-free food market expected to rise (talkingretail.com)
The global gluten-free market is set to grow by $1.2bn (£800m) over the next five years to be worth over $4.3bn (£2.96bn), according to independent market analyst Datamonitor.
- Del Monte wins UK food award (talkingretail.com)
Frutini Pineapple Fruitsticks by Del Monte is the big UK winner at SIAL d'Or, the trade competition which rewards 30 international innovations for their major commercial success in their national markets.
- Industry waits for news of FSA's future (Kerstin Kuhn)
Confusion surrounds the future of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) after reports that the Government was preparing to scrap the health body, with all "arms length bodies" under review as part of its cost cutting.
- Northern Foods gets boost from £1 Tesco sandwiches (Amy Wilson)
Northern Foods reported strong sales in the first quarter and said it may beat forecasts after supplying more £1 sandwiches and pizzas to Tesco.
- World Cup boosts June food sales (James Hall)
Hot weather and the World Cup led to an increase in sales of barbecue products, salads and ready meals in June.
- Dearne Valley Foods factory fire threat to 200 jobs (bbc.co.uk)
Nearly 200 workers at a food company in South Yorkshire are facing an uncertain future after their factory burnt down.
- Food and Drink: UK's Biggest Manufacturing Sector (Ian Armitage)
Food and drink processing is the biggest UK manufacturing sector, a new report shows
- Dairy Crest introduces Clover Lighter 1kg (talkingretail.com)
Dairy Crest's number one dairy spread brand, Clover, that is worth £80m* and growing by 3%* in value year-on-year, is expanding its range with the launch of Clover Lighter 1kg from 28th June.
- Heston Blumenthal to launch food range for Waitrose (guardian.co.uk)
Fat Duck wonderchef conjures up British classics such as beef and ale pie.
- Travel advice: the cost of in-flight food (Sophie Butler)
Sophie Butler compares the price of in-flight snacks by airline and answers readers' queries.
- Birds Eye pledges to drive more sustainability awareness (Joe Fernandez)
Birds Eye has launched a company-wide sustainability plan, called “Forever Food”, pledging to only sell responsibly sourced food and promising to drive consumer awareness of more sustainable and healthy choices.
- Ocado Sets IPO Price (Michael Carolan)
Online grocer Ocado on Tuesday priced its initial public offering at a level that values the company as high as £1.18 billion ($1.79 billion).
- Birds Eye boss Martin Glenn: 'frozen food is the future' (James Hall)
Birds Eye chief executive Martin Glenn has his hands full bidding for Findus Italy, deciding whether to launch an IPO and educating Britain about the value of food.
- Halewood launches new soft drink for men (Robyn Black)
Halewood International is to follow up its successful launch of Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer with a new soft drink for men.
- Mission Foods set to rock sales (talkingretail.com)
Mission Foods, the UK's No1 wrap manufacturer, has teamed up with hit West End Musical 'We Will Rock You' to create a fun and appealing on pack promotion that will have consumers going Ga Ga.
- Premier Foods Appoints Former Kraft Veteran As Chairman (kamcity.com)
Premier Foods has appointed former Kraft veteran Ronnie Bell to become its new Chairman from October.
- Rectory Foods Enters Ingredients Space (Food INgredients First)
Working exclusively with an approved garlic specialist, Rectory Foods now offers premium frozen and dehydrated garlic as well as an ambient sterilised purée.
- UK food industry signs up to waste reduction commitment (Click Green Staff)
The new coalition Government has shown support for the Courtauld Commitment 2 when new Environment Minister, Lord Henley, attended the inaugural meeting of signatories in London.
- R&R Ice Cream appoints corporate development director (foodanddrinkeurope.com)
Ice cream giant R&R has appointed its first director of corporate development to explore further acquisition opportunities in mainland Europe.
- Auction For MW Brands Moves Toward Finish (Jessica Hodgson and Carol Dean )
The auction for French canned seafood business MW Brands is moving toward the finish, with at least three final offers valued at EUR650 million to EUR700 million expected within the next week, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
- Kerrygold and North Downs Dairy merge (talkingretail.com)
The Kerrygold Company and North Downs Dairy, both wholly owned Irish Dairy Board subsidiaries, are merging to create one consumer foods business, Adams Foods Ltd. This will take effect from 3 October 2010.
- Tate & Lyle Sells EU Sugar-Refining Operations (JONATHAN BUCK )
Tate & Lyle PLC on Thursday announced the sale of its sugar-refining operations in the European Union to American Sugar Refining Inc. for £211 million ($315 million) in cash, advancing its strategy to focus on its specialty food-ingredients business.
- UK scrambles to keep 'dozen eggs' in EU battle (Laurence Peter)
UK officials say they will defend food producers' right to label groceries by number, amid fears that the EU may consign "a dozen" eggs to history.
- Daniels Group's soup plant will create 200 jobs (thisisgrimsby.co.uk)
THE strength and depth of Grimsby as Europe's Food Town was heralded as a world class soup and ready meals production plant was officially opened.
- Scottish food and drink sales increase (guttridge.co.uk - Andy)
The Scottish food and drink industry has been boosted by the news that brand sales have increased significantly over the past three years.
- Welsh bakery selling pizzas to Italy (Graham Henry)
MOST would dismiss the idea of a business that was based on selling haggis to the Scots, Guinness to the Irish or waffles to the Belgians as audacious.
- Sainsbury’s Recruits World’s First Supermarket Beekeeper (kamcity.com)
Supermarkets can offer a wide variety of careers, from retail management to food technology, to engineering. However, Sainsbury's has increased the repertoire of jobs available after recruiting retail's first ever bee keeper.
- Well-travelled hospital food among the most reliable meals on wheels! (Cetti Long )
WE'VE all heard of 'meals on wheels' - but when it comes to hospital food, our region's patients receive some of the best-travelled culinary delights in the country!
- Northern Ireland holds its own with story of provenance (Elizabeth O’Keefe )
Staring into the face of adversity, the fresh produce industry in Northern Ireland has had to diversify by offering added value to survive various issues such as funding cuts, competition from overseas and margin squeezes.
- Oysters – why we can't get enough of these slippery customers (Katie Allen)
They take five years to grow, can be wiped out by cold or parasites and cost a fortune but the recession has not affected our appetite for oysters
- Halal poultry: A minefield for producers (Scott Casey)
Halal is a market full of eastern promise, but it's also a market full of potential pitfalls, as Scott Casey finds out
- Buy British standard food, Defra head tells Cabinet (James Hall)
All food served in the UK's hospitals, schools and prisons will have to conform to British farming and manufacturing standards under a major Government initiative to improve the nation's health and boost the struggling agricultural sector.
- Tesco takes over Fresh & Easy suppliers (Jonathan Birchall)
Tesco is taking over the US operations of two key suppliers to its fledgling Fresh & Easy business after its slower-than-expected expansion.
- Seafood giants continue impressive growth (fishupdate.com)
TWO of Britain's seafood producing companies have combined revenues of well over £2-Billion, new figures have shown.
- Lyons Seafoods awarded Grade A* British Retail Consortium certification (eatoutmagazine.co.uk)
Lyons Seafoods has been awarded the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Grade A* Global Standard for Food Safety Accreditation.
- Food and toy packaging contributing to UK waste problems (Zoe Taylor)
Food and toy manufacturers could face crackdowns as the government moves to slash excessive amounts of packaging entering homes.
- Hain Celestial Buys Churchill Food Products (kamcity.com)
The Hain Celestial Group, a leading natural and organic products company in the US, has announced the acquisition of Churchill Food Products Limited.
- North Wales-based Iceland is one of UK’s biggest private companies (David R.Jones)
NORTH Wales based frozen food retailer Iceland makes it onto a list of Britain’s 100 biggest private companies by sales.
- Skills ambrosia (TheManufacturer.com)
Food and drink manufacturers in the North-West have cause for greater confidence in the future of the industry after the opening of a new £2.7 training centre, the Eden International Dairy Academy.
- Ethnic Food manufacturer finds new home (eatoutmagazine.co.uk)
The Ethnic food manufacturer Spice Time is moving its team into larger premises this year as part of its ambitious plan to become the UK's largest foodservice manufacturer.
- 'Supertasters' find lower salt levels make foods too bitter to eat (Richard Alleyene)
Some people are put off the new generation of healthy foods because lower salt levels make them too bitter to eat, research has shown.
- Victory for food lobby as MEPs reject new labelling rules (Martin Hickman)
MEPs caused outrage yesterday by rejecting a colour-coded system of food labelling which health campaigners said would inform consumers about levels of fat and sugar and halt rocketing levels of obesity.
- MEPs set to vote on EU food labelling rules (Martin Banks)
Socialist MEPs have launched a last ditch effort to "prevent a PR push" by food industry lobbyists from stopping shoppers from getting "honest, upfront" information about their food.
- McCain Foods brings in Pitch to promote sponsorship of UK Athletics (Gemma O'Reilly)
Frozen food firm McCain Foods has appointed sports PR agency Pitch to undertake PR support for the company's sponsorship of UK Athletics.
- Selling our ready meals to the Americans is a tall order (Tracy Corrigan)
The ready meal is much underrated, writes Tracy Corrigan.
- £1m red-meat processing research project will benefit whole industry (Andrew Arbuckle)
A £1 MILLION research project involving high-tech equipment in meat processing plants should produce benefits for everyone in the red-meat food chain.
- Boom in gluten-free foods as consumers shun wheat (Harry Wallop)
Gluten-free products has become Britain's fastest selling food category, as millions of consumers buy pasta, bread and biscuits that are not made from wheat.
- Sweet success for bakery business (Sheila Prophet)
Six months after launching her bakery business, Allison Whitmarsh knew it was time to move from her own kitchen to larger premises.
- North-east food firm to launch new range at taste of Grampian (Joe Watson)
Posh puddings and Macphie of Glenbervie’s other DevilShh products will mark its first move into direct retailing
- Food supplier Brakes sweeps the board at frozen food awards (Claire Dodd)
Company takes 12 titles at British Frozen Food Federation awards
- Jobs boost as QV buys Taypack arm (Andrew Arbuckle )
THE potato packing business of one of Scotland's biggest potato producers, Taypack of Perth-shire, has been bought by QV Foods, based in East Anglia.
- Merseyside food producers nominated for top awards (Jade Wright, Liverpool Echo)
A LIVERPOOL restaurant group, a Wirral tea specialist, an Aintree biscuit maker and a ready meal producer from Warrington are short-listed for this year’s Food Northwest Awards.
- Patak’s receives consumer’s seal of approval (talkingretail.com)
Patak's, the iconic Indian food brand, is excited to announce its Good Housekeeping accreditation.
- Public want food hygiene scores on display (Abby Alford, South Wales Echo )
THERE is “unanimous disappointment” among consumers that restaurant and takeaway businesses will not be forced to display their food hygiene score to customers in the wake of the South Wales E.coli outbreak.
- Ready meals provider Greencore serves up a profit again (Amy Wilson)
Greencore, which supplies Tesco and Asda's ready meals and sandwiches, saw first-half earnings grow "very strongly" and has forecast higher profits for the rest of the year.
- Singing Sandwich For World Cup Fans (Emma Langman, Sky News Online)
Now football fans will be able to support the World Cup with their lunch, thanks to the launch of a new singing sandwich.
- New Longer Lasting Bagged Lettuce Goes On Sale At Waitrose (supermarket.co.uk)
Waitrose has become the first UK retailer to begin selling Lasting Leaf - a new brand of bagged lettuce which is guaranteed to stay fresh for two days longer than standard bags of salad once opened.
- New food board for the North East (Anna Smith)
LEADING lights in the North East food sector have come together in a new strategic board.
- Food minister calls for cheese exports boost (bbc.co.uk)
The British dairy industry should make more cheeses to export to the world, food minister Jim Paice has said.
- Darwin Buys UK Organic Food Company Plum Baby For GBP10M (Marietta Cauchi)
Darwin Private Equity said Tuesday it has bought Plum Baby Foods for GBP10 million, marking the London-based buyout firm's third acquisition since launching in 2007.
- C&D Foods buys Dutch canning facility from Nestle (John Mulligan)
C&D Foods, the Longford-based pet food manufacturer that is 50pc-owned by beef baron Larry Goodman, has acquired a canning facility in the Netherlands from Nestle. It is likely to provide a springboard for the company into mainland Europe.
- Northern Foods pins recovery hopes on pizza fairy (uk.reuters.com)
Food manufacturer Northern Foods (NFDS.L) hopes the relaunch of Goodfella's pizzas will help it to cope with tough trading conditions, it said on Tuesday, as it reported flat annual profits.
- Frozen food firm blazes recovery trail
North East food manufacturer Longbenton Foods is creating 314 jobs as it continues a multi-million pound recovery.
- Food chain to premiere at Lakeside (thurrockgazette.co.uk)
FAMOUS Mexican fast food chain Taco Bell has chosen to open its first ever restaurant in the UK in Thurrock - at the Lakeside Shopping Centre.
- Mather offers a taste of Homecoming (Robbie Dinwooddie)
Tourism Minister Jim Mather, above left, has visited Edinburgh Castle to launch a year-long celebration of Scottish food and drink, as part of the build-up to the second Year of Homecoming in 2014.
- Meat packers united: labour renaissance in the UK food industry (Felicity Lawrence )
Scandalous working conditions in industrial chicken sheds have led to a revolution. The labour movement has come back to life in the UK poultry sector– and forced supermarkets to act
- Britain’s vegetarian food firms given a boost (guttridge.co.uk)
This week, Britain’s hundreds of specialist vegetarian food firms are being put in the picture.
- Homepride drives Bakes and Sauces (talkingretail.com)
Premier Foods, the UK's No. 1 food manufacturer, is extending its Homepride range this June with the launch of a raft of new products, including Vegetable Bakes, Pasta Bakes, Bolognese and Lasagne sauces.
- Cranswick profits hit a record (menmedia.co.uk)
Pork products supplier Cranswick said increased supermarket demand for its bacon and sausages helped annual profits jump by 26 per cent to a new record.
- Brits spend most in Europe on ready meals (talkingretail.com)
Brits are spending the most money on ready meals in Europe accounting for a fifth of the market, according to Business Insights.
- England players spice up their diet in quest to win World Cup (Chris Smyth )
Ten kilos of sushi rice, seaweed sheets and plenty of wasabi paste. This is not a shopping list one naturally associates with Wayne Rooney.
- Producing Fresh, Sustainable Foods on Allotments in the UK ( Alice Alech)
The British have discovered an uplifting, social, healthy way to promote sustainability - care for the environment by growing their own fruits and vegetables while at the same time interacting with fellow gardeners.
- Chocolate you inhale: breathable food Le Whif hits UK shops (Anna Leach)
Breathable chocolate is not just some wacky Willy Wonka idea - it's a reality. A commercially available reality. You can now buy food aersols "Le Whif" in House of Fraser outlets across the UK.
- Heinz appoints CMO from Unilever (Joe Fernandez )
Heinz has appointed Unilever's global vice president for brand development Matt Hill to the role of chief marketing officer for Heinz UK & Ireland.
- Bodybuilder is muscling in on meals market (Peter Edwards )
A FORMER bodybuilder who set up a muscle and fitness store has launched a range of high-protein ready meals for people who want to bulk up.
- Online protest drives Nestlé to environmentally friendly palm oil (Martin Hickman)
Food giant bows to Greenpeace campaign and vows to cut its 'deforestation footprint'
- McDonalds promotes British food for London 2012 Olympics (William Surman )
MCDONALDS has teamed up with the London Olympic committee to lead the charge on delivering British farmed food to participants and spectators during the 2012 games.
- Barnstaple firm reaches finals of best burger competition (dave.tanner@archant.co.uk)
A North Devon food manufacturer is through to the national finals of a competition to find England's best burger.
- New premises for Blackburn food firm (lancashiretelegraph.co.uk)
THE maker of Soreen malt loaf has secured new premises in Blackburn.
- Murray takes new retail job at Spar (Chris Randal)
Spar UK has announced that Stores Development Controller John Murray has been appointed into a new retail job.
- Food can help cut the fiscal deficit (Tim Lang and Charlie Clutterbuck )
Sustainably increasing food production in the UK makes financial not just environmental sense
- Tilda offers a ‘Taste of Italy’ (Elke Dawkins)
Win a trip to Italy with Tilda and experience a one-to-one in the art of Risotto with a top Italian chef!
- Sustainability could serve food industry profits (guttridge.co.uk)
A growing demand for eco-friendly foods could bring substantial profits to the UK food industry.
- Food companies energise employees in well-being practices (thegrapevinemagazine.com)
Food companies across the UK are showing their commitment to employee well-being, as the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) launches a new report into its members well-being practices.
- Nestle plans to sweeten its UK market share (David Jones)
Nestle aims to gain share in UK confectionery market
- Greggs success testament to UK food industry (guttridge.co.uk)
From humble beginnings, Greggs bakery has gone on to become one of the UK’s biggest names in the food industry.
- Birds Eye’s biggest-ever marketing push (talkingretail.com)
Birds Eye, the UK's leading frozen food manufacturer, is launching its biggest ever 360 degree marketing campaign on 10th May to champion its commitment to 100% quality across the Birds Eye portfolio.
- Deeside food company wins contract to supply curries to Whitbread (David R Jones)
A DEESIDE food company has won a contract to supply curries to the giant Whitbread pub chain.
- Sainsbury urges coalition not to add VAT to food (Elizabeth Ribgy)
J Sainsbury's chief executive has urged the Con-Lib coalition to resist slapping value added tax on food in its scramble to repair the public finances as Britain's third-biggest grocer delivered solid annual sales and profits
- Discovery Foods launches Santa Maria line of spicy sauces in UK (Angela Frewin)
Mexican food and snacks specialist Discovery Foods has launched the Santa Maria range of spicy sauces into the UK and Irish markets
- Logopak targets pallet labeller at food and drink sector (packagingnews.co.uk)
Print and apply labelling specialist Logopak is targeting food and drink manufacturers with equipment to apply bar codes to three sides of a pallet
- Manufacturing growth at 15-year high as factories cash in on sterling’s weakness (The Times )
Activity at British factories has soared to a 15-year high, boosting hopes that the economic recovery is gathering speed.
- Gluten-free food supplier faces competition from the supermarkets (Philip Smith )
Chris Hook is not looking forward to 2011. It is the year when the main four supermarkets are hoping for 80pc of sales in the specialist area of food for coeliacs coming from their own-label products, he says.
- Food manufacturing riskier profession than construction (Occupational Health magazine)
An analysis by health insurer Aviva has suggested that people working in food and drink manufacturing are more than one-and-a-half times more likely to be injured at work than construction workers.
- Benson Group goes nut-free for cake pack contract (Jill Park)
Benson Group has won the contract to produce the packaging for a range of nut-free celebration cakes in the UK.
- AB Foods Gains After First-Half Profit Rises on Sugar (Howard Mustoe)
Associated British Foods Plc, the owner of Primark stores, rose the most since November 2008 in London trading after saying first-half profit rose 79 percent on higher Chinese sugar prices.
- Booths enters Slow Food partnership to boost local products (UK) (Sarah Hills )
Local retailer Booths has partnered with Slow Food UK to promote the quality, provenance, seasonality and regionality of food
- Premier Foods says TV advertising key to taking on rivals (Ros Snowdon)
THE UK's biggest food producer Premier Foods is spending more on TV advertising to counteract the rising popularity of discounted rivals and special offers.
- Patara Launches “Super Rice” In Harrods (Food & Drink Innovation Network )
With the popularity of Thai cuisine continuing to soar in the UK, the Harrods Food Halls have joined forces with the Royal Thai Embassy to showcase all the Thai essentials needed to create your favourite dishes at home for the month of May.
- UK - Rectory Foods spreads its wings into retail (meattradenewsdaily.co.uk)
Rectory Foods is making its debut in the retail sector with the launch of a new range of frozen chicken products under its Hot Chicken Company (HCC) brand.
- Report on UK - Lamb exports (meattradenewsdaily.co.uk)
Exports of food have hit record levels, with major increases for lamb and beef, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has announced.
- Food manufacturer to link pension payments to profitability (Tony Bonsignore)
Food manufacturer Uniq has agreed an innovative deal with its pension fund trustees to link future payments to the company’s final salary pension scheme to profitability.
- Dairy farm creates green power from herd waste (by ClickGreen staff)
A dairy farm has invested in cutting its carbon footprint by more than 65% as a pioneer of liquid anaerobic digestion (AD) technology.
- TESCO RINGS UP 9,000 NEW JOBS (Louise Barnett )
TESCO is to create 9,000 British jobs this year after the supermarket giant yesterday reported a 10.1 per cent annual profit leap to a record £3.4billion.
- Beat the cost of food inflation (Rosie Murray-West)
Holdiaymakers are not the only ones to be stuck at airports across the globe this week. The volcanic ash cloud has also grounded many of our fruity treats and vegetable favourites, forcing us to turn to more prosaic fare
- Scientists will go wild with £4.9m plan to sow a better class of oats (Andrew Arbuckle )
A £4.9 MILLION plant breeding programme to produce better varieties of oats was announced yesterday.
- Overseas sales of food and drink reach record level (NATHALIE THOMAS)
OVERSEAS sales of British food and non-alcoholic drinks hit a record high in 2009 despite an overall slump in the UK export market, according to fresh figures.
- Kellogg's Special K red dress to be sold by Marks & Spencer (telegraph.co.uk)
Women can now buy a replica of the red dress worn by the actress in Kellogg's Special K adverts after the cereal giant was bombarded with requests from viewers.
- Twice as many shoppers now buying locally produced food (fdin.org.uk)
The Real Food Festival happens every week at London’s Borough Market. It has been conceived as a mini version of the Annual Real Food Festival.
- Coca Cola Re-Launches 5 Alive
We are told 5 Alive bursts back to life with a new look and integrated marketing campaign featuring a dancing Dodo.
- GU LAUNCHES CUPCAKES (fdin.org.uk)
LOLA’s Kitchen celebrate has opened a store in London’s Mayfair and partnered with Gu Chocolate Puds to create an “ultimate” Gu chocolate cupcake.
- New food festival launched in Worcestershire (Alun Thorne)
A Malvern woman with a passion for local produce is calling on Midlands producers to sign up for Worcester’s only free-to-public food festival.
- Automated LIMS solution facilitates quality control in the food supply chain (scientistlive.com)
For today's food companies the industry is constantly changing and evolving. Food manufacturers, distributors and retailers are striving to satisfy the growing demand for high quality, safe food.
- Findus grows portionable ready meals (talkinretail.com)
Following the successful launch of the unique Findus Pasta Bags, the nation's popular frozen food brand is extending its innovative range of portionable ready-meals with the addition of three new rice recipes.
- Andy Bond steps down as Asda Chief (Zoe Wood and Graeme Wearden )
• Asda on hunt for new chief executive
• Andy Bond's departure a surprise after five years in post
• Outgoing boss will chair executive committee
- Cadbury set to launch cafe chain (news.caterer.com)
One of the UK's most well-known chocolate makers is set to start a new project which could give a boost to catering jobs, after it unveiled plans to open a chain of cafes.
- Call to re-open beef-line to create jobs at Anglesey abattoir (Andrew Forgrave)
AS more than 180 jobs are lost in the agricultural sector on Anglesey support is growing to reopen a cattle slaughter line at an island abattoir.
- British manufacturing activity 'rises at fastest rate in 15 years' (Katie Allen)
• CIPS/Markit reports that manufacturing activity rose for ninth straight month
• Stockmarkets rise worldwide amid evidence of recovery in UK, China and eurozone
- Developers warn time running out for £40m plan (Mike Last)
HUNDREDS of jobs and the chance to attract new firms to Lynn's Hardwick Industrial Estate will be at stake when borough planners consider £40m-plus plans for a Sainsbury's superstore in June.
- Win a day on a Weber Barbecue Cookery Course with Hammonds (Elke Dawkins)
One lucky reader will win the chance to attend a Weber barbecue cookery course to brush up on some techniques in time for the summer season, courtesy of Hammonds, the sauce brand of choice for many foodservice operators.
- Goodbye Beswicks - Same great sauces… all that’s changed is the name! (Elke Dawkins)
The start of this year’s BBQ season will see the entire range of Beswicks sauces rebranded under the Hammonds label creating a complete range for caterers with a fantastic heritage.
- Pritchitts launches Regional Recipes Competition in association with the Craft Guild of Chefs to win dinner for two in the Dorchester’s Krug Room! (Elke Dawkins)
Pritchitts, one of Europe’s leading dairy manufacturers, and a Patron of the Craft Guild of Chefs, has just launched its Regional Recipes competition.
- Yorkshire sprout producer hails benefits of BRC food safety standard award (hortweek.com)
East Yorkshire Brussels sprout producer W Clappison has been awarded the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard for Food Safety.
- Information influences choices in supermarket (marketingweek.co.uk)
Eighty-three per cent of respondents to this week’s MarketingWeek.co.uk poll said on-pack food labelling was important to the choices they made at the supermarket.
- First sustainable cat food to go on sale this year (Ben Leach)
Whiskas and Sheba are to become the first companies in the UK to sell sustainable cat food.
- Hot news from Branston (talkingretail.com)
Premier Foods, the UK's No. 1 food manufacturer, is adding two new flavour extensions to its Branston summer squeezy range.
- Domino's serves up strong growth despite closures (James Hall)
Domino's Pizza reported strong sales over the start of 2010 despite having to temporarily close numerous outlets due to the cold weather.
- Reed Bordall Scoops Two Awards From Asda (bfff.co.uk)
Frozen food consolidator Reed Boardall has won ‘Environmental Carrier of the Year’ and ‘Outstanding Service to Distribution’ in ASDA’s annual National Carrier of the Year awards.
- London Chef wins World Class Culinary Competition (bfff.co.uk)
Chef Tobias Kaergel from the Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel, London, has been crowned a winner of the ‘Fish Dish Challenge’ at the world renowned competition Le Salon Culinaire International de Londres.
- Tonnes of edible food dumped in the bin says FSA (telegraph.co.uk)
Millions of tonnes of food are being thrown away every year because people do not understand 'best before dates', consumer watchdogs have warned.
- Welsh rarebit joins kangaroo and haggis in a crisp packet (Sally Williams)
A DISH that has been synonymous with Wales for the past 200 years is about to reach a wider audience – as a new flavour of crisps.
- Spotlight shines on province's pork with £2m boost (Linda Stewart)
Tesco is to boost its spend on local pork for stores in Northern Ireland by £2m a year.
- Scotland leaps Chile in salmon sales stakes (Perry Gourley AND JOHN ROSS)
SCOTLAND overtook Chile as the world's second-biggest exporter of fresh salmon last year as sales jumped 24 per cent.
- Tilda offers a ‘Taste of Italy’ (Elke Dawkins )
Win a trip to Italy with Tilda and experience a one-to-one in the art of Risotto with a top Italian chef!
- Put some srping into your menu with Movenpick Ice Cream (bfff.co.uk)
Freshen up your menu for Spring! With warmer weather on its way, consumers will be making the most of eating out, spelling good news for the out of home market.
- It’s a people thing… Oakland team development driven by HR Manager (bfff.co.uk)
A Midlands based third party supply chain specialist in warehousing and logistics, Oakland International, has seen employee numbers swell over recent years.
- DBC Foodservice signs Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council contract (bfff.co.uk)
DBC Foodservice has won a two-year contract with Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, to supply food and drink to over 70 schools as well as a number of social units in the North West including care homes and leisure centres.
- Poultry supplier Rectory Foods get taste for red meat (manchestereveningnews.co.uk)
A Cheshire food company has taken a leap towards its target of achieving sales of £30m this year with a move into the meat products sector.
- Big brands sign up to new government litter drive (Cath Everett)
McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Tesco among those who met with the government to discuss new approaches for tackling the UK's 30m tonnes a year of litter
- Plenty think floundering fish-supply company would be a good catch (thisisgrimsby.co.uk)
GRIMSBY'S Five Star Fish is attracting major interest, according to the administrators overseeing operations there.
- Africa and UK link up over food security (freshinfo.com)
Major moves to bolster food security in the UK and Africa are speeding up, following an initiative from the Warwickshire-based International Agri-Technology Centre (IATC).
- Finsbury Food profits stable but cake sales suffer ( Sarah Hills FoodBizDaily.com London)
Finsbury Food Group saw cake sales decline in the first half as consumers looking for value traded down and opted for promotional product offerings.
- UK's Mitchells & Butlers targets food-led business (reuters.com)
British pubs group Mitchells & Butlers (MAB.L) said it planned to reshape the company into a food-led business and would withdraw from non-core assets.
- Schwartz Flavour Forecast announces top food trends for 2010 (Elke Dawkins)
A new report released today by leading herbs and spices company, Schwartz, in collaboration with experts from the European food community, has identified the major European culinary trends and top flavour pairings for 2010.
- Twinings Teams Up with Rainforest Alliance (Gemma Buckley-Roberts)
Leading tea manufacturer Twinings is proud to announce that its Twinings Everyday tea will now be sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms.
- Glisten shines as takeover nears (pa.press.net)
Snack firm Glisten has posted a 12% rise in half-year profits in its last update before being taken over by Benecol maker Raisio.
- PepsiCo commits to salt and sugar cuts in food (David Burrows )
PepsiCo is planning dramatic cuts to the salt and sugar content in its brands such as Pepsi, Quaker oats and Walkers crisps
- M&S drops 'food porn' ads (Mark Sweney)
New 'post-recession' advertising campaign stars celebrities such as Caroline Quentin, Jamie Rednapp and Dannii Minogue
- 13 jobs saved in food company takeover (thisissouthdevon.co.uk)
THE takeover of a collapsed food firm has saved 13 jobs.
- Bakery suet supplier rivals Premier (bakeryinfo.co.uk)
A new suet manufacturer has set up in direct competition to industry giant Premier Foods.
- Nestlé stars in smear campaign over Indonesian palm oil (Kai Tabacek )
Greenpeace links food manufacturer with mass deforestation
- Icelandic Bonus boss to open supermarkets in the UK? (icenews.is)
Jon Asgeir Johannesson, the former boss of now-bankrupt Baugur Group is preparing to open a three-store chain of low cost supermarkets in London.
- Marco Pierre White signs as Bernard Matthews ambassador (telegraph.co.uk)
Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White has signed up as an ambassador for turkey company Bernard Matthews.
- UK - Sainsbury open bakery college (meattradenewsdaily.co.uk)
Sainsbury’s is to launch “the UK's first supermarket bakery college” and Asda has announced a new ‘young retailer programme’ as grocers and manufacturers are expected to boost training budgets.
- Men buy Mars, women prefer Galaxy: Gender targeting is advertising industry's secret weapon (Meg Carter)
If you thought food choices had nothing to do with gender – think again.
- Kraft to cut sodium levels ((UKPA))
Kraft Foods has announced plans to cut the salt in its products sold in North America by an average of 10% over the next two years to appeal to health-conscious consumers.
- Jamie Oliver creates restaurant jobs in Liverpool (news.caterer.com)
One of the UK's most well-loved TV chefs is set to open a new establishment in Liverpool which could create restaurant jobs in the north-west.
- Disney develops toddler snacking range (ausfoodnews.com.au just food)
Disney has teamed up with Annabel Karmel, author on baby and toddler food and nutrition, to launch a “healthy snacking” range for the UK market.
- Dale Farm to invest €43m (Declan O'Brien)
Ulster dairy processor Dale Farm is to invest €43m (£39m) in plants in Tyrone and Antrim in one of the largest-ever investments in the Northern dairy sector by a single company.
- Anchor launches £10m ad push to support brand repositioning (Joe Fernandez )
Anchor Butter is to reposition itself as the “Original Butter Co.” as part of a £10m marketing campaign for 2010.
- Seda UK wraps up another 26 jobs with WAG support (Aled Blake)
FOOD packaging manufacturer Seda UK is to invest £12m at its Welsh facility over the next four years.
- Délifrance scores with World Cup range (bfff.co.uk)
French bakery manufacturer Délifrance UK Ltd is embracing the football frenzy in the run up to the World Cup by offering a team of top breads to caterers and pub chefs to help score with footy fans.
- Time’s running out* to enter Aviko’s Great British Breakfast Competition! (jellybean creative)
What full English breakfast would be complete without a hash brown? Crispy, golden triangles of real potato heaven, Aviko’s Hash Browns make a Great British Breakfast truly great and come in ovals, rounds and triangles.
- FSA announces 'traffic light' food labelling system will not be made compulsory (Graham Pembrey)
Healthy eating campaigners are outraged after the Food Standards Agency has refused to make a ‘traffic lights’ food labelling system compulsory.
- UK keeps title of No 1 champagne export market (telegraph.co.uk)
The UK remained the world's largest export market for champagne despite the recession, according to figures.
- The luxury meals on wheels that promises to boost your brain power (Liz Neale)
Healthy eating messages bombard us wherever we go and most of us know what we should and shouldn't be eating.
- Scottish FA adds Mars as sponsor (marketingweek.co.uk)
Mars has signed a four-year sponsorship deal with the Scottish Football Association (SFA).
- Nampak invests £3.25m in bottle manufacturing facility (Simeon Goldstein)
Nampak Plastics is investing £3.25m in a bottle manufacturing facility inside Dale Farm's Pennybridge dairy in Northern Ireland that will come on line this summer.
- 13 jobs saved at Newton Abbot food company (newtonnews)
13 jobs have been saved after the acquisition of a Newton Abbot company by one of the largest independent food distributors.
- Food industry wins battle over warning labels on 'junk' meals (Martin Hickman)
Campaigners claim intense lobbying has watered down proposals that could save millions of pounds
- 150 new jobs at Blackley retail park (manchestereveningnews.co.uk)
Around 150 jobs will be created under plans being considered to redevelop a north Manchester retail park anchored by a Sainsbury’s superstore.
- Forget manufacturing, the future is food, says Sainsbury’s boss (Marcus Leroux)
Sainsbury’s and Asda are setting up landmark schemes to train apprentices and sell the food retail industry as a career choice.
- Dale Farm bottles plan for growth (Margaret Canning)
Dairy processing in Northern Ireland received a major vote of confidence yesterday with news of 60 new jobs and a £39m investment, the biggest ever to be poured into the sector.
- Healthy eating boosts export of Scottish salmon (telegraph.co.uk)
Healthy eating trends have boosted exports of fresh Scottish salmon but there are fears that the market cannot keep up with global demand.
- Two months on, and Hobart’s new Service website is a resounding success! (Jelly Bean Creative)
Two months since Hobart announced the launch of its new Service website and over 500 customers have become registered users, with 66 signing up in the first week!
- Ireland: Australian Probiotec Limited to Establish European Manufacturing Headquarters in Dundalk (Enterprise Ireland)
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan, TD, has announced that leading Australian healthcare company Probiotec Limited is to establish its European manufacturing headquarters in Dundalk, Co Louth.
- CENFRA EMPOWERING FOOD MANUFACTURERS (pandct.com)
As the UK starts to recover from recession, food automation plans are firmly back on the agenda as manufacturers strive to keep production costs down, in the knowledge that cheap labour is not a long term option.
- Introducing Chicken Wings with a Touch of Magic!
Atlantic Foods has expanded its Harvest Chicken Range with the launch of two new and exciting products.
- Schwartz Flavour Pairing Challenge at Hotelympia. And the winners are... (Jellybean)
Ian Morgan, executive head chef, and Dan Boniface, Group Manager Cambridge, from Cucina, a private sector school meals provider, have won the Schwartz Flavour Pairing Challenge Competition at Hotelympia!
- Lucozade drinks 'to lose distinctive orange colour' amid child hyperactive warnings (Andrew Hough)
The distinctive orange colour in Lucozade drinks could be lost, after research found the chemical used in its production was linked to hyperactive behaviour in children.
- 80 jobs created at biscuit factory (Ben Robinson)
Recruitment is set to get under way after 80 jobs were created at a Lancashire biscuit factory.
- UK needs export strategy, say food producers (Hannah Kuchler)
Food producers are calling for a national export strategy to help them take advantage of the weak pound to sell more products overseas.
- Sirane enjoys the Fruit Logistica breakthrough (Daily News)
Europe’s premier packaging solutions company, Sirane Ltd, is still enjoying the aftershock of its ground-breaking presence at Fruit Logistica, Europe’s premier fruit exhibition in Berlin last month.
- 300 new food sector jobs announced ((UKPA))
More than 300 new jobs have been announced in the food sector as the Government faces damning criticism over unemployment.
- M&S Simply Food store to create 50 jobs (thisishullandeastriding.co.uk)
Retail giant Marks and Spencer say a new store opening in Anlaby later this year will create 50 new jobs.
- Food and drink plans prompt Labour censure (Tim Pauling)
The Scottish Government is planning a year of events to promote Scottish food and drink as part of plans to build on the legacy of last year’s Homecoming.
- 70 health food jobs for Dundalk (insideireland.ie)
Tánaiste Mary Coughlan has announced that a leading Australian healthcare company, Probiotec Limited, is to create around 70 new jobs by establishing its European manufacturing headquarters in Dundalk, Co Louth
- Tilda Chef of the Year Competition at Hotelympia. And the winner is... (Jelly Bean Creative)
Dean Heselden from the Rendezvous Casino, Brighton, has won the coveted Tilda Chef of the Year Competition at Hotelympia!
- Restaurant jobs in Wales could be bolstered by statue (news.caterer.com)
People looking for catering jobs in Wales could receive a boost after a businessman unveiled plans to erect a huge structure, which he believes would rank alongside the Statute of Liberty in New York.
- New Hot Chicks on The Block (bfff.co.uk)
Rectory Foods, global supplier of quality poultry and food ingredients, has launched a new range of frozen chicken products for the foodservice sector under its Hot Chicken Company (HCC) brand.
- Schwartz for Chef Recipes Mixes from McCormick are through to the final in the inaugural Hotelympia Innovation Awards! (Jellybean Creative)
After beating off stiff competition, Recipe Mixes win the Food & Drink category and go through to the final to compete against the category winners in Design, Technology and Equipment for this prestigious Award.
- First GM potato to be grown in Europe (Louise Gray)
Farmers will be able to grow fields of genetically modified (GM) potatoes in Europe for the first time after a controversial ruling by the European Commission.
- Food and drink: Beer, bread and baked beans on the menu (William Hall)
Food and drink is big business in the north-west. According to Food North West, the promotional body, the region is the UK’s largest for food and drink production, with some 103,000 people employed in more than 2,000 companies.
- Diamond Food acquires Kettle Foods in UK and US (foodmag.com.au)
DIAMOND Food has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kettle Foods from Lion Capital LLP for US$615 million in cash.
- Wholesale success for Midlands distribution firm (bfff.co.uk)
Established multi temperature supply chain specialist Oakland International, building on their recently launched wholesale distribution operation Oakland Distribution Limited, is reaping rewards via a major contract with Landmark Wholesale.
- Chips With Everything In New Takeaway Favourites Range from Glendale (bfff.co.uk/)
Britain is the country most attached to fast food, with 45% saying they would be unable to give it up, according to a BBC survey, and the recession has only increased our taste for takeaways, ‘eating in’ becoming the new ‘eating out’.
- McDonald's creates 30 jobs in Kent
McDonald's, the fast food chain, is creating 30 jobs across the county as part of a £1.5million restaurant makeover.
- Region's food and drink companies invited to enter prestigious awards (nwda.co.uk)
Food and drink companies from across the Northwest are being invited to enter the fifth annual Food Northwest Awards and the Fine Food Northwest Awards 2010.
- Engineer favourites could be energized by creating 150 jobs (Peter McCusker,)
NEW jobs could be created after the North East division of a Yorkshire-based engineering group em- erged as favourites to win an £18m contract at one of the Europe’s largest biofuels plant.
- Jobs in the production line for packaging firm (Chris Knox)
A COMPANY that recycles household plastics for the food packaging industry is investing in a second production line as it aims to build sales from £9m to £16m within 18 months.
- Ainsleys bakery jobs saved in sell-off deal (bbc.co.uk)
Most of the 285 jobs at Yorkshire bakery chain Ainsleys have been saved with the sale of the troubled business.
- Snowbird Beefs Up Gourmet Plus Chipolatas (bfff.co.uk)
Snowbird foods has strengthened its selection of unique Gourmet Plus Chipolata Sausages with the unveiling of an improved recipe for its beef variant – part of the only fully cooked and frozen range of chipolatas in natural casings on the market.
- £5 Million Funding Package Means World-Class Expansion and New Jobs at Norwich Research Park (PR Newswire)
The Norwich Research Park (NRP) in Norfolk is poised to boost its world-class reputation as one of the UK's leading centres for scientific research.
- Fruit farm is hoping to take on more staff (tewkesburyadmag.co.uk)
A WORCESTERSHIRE fruit farm is targeting new sales after gaining a £45,890 rural enterprise grant (REG).
- Distribution deal drives 750 new Widnes jobs (englandsnorthwest.com)
Tesco and logistics company Stobart have agreed a deal on a retail distribution centre that will bring 750 jobs to Widnes.
- Right Jobs in Wales appoint new Sales Manager (David Lee)
Right Jobs in Wales has brought in a new Sales Manager to exclusively run sales on the radio station backed job board for the South West, highlighting continued commitment to offering an account managed, personal service to all advertisers.
- Asda To Unveil An Enhanced Buying Deal With Walmart, To Create 6,000 New Jobs (kamcity.com)
Asda has said it will outline later this today how it will further leverage Walmart’s buying strength in 2010.
- Scientific Skills Recruitment in the Food Sector Set to Grow in 2010 (PR Newswire)
A recent survey of over 550 scientific organisations shows a UK wide positive outlook for 2010 recruitment.
- McDonald’s to create 100 new jobs in Wales (Sion Barry)
FAST-FOOD chain McDonald’s is creating over 100 new jobs in Wales as part of a £5.1m investment.
- Schwartz for Chef Recipes Mixes from McCormick is a category finalist in the Hotelympia Innovation Awards (jellybean creative)
The innovative range of 6 mixes is ideal for use across all foodservice sectors, from education to healthcare and pubs to hotels, and covers a wide variety of world cuisines; Mediterranean Herb, Moroccan, Tex Mex, Indian Curry, Savoury Mince and Chilli.
- The popularity of Basmati rice continues to grow (jellybean creative)
According to Mintel’s last Rice, Noodles and Pasta report1 there was a massive 22.5% rise in retail sales in this category between 2007 and 2009, but the highest value growth has come from rice, up 32% against 21.4% for pasta and 11.5% for noodles.
- SCRI takes major role in ClimaFruit group aiming to boost berry industry (Andrew Arbuckle)
COMMERCIAL soft fruit growing has long been associated with Scotland and yesterday an international link up was announced between Scottish scientists involved in raspberry, blackcurrant and blueberry research.
- UK firm eyes first Halal industrial park (Jane Merriman and Claire Milhench)
A venture capital firm is raising funds to launch Europe's first industrial park for Islamic goods, tapping an under-served market worth up to 4 billion pounds ($6.27 billion) a year in Britain, its chairman said.
- Premier Foods hails Hovis growth ((UKPA))
The UK's biggest food producer has said Hovis continued to make progress after capturing more than a quarter of the branded bread market last year.
- Huge ‘food village’ plan to showcase north-east larder
A huge regional food market which would become the first of its kind in Scotland could be built just north of Aberdeen.
- Soup-er news! £8.5m and 200 jobs boost (thisisgrimsby.co.uk)
NEWS of the creation of 200 jobs and an £8.5-million investment in Grimsby by a leading soup manufacturer has been welcomed today.
- Spice up your profits with NEW Appetizzzers from Aviko! (Jellybean Creative)
New from Aviko, Appetizzzers are ideal for the coming World Cup season.
- Authentic Goes Large (bfff.co.uk)
The Authentic Food Company (TAFC) has introduced a new Indian Snack range to their portfolio.
- Baxters Food Group to manufacture in Australia (just-food )
Baxters Food Group, the UK soup maker, is planning to use Australia as a manufacturing base for its chutneys business to push the products into new markets in Asia.
- Second round bids for Kettle Chips (UKPA)
The maker of upmarket Kettle Chips has attracted a second round of bids after being put up for sale in a £400 million auction, it has been reported.
- Good year for food company (meattradenewsdaily.co.uk)
For Rectory Foods, 2009 was its most successful year to date: it increased its staff base by 40 per cent, saw an uplift in new customers and turnover reached an all-time high of £26 million.
- WASTE NOT, WANT NOT - Why tackling food waste makes sense for caterers (bfff.co.uk)
Kitchen folklore has long decreed that restaurants stand or fall on the contents of their waste bins, with each bin a barometer for good kitchen portion control and customer satisfaction.
- Baxters beats the crunch to dip back into acquisitions (Nathalie Thomas )
BAXTERS – the iconic Scottish soup firm – is on the cusp of making a second acquisition in Australia in as many years and is sitting on a "very attractive" war chest for overseas expansion.
- Kraft to boost UK manufacturing jobs -- Mandelson (reuters.com)
Kraft Foods Inc has not committed to running Cadbury Plc from Britain, but expects to boost manufacturing in the country, British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said on Tuesday.
- Confidence returns to recruitment sector (freshinfo.com)
The recruitment sector is hoping for a return to form as early signs point to a steady recovery. Doris Lee Butterworth reports
- Sainsbury's Expansion in York Will Create Jobs (nationalsupermarketnews.com)
In Monks Cross, York in the UK, Sainsbury's are extending the supermarket in multi million pound scheme.
- Sports nutrition firm gets grant to build new factory (crainsmanchesterbusiness.co.uk)
CNP Professional Ltd, a Tameside-based distributor of sports nutritional products, has received a £126,750 grant to enable it to begin its own manufacturing operation.
- Newcastle firm Geneius is hungry for more (Chris Knox)
A FOOD science company that uses advanced DNA testing on a range of high-street products plans to expand throughout the UK and overseas after receiving industry accreditation.
- Northumberland Foods looks to add 20 jobs (Peter McCusker)
A FROZEN food company brought out of administration last year has created 40 jobs, and is looking to add 20 more after launching new lines which have helped boost sales by 40%.
- Javelin moves into busy Bradford food jobs sector (Chris Holland)
Booming catering opportunities in Bradford are expected to boost a West Yorkshire industrial recruitment firm which has acquired a specialist food sector jobs specialist.
- Frozen Community Meals (bfff.co.uk)
Birmingham City Council invites organisations to make an application to be considered for inclusion on a preferred list of suppliers for the provision of Frozen Community Meals.
- New crates system improves service and cuts CO2 emissions (bfff.co.uk)
apetito, the leading frozen ready meal supplier to the community and healthcare sector, has launched a new ‘crates’ system for delivery to customers, replacing cardboard boxes.
- Harry Hill's bid to help farmers (msn.com/)
Harry Hill is launching his own range of Fairtrade peanuts and cashews.
- Sweet success as biggest UK firm (blackpoolgazette.co.uk)
THE boss of Blackpool sweet giant Tangerine Confectionery plans to focus on "organic growth" following two record-breaking years.
- McDonald’s: the world’s local restaurant (Ian King)
After years of declining popularity, the fast-food giant is enjoying a surge in the UK thanks to a more ‘local’ approach.
- Chinese beats curry as UK's favourite food (Tom Morgan)
CHINESE has overtaken Indian cuisine as the nation’s favourite food, it emerged yesterday.
- Birds Eye deals UK pea blow (freshinfo.com)
Frozen food specialist Birds Eye has cancelled the contracts of almost half its UK pea growers in a “disappointing blow” to the industry.
- Dog food firm Butcher's abandon Coventry factory plan (coventrytelegraph.net)
DOG food giant Butcher’s will not be relocating to Coventry’s £13 million flagship business park
- Supermarkets face tougher suppliers' code of practice (bbc.co.uk)
A new code of practice has come into force which is intended to help farmers and food companies when they do business with the main supermarkets.
- Dairy Crest to follow rivals in depot upgrade (Hannah Kuchler)
Dairy Crest is to invest £75m ($120m) in its milk business, following in the footsteps of rivals Robert Wiseman Dairies and Arla Foods.
- Kellogg axes Coco Pops cereal brand extensions (John Reynolds)
Kellogg is scaling back its Coco Pops product range as part of an overhaul of its breakfast- cereals offering.
- One North East Helps Family Dairy Farm Create More Jobs And Expand (One North East)
A dairy farm has received funding to expand its business, creating jobs and strengthening the region’s dairy supply chain.
- BBC criticised over 'Disgusting Food' show (Andrew Laughlin)
Fishermen and the seafood industry have accused BBC factual entertainment programme Britain's Really Disgusting Food: Fish of pushing "cheap sensationalism".
- Which? Report reveals Branston as the best-liked baked beans (talkingretail.com)
Premier Foods, the UK's No. 1 food manufacturer, has this week stolen the ‘Best Baked Bean' crown from market leader Heinz, when its Branston Beans brand beat Heinz in a Which? taste test.
- Whole Foods Market revives UK expansion plans (Joe Thomas)
Whole Foods Market, the natural and organic food retailer, is set to launch a fresh assault on the UK market after a previous bid ended in failure.
- Food & Drink Expo plays host to 600 exhibitors at the NEC (mhwmagazine.co.uk)
Well-known brands from every part of the food and drink sector will be in Birmingham from 21-24 March 2010, demonstrating the very latest products and innovations at each of eight specialist food and drink events.
- Black apricots, yellow carrots and bubblegum plums: The unusual new fruit and veg coming to a store near you… (Sarah Chalmers)
Try this, exclaims food technologist Hugh Mowatt, thrusting what looks like a slice of ripe plum in my direction.
- Further sales boost for Cranswick (ADAM AIKEN)
Cranswick Country Foods - the company behind the former Bowes of Norfolk - yesterday reported healthy trading figures, with sales soaring in the third quarter of the year.
- Lactalis Nestlé appoint Oakland International as its Irish distribution partner
The Irish multi temperature distribution hub venture between Oakland International and Caffrey International continues to bear fruit.
- Love Chicken! Introducing the new Butterfly Chicken range (bfff.co.uk)
Menu solutions specialist Atlantic Foods has expanded its Harvest Meat & Poultry range with the launch of three new Butterfly Chicken products.
- DBC Foodservice reports record Christmas sales (bfff.co.uk)
DBC Foodservice is reporting a record Christmas trading period, with foodservice sales up 39% year-on-year during the four-week period to 1 January 2010.
- 3663 Appoints New Director of Marketing (bfff.co.uk)
Leading wholesale distributor, 3663 First for Foodservice, has appointed Jenny Wilson as Director of Marketing.
- PepsiCo plans $30bn push into healthy eating (telegraph.co.uk)
PepsiCo is to launch a $30bn (£19bn) push into nutritional and healthy foods after its global chief executive said she wanted to fundamentally change the mix of products the global food conglomerate produces.
- Premier Food’s chairman David Kappler steps down (Jenny Davey )
The former HMV chairman has run the company's board since the Hovis owner floated on the stock market in 2004.
- Inventages Venture Capital invests £4m in Tanfield Foods (Deborah Sterescu)
Inventages Venture Capital has invested £4m in food manufacturer The Tanfield Food Company.
- Green and Black's to go 100% Fairtrade (Rebecca Smithers)
Move will make Green & Black's the world's leading manufacturer of organic Fairtrade chocolate
- FIRST BRITISH OLIVES TASTE SUCCESS (Tom Morgan)
A COUPLE who started growing olives two years ago are enjoying the fruits of their labours.
- Real Good Food grows bakery sales to major retailers (Sarah Hills )
The Real Good Food Company’s bakery division, Hayden's, has reported “significant growth” in sales to its major customers, Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Costa Coffee.
- R&R Ice Cream unveils its new impulse range (talkingretail.com)
As R&R Ice Cream celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, it does so with the launch of a refreshing new range for the impulse sector.
- Heinz opens Pop-Up Café in the heart of London (eatoutmagazine.co.uk)
Baked beans supplier Heinz has opened its very own pop-up café in Shoreditch, east London offering hungry passers-by Heinz Beanz on toast.
- Lyons looks to expand into teatime cakes ranges (Joe Fernandez)
Premier Foods’ traditional cake brand Lyons is launching a new range of Teashop Classic Cakes, in an effort to capitalise on the growing teatime occasion.
- Exciting Re-Launch Of MRC’s Flava-It™ Range (packagingessentials.com)
One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of marinades, seasonings, coatings, glazes and sauces, MRC – The Flava People has announced the re-launch of its Flava-it™ sachet range.
- Piece of cod is becoming a luxury item (Ian Fletcher )
Manufacturers turn to pollock for ready meals and fish fingers.
- Scottish fish and chip shop named best in UK (Rebecca Smithers)
Atlantic Fast Food in Coatbridge named best fish and chip shop in UK – Scotland's third win in a row
- McDonald's creates 5,000 jobs in UK after record sales in 2009 (James Hall)
McDonald's will create 5,000 new jobs in the UK this year after seeing an 11pc rise in sales over 2009, chief executive Steve Easterbrook said on Friday.
- Gwynedd food firm to create 15 new jobs (David R. Jones)
A GWYNEDD based food manufacturing company is creating 15 new jobs after investment in new cooking and cooling equipment.
- Recession is good news for Consett food firm (Chris Knox)
A FOOD company that makes upmarket ready meals hopes to double its sales this year to £14m after receiving a £4m investment to help market its brand and quadruple production.
- Unibake adds the French touch to fast food (bfff.co.uk)
The French Hotdog Baguette™ from Unibake is an exciting new innovation for the UK food-to-go market.
- Noble Foods to get just desserts in £35m deal for Gü ( Marcus Leroux and Catherine Boyle )
Gü, the premium pudding maker, was on the brink of being sold last night for up to £35 million.
- Harry Ramsden's new owner mulls Asian expansion (Sean Farrell)
Harry Ramsden's is set for expansion into Asia after the fish and chip chain was sold to Ranjit Boparan, the owner of the FishWorks restaurant group.
- Snowbird Shakes down 2012 Salt Rules (bfff.co.uk)
After more than six months of concentrated effort, the technical team at Snowbird foods has given the company a New Year gift with a difference: every single house brand product recipe has been upgraded to meet 2012 government healthy eating requirements.
- Aviko wins Brakes listing with its Steam and Fresh range (bfff.co.uk)
Aviko has just confirmed a new listing with Brakes for four of the products in its Steam & Fresh range.
- Online food shopping expected to double in five years
The amount that Britons spend buying groceries online is set to double over the next five years, according to new estimates from the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD).
- Food watchdog urges suppliers to ditch origin labels on meat products (Rebecca Smithers)
Companies can say sausages or pies are 'British made' if they are processed in UK, even if meat comes from abroad
- Michelin-star boost for restaurant jobs in Wales (caterer.com)
Restaurant jobs in Wales have been given a boost by three top-notch eateries being awarded Michelin stars.
- Cadbury to accept takeover bid from Kraft (Laura Roberts)
Cadbury will be taken over by US food maker Kraft ending more than 150 years of independence for the British chocolate company.
- Food Waste Being Addressed by UK Stores (Victoria Painting)
Due to the holiday season many prominent politicians came out about the importance of the issue of food waste.
- Like tea? This may be the job for you (http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_like-tea-this-ma y-be-the-job-for-you_1336044)
There are a variety of jobs you can opt for, as far as the tea industry is concerned. While tea-tasting is one of the most specialised areas of work, the other jobs pertain to that of researchers, plantation managers, tea brokers, consultants, etc.
- Work at height Guidance for Cold Stores (bfff.co.uk)
BFFF and the Food Storage and Distribution Federation (FSDF) are delighted to announce the launch of new Work At Height Guidance for the frozen food and cold storage industry.
- Food industry 'too secretive' over nanotechnology (Pallab Ghosh )
The food industry has been criticised for being secretive about its use of nanotechnology by the UK's House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.
- Expanded Kerry Group denies jobs threatened (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
Kerry Group has told staff of plans to 'streamline' operations across its food division, but has denied the move means imminent job losses.
- DBC Foodservice Wins Newcastle City Council Contract (bfff.co.uk)
DBC Foodservice has signed a two-year contract to supply food to over 100 sites owned by Newcastle City Council, incorporating school catering, social care and civic locations.
- Campden BRI takes its Open Day on the road (Daphne Llewellyn Davies)
Food and Drink exhibitions and shows give the industry at large the opportunity to appreciate the state of the art in different areas and current scientific and technological developments.
- Panic buying in supermarkets as the weather tightens its grip on Britain (Matthew Moore)
Fears over supplies of fresh milk led to the Government relaxing restrictions on delivery drivers yesterday amid reports of panic buying.
- Cadbury boss: We're grateful for your support (Shamsher Singh )
Cadbury chairman Roger Carr says he appreciates the support of people who have joined a campaign to keep the company in British hands.
- More UK workers filling unskilled jobs (Gill Plimmer )
The recession has forced more UK workers to take jobs formerly filled by eastern Europeans, according to Staffline, the blue-collar recruitment specialist.
- Poundland, House of Fraser and Co-op see sales rise (news.bbc.co.uk)
A range of retailers have reported buoyant trading over the Christmas period, but remain cautious about 2010.
- Probe after factory destroyed in blaze (thisisstaffordshire.co.uk)
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into the cause of a factory fire.
- Pet food firm to create 10 new jobs in exports boost (Symon Ross)
A Belfast pet food company expects to create up to 10 new jobs early next year following growth of its export business.
- Double expansion to bring 110 new food processing jobs (Symon Ross)
Up to 110 new jobs could be created as a result of expansion investments announced by two Fermanagh firms.
- Assembly joins fight to save Memory Lane cake jobs (Abby Alford)
THE Assembly Government has stepped in to try to save the jobs of 95 workers threatened with redundancy at Cardiff’s biggest manufacturer.
- FDF Calls For Chancellor To Support Food Manufacturing Sector (Namnews)
The Food and Drink Federation is urging the Chancellor to use next week’s Pre-Budget Report to outline clearly the ways in which the Government will help UK manufacturers as the economy moves from recession to recovery.
- Food Academy boosts West Midlands industry
The West Midlands Regional Food Academy (WMRFA) underscores the role the region plays in securing the UK’s future food supplies.
- £200m rail hub could create 4,400 jobs for South Holland (Andrew Brookes)
MAJOR plans for a rail freight hub in South Holland could attract £200m investment and create more than 4,000 jobs.
- And Now, the More Ethical Kit-Kat (Martin Hickman)
Swiss food giant Nestlé says it will start using Fairtrade cocoa for its popular Kit-Kat bars in coming months, a lift to 8,000 farmers in Côte d'Ivoire
- Ginsters maker beats recession (Sarah Bridge)
More than a century after George Samworth founded his pig-dealing business, the company now run by his great grandchildren and employing more than 6,000 people is weathering the recession with near record sales.
- Magners maker buys English brands (news.bbc.co.uk)
C&C, the maker of Magners cider, has bought the UK cider brands Blackthorn, Olde English and Gaymers as part of a £45m deal.
- JD Wetherspoon plans 250 new pubs in Britain (telegraph.co.uk)
JD Wetherspoon, the pub chain known for its discount food, has announced plans to open 250 new pubs across Britain in a move it says will create 10,000 jobs.
- Kettle Chips launches ‘Perfect Night In’ campaign (talkingretail.com)
KETTLE Chips, the UK's number one hand cooked crisp, is currently worth £80m and has grown almost 17% during the last year, more than double the growth of the total snacks market
- Buoyant Britvic seeks to increase margins (Jenny Wiggins)
Britvic, the owner of the Robinsons squash and Fruit Shoot brands, reported a 23 per cent rise in full-year profits and raised its annual margin guidance as innovative marketing campaigns boosted soft drink sales.
- Highland Spring buys Irish bottled water firm (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Highland Spring has bought the bottled water division of a Dublin company for £17.5m.
- Heinz sells UK frozen desserts business ( Alexandra Frean)
Heinz, the American food group, has sold its struggling private-label frozen desserts business in the UK, employing nearly 600 people in Devon and Warwickshire, to PoleStar Foods as part of a plan to shed non-core assets and focus on its branded products.
- More jobs are created at a Rhyl-based Meals on Wheels service (David R. Jones)
A MEALS-ON-WHEELS company is on the road to success in North Wales
- Olympic Park site 'will benefit purchasing jobs' (Francis Finch)
Purchasing jobs have been boosted by work provided through the construction of the London 2012 London Olympic Park site.
- Finnebrogue food company finds favour with supermarket chains (Margaret Canning )
A Co Down food company is creating at least 15 additional jobs thanks to new contracts with supermarket multiples.
- Aunt Bessie’s success at the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (talkingretail.com)
Family run frozen food company Aunt Bessie's Limited achieved a great success at last week's Food Manufacturer Awards.
- Cadbury shares rise as Hershey and Ferrero eye bid (Ben Harrington)
Cadbury shares rose in London on hopes that Hershey and Ferrero are planning to trump Kraft, as the multi-billion pound battle for the Dairy Milk maker takes another twist.
- Sales of Polish food increase 15% as workers return to the UK to find jobs (Sean Poulter)
Demand for Polish food in Britain has risen 15 per cent compared to a year ago, suggesting that the Poles are coming back.
- Lewis becomes Tangerine's first marketing director in sweet move (how-do.co.uk/)
Alison Lewis has joined Tangerine Confectionary - the firm behind brands such as MOJO, Butterkist, Sherbet Fountain and Princess Marshmallows - as the firm's first ever marketing director.
- Arla Foods to build the world’s biggest dairy near London (Catherine Boyle )
The biggest dairy in the world is to be be built near London as the consolidation of the milk market continues.
- Ireland opens new seafood innovation centre (fishupdate.com)
With a floor space of 768 sq metres, the Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s (BIM’s) Seafood Development facility is based in Clonakilty, Co Cork.
- Dolmio first to sponsor ITV Saturday competition (Rosie Baker )
Dolmio, the pasta sauce range, is the first brand to sponsor ITV1’s Saturday night competition with interactive red-button TV ads.
- 50 jobs created as Marks & Spencer Simply Food arrives in East Kilbride (Lynda Nicol)
MARKS & Spencer is opening a brand-new Simply Food store in East Kilbride next week bringing an additional 50 jobs to the town.
- Taste of success at Norfolk food firm (CHRIS HILL)
The sweet taste of success has returned to a Norfolk food factory where a £1.5m new dessert plant has crowned two years of financial turnaround.
- The Findus Group steps up marketing agenda with new CMO (Amy Golding)
LONDON - The Findus Group, which owns brands including Young's Seafood, has appointed Leendert den Hollander to the new group role of chief marketing officer.
- Marminte Introduces Cereal Bar (fdin.org.uk)
‘Lovers’ and ‘Haters’ to be thrown in to turmoil over the introduction of the Marmite cereal bar – the world’s first savoury cereal bar
- Jobs secured at pet food retail chain (news.bbc.co.uk)
A pet food retail chain has been bought in a deal which should secure 153 jobs in 24 stores throughout Scotland.
- Sainsbury's to create 10,000 jobs with northern expansion (mirror.co.uk)
The supermarket giant plans 50 new stores and 50 extensions over the next two years. Boss Justin King detailed the expansion plan after revealing an 18.5% leap in profits.
- Northern Foods ready to gobble up rivals (John Collingridge)
NORTHERN Foods is eyeing assets of struggling rivals as it seeks to lead consolidation in the biscuit sector.
- Thriving trade in out-of-date best-before foods (Tamsyn Kent )
Thousands of tonnes of food are binned annually in the UK because of confusion over use-by dates. But those willing to overlook the labels are finding big online discounts on food past its prime.
- Sainsbury profits jump as food promotions attract more recession-hit shoppers (telegraph.co.uk)
Sainsbury reported a jump in profits and raised its dividend as food promotions helped attract more recession-hit shoppers in the first half.
- Mini and Deli Meatballs from Scan Foods (caterersearch.com)
Swedish meatball specialist Scan Foods celebrated its 10th anniversary in the UK with the launch of new mini and deli lines.
- Young's takes its healthy battered fish to the Houses of Parliament (fishnewseu.com)
LAST week Young’s took its best-selling battered fish brand, Chip Shop, to Parliament - highlighting for MPs the work done in recent years to reformulate it as a healthier product.
- Fish factory to create 100 jobs (news.bbc.co.uk)
A salmon farming company has submitted a planning application for a £5m factory at Arnish, south of Stornoway.
- Right Jobs in Wales.com Launches! (David Lee)
Job Board Provider the Right Jobs Network has teamed up with leading Welsh UTV radio stations the Wave & Swansea Sound to launch the first of its radio-backed geographical job boards in the UK.
- Northern Foods "Well Placed" For M&S Branded Product Move (Hannah Benjamin )
Frozen foods company Northern Foods PLC (NFDS.LN) Thursday said it is "well placed" to deal with key customer Marks & Spencer Group PLC's (MKS.LN) decision to start stocking branded products.
- Put doors on freezers to bring food prices down, supermarkets are told (Sean Poulter)
Supermarkets should put doors on all freezer units to cut down on energy waste, the Government's customer body has said.
- Biscuits boost New Britain Palm Oil as ethical credentials clinch deal (guardian.co.uk)
A deal with United Biscuits has provided a lift to New Britain Palm Oil today as the maker of Jaffa Cakes became the latest food company to highlight the supplier's ethical status.
- Sales are proving to be sweet at Associated British Foods (Rupert Steiner)
Associated British Foods weighed in with better than expected full-year sales as discount clothing chain Primark and the company's giant sugar business starred.
- Improve lands new mandate (freshinfo.com)
Improve has won a new mandate to continue to deliver the strategic reforms and solutions to help drive up food and drink industry performance and productivity.
- Cinnamon Club named best UK ethnic restaurant in World Food Awards (Daniel Thomas)
The Cinnamon Club was named as the best ethnic restaurant in the UK at the inaugural World Food Awards, held on Saturday at London’s Hilton Park Lane.
- New supermarket opens four stores (bbc.co.uk)
A new supermarket chain has bought four stores in Scotland ahead of expansion across the UK which it claimed would secure hundreds of jobs.
- Aldi plan to create jobs in the Isle of Wight (internationalsupermarketnews.com )
Aldi have hopes of opening a 1,700 square meter supermarket near Cowes, on the Isle of Wight in the UK. It would bring more jobs to the island, and would be the first Aldi there.
- Commission takes aim at retailers in food supply probe (euractiv.com)
The European Commission yesterday launched an inquiry into the food supply chain for unfair contractual practices imposed on small farmers by major retail chains and other buyers.
- Bootiful boss stepping down (TheManufacturer.com)
The eponymous chairman of the Norfolk turkey food producer Bernard Matthews has announced he is to step down shortly after his 80th birthday in January, following a second consecutive year of losses at the firm.
- Supermarkets donate to food bank
Supermarkets are donating food past its sell-by date to charity, following the official launch of a new food bank.
- ISG to build dairy facility at Nantwich College (Michael Fahy)
ISG has secured a £1m project with Reaseheath College to refurbish and enlarge an advanced dairy processing facility at its 500-acre Cheshire parkland site.
- Bickering food promotes healthy eating in FSA show sponsorship (Mark Sweney)
Idents for UKTV's Family Supercooks feature arguing apricots, irritable potatoes and a scared sausage
- 45,000 science jobs in feeding the world, safely and healthily (Alex Brannen)
Job prospects for food scientists and food technologists in the UK are excellent, according to advisors to the series, the leading Food and Nutritional Science department based at the University of Reading.
- Positive signs for graduate recruitment in UK's food sector (gradplus.com)
Thousands of graduate jobs are being created in the UK's food production sector as it seeks to replace its ageing workforce.
- Good Little Company wins Waitrose deal (meatinfo.co.uk)
An ethically-minded Northern Ireland food company has won a contract to supply sausages to Waitrose stores across the UK.
- GE pours £9m into drinks firm (Sion Barry)
A NORTH WALES drinks manufacturer has been boosted with a multi-million- pound funding line.
- McDonald's defies the downturn with bulging profits (Catherine Boyle )
Fast-food restaurant group reports better than expected third quarter figures as consumers seek out cheaper eats
- 10,000 Jobs Available in Food Production (Laurette Ziemer)
No matter how tough things get, the things people will always keep buying are food and drink.
- Food and drink exports soar (Richard Tyler )
FOOD and drink exports rose 10.2pc in the first half of the year compared with the same period last year, according to the latest figures from the Food and Drink Federation.
- Baker Greggs says it will create 6,000 jobs (AFP)
The baker Greggs, a seller of sandwiches and pastries, announced a plan Tuesday to open at least 600 shops in Britain in the coming years, creating 6,000 jobs.
- Jobs boost follows firm expansion (bbc.co.uk)
An investment by a Northern Ireland food company is to lead to the creation of 41 jobs.
- BRC defends supermarkets against claim price cuts cost jobs (talkingretail.com/)
The British Retail Consortium has defended supermarkets against the accusation that they could jeopardise thousands of jobs in the food industry by cutting prices.
- Jobs saved as food packaging firm buys rival (Joanne Birtwistle)
MORE than 100 jobs have been saved at a Lancashire cakeboard maker after it was bought from administrators by a Manchester rival.
- Beckham to continue with GO3 (extrafootie.co.uk)
David Beckham's latest business venture has left a sour taste in the England star's mouth after just £633 of his healthy microwave meals range 'GO3' were sold last month.
- Green shoots for ready meals (CONOR POPE)
It seems that even the recession can’t kill our appetite for ready-made meals – with sales for some product lines up 20 per cent
- Scottish food and drink: a growth industry (careers-jobs.eu)
Scotland's food and drink producers have been given a chance to showcase their wares on the world stage.
- Topsham food company celebrates (devon.editorial@archant.co.uk)
A FOOD produce company based in Topsham celebrates its third year in business this month.
- Marston's to spend £45m building new food-led pubs (Hamish Champ)
Midlands brewer Marston’s is to splash the cash on building new pubs in the coming year.
- Kellogg's plan laser branded flakes to fight fakes (guardian.co.uk)
It's being put about by their PR team that Kellogg's are to individually laser etch each of their cornflakes with the company logo.
- Marco Waste Management System, makes sense of waste for Unilever food manufacturing (marco.co.uk)
Profitability experts Marco are making it easier for food manufacturers to protect their profits through the introduction of the company's waste management system.
- Marks & Spencer looks to online food shopping to boost sales (Daily Mail Reporter)
Marks & Spencer is planning to set up an online food shopping service.
- Food retailers up for challenge of future events (theretailbulletin.com)
There are still many challenges faced by the grocery industry through the recession and beyond but the major companies in the sector have shown great ability in the past to deal with adversity and this pedigree will continue to see the industry succeed.
- London’s first food and drink innovation centre to launch (Lisa Jones)
London’s first food and drink innovation centre launches on Thursday 15th October 2009 at Dephna House, 14 Cumberland Avenue, London, NW10 7QL
- Food sales boost to Co-op profits (bbc.co.uk)
The Co-operative Group has posted a 17% rise in first-half profit, boosted by its food business.
- FSA Salt iPhone app aims to keep you healthy (Nick Spence)
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has introduced a free iPhone and iPod touch application which aims to help limit the amount of salt users eat as part of a healthy diet.
- Business big shot: Jim Smart, finance director, Premier Foods (Miles Costello )
Jim Smart seems to have a knack for flushing out takeovers. The Scot, 49, was named yesterday as the new finance director at Premier Foods, the UK’s biggest food producer and owner of the Branston Pickle and Hovis brands.
- Return of the luxury ready meal: indulgence is back in fashion at the checkout (Julia Finch)
This year was meant to mark the start of a tough new era of austerity: frivolity would now be frowned on and frugal would be the new cool.
- Twenty-one day shelf life for fresh sea food (Ron Golan)
Hefestus, Israel, has created an advanced packaging solution for extending fresh seafood shelf life.
- Celebrated Scottish food could soon go global (Stephen Christie)
Scotland’s most celebrated foods, including the world-famous Arbroath Smokie, could soon be marketed on a global scale under proposals to boost the profile of the country’s finest cuisine.
- £10m campaign to boost Cobra's food credentials (John Porter)
Molson Coors backing lager brand to expand the beer-with-food market
- Frozen Retail Market Hits New High (bfff.co.uk)
The latest data from TNS Worldpanel for the 52 weeks ending 6th September 2009 has shown that the value of the retail frozen food market is now worth just over £5.1 billion.
- Tory pledge to buy British food (Allie Anderson )
The UK Conservative party has said it will "lead by example" to ensure all central government departments buy more locally produced food.
- Cranswick pleased with life as a pure food group (David Parkin)
CRANSWICK today said it had a "pleasing" trading performance with turnover up 19% during its first six months as a purely food business.
- Yorkshire Bank economist to deliver insight on food sector fortunes (Anastasia Weiner)
FOOD companies in Yorkshire are to get a run down on how the global economic recovery can affect their business from Yorkshire Bank's chief economist.
- Northern Foods remains resilient (David Parkin )
NORTHERN Foods today saluted its resilience in difficult markets and said that its first half results will hit targets
- The National Trust Launches Own Brand Food in the UK (internationalsupermarketnews.com)
Supermarkets will be stocking foods and produce supplied by The National Trust, in the UK, from today.
- Uk’s Biggest Manufacturing Sector Launches Checklist For Success (Claire West)
The next Government must support the UK's food and drink sector as a strategic priority in its own right, according to the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), which today published a checklist of 20 ways to safeguard the future success of the country's bigge
- Nestlé: the world's biggest food company and one of the 'most boycotted' (Ian Johnston )
The world's largest food company began life in 1867, when Henri Nestlé developed the first milk food for infants - and "saved the life of a neighbour's child".
- Asda puts webcams in food factories (Harry Wallop)
Asda, the supermarket group, has started to put webcams in its food factories as part of a series of moves to make the company more transparent.
- Fast food firm Go opens Arndale unit (James Chapelard)
Go Fast Fresh Food Company has taken on a unit at Manchester Arndale Shopping Centre from joint landlords PRUPIM and CSC.
- Food firm remains cautious despite growth in revenue (Aled Blake)
BAKED-GOODS manufacturer Finsbury Food yesterday warned of another tough year ahead for the company after reporting growth in revenue of 8%.
- New Vegemite puts Kraft in pickle (bbc.co.uk)
It was never going to be easy tampering with a food spread considered iconic by some in Australia and New Zealand.
- Stability to aid The Real Good Food Company (Alex Turner,)
THERE was no icing on the cake of The Real Good Food Company’s half-year results this morning as it announced a pre-tax loss of £1.19m.
- Miquel takes over at Lees Foods after father quits (Simon Bain)
Lees Foods, where 77-year-old executive chairman Raymond Miquel stepped down unexpectedly earlier this month, has appointed Miquel’s son Clive as chief executive and 75-year-old drinks industry veteran Dr Chris Greig as chairman.
- Success for food and drink festival (thisiscornwall.co.uk)
CULINARY creations from some of Cornwall's finest producers were showcased to capacity crowds at a three-day festival celebrating a cornucopia of food and drink.
- Fire-hit factory back to work (bdaily business news network)
A food factory in North Tyneside which was destroyed by fire is to begin production again, creating 226 jobs in the process.
- Food company rewarded with business award (Karen Dent)
A COMPANY that has been operating for less than two years has been crowned Wansbeck Business of the Year.
- Waitrose to sell food in Boots (James Hall)
Shoppers in branches of Boots stores will soon be able to buy Waitrose food with their toiletries following a tie-up between the two chains.
- Weight watchers from Heinz gives dieters some home comforts (talkingretail.com)
Weight Watchers from Heinz (WWfH) is unveiling a new range of frozen ready meals, Weight Watchers from Heinz Home Comforts.
- Explore Britain's Food festivals: Eat, drink and be merry (independent.co.uk)
As the 'barbecue summer' fizzles out, Aoife O'Riordain samples this season's gastronomic events
- Spicy supermarket deal for food manufacturer (Anastasia Weiner)
INDIAN ‘cook at home' specialist Kitchen Guru has received a listing in Tesco with four products from the company's extensive range.
- Greggs still has faith in the high street (Marcus Leroux )
The convenience food group believes in town centre retail, even though many others may have their doubts
- Food campaign gains momentum (PAUL CULLEN)
A new campaign to promote Irish food and drink brands is gaining significant momentum, according to its promoters.
- Northern Foods looks for growth with new FD (David Parkin)
NORTHERN Foods has today said it was poised for growth after recruiting the finance director of Comet-owner Kesa Electricals.
- Organic firms harness the power of superfoods to boost flagging fortunes (Zoe Wood)
It will be wellies at dawn in London tomorrow as the big names of the organic food and farming business launch a bid to reverse their sales, which have tumbled during the recession.
- Amanda Holden fronts Kenco packaging campaign (Jill Park, packagingnews.co.uk)
Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden is to encourage the British public to go on a "packaging diet" in a new role as the face of a new Kenco green packaging drive.
- Branston Commits To £1.4 Million Environmental Investment (Source: FarmingUK Newsdesk)
Branston Ltd has confirmed that plans to build an anaerobic digestion plant that will turn waste potatoes into electricity are to go ahead, with construction work starting next month.
- FoodIndustryCareers.co.uk launches new careers advice section (David Lee)
Niche Food Manufacturing Website www.foodindustrycareers.co.uk has launched its new Careers Advice section for those looking to forge a successful career in the UK Food Manufacturing Sector.
- New £35m funding deal for food service company (Dave Jones, Daily Post )
A FOOD service company bought by Iceland boss Malcolm Walker and two other members of his board has secured a new funding deal worth more than £35m.
- 1 in Every 7 Jobs Dependent on Agriculture and Food Industry (www.agriaware.ie)
National Industry Study Highlights that Agri-Food Industry is Curbing a Key Recessionary Trend
- Asda plans new Angus store with 270 staff (Stephen Christie)
The retail boom in Angus was given another huge boost yesterday when supermarket giant Asda announced multimillion-pound plans to open its first store at Forfar – creating some 270 jobs.
- Back in flavour! Why ARE we turning to nostalgic nosh to help us cope with the recession? (Jan Moir)
Do you fancy a Wagon Wheel with that cup of tea? Go on. You know you want one.
- Frozen veg 'better than fresh' (Press Association)
Frozen greens can be just as nutritious as eating fresh, according to new research.
- Waitrose seals royal deal with Duchy Originals (Louise Armitstead )
Waitrose has bought the exclusive rights to the Duchy Originals brand, the upmarket food range founded by the Prince of Wales.
- Finea food company takes gold at Great Taste Awards (Sean McMahon)
Mr. Crumb, the multi-award-winning company and well-known Irish brand of breadcrumbs, stuffings and puddings, has added another Gold Great Taste Award to its long list of achievements, this time for its organic sage and onion stuffing.
- Kraft holds back in bid for Cadbury (James Quinn, US Business Editor,)
The board of US food conglomerate Kraft is prepared to wait and let the market decide the fate of its £10.2bn bid for Cadbury rather than take the initiative and bring the rejected offer directly to its target's shareholders.
- £2m food centre an Asset to Queen’s (http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
A £2m food safety centre that has created 20 jobs will be launched at Queen’s University this month.
- Food group reports profits boost (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
The Irish food company Kerry Group has reported an increase in profits in the first half of this year.
- Kraft in £10.2bn move for Cadbury (Amy Wilson)
US giant Kraft Foods has proposed buying UK confectionery firm Cadbury in a £10.2bn ($16.7bn) move.
- Princes launches Hot Pots ready meals (www.talkingretail.com)
Princes is targeting a bigger share of the £220m instant hot snacks market with major investment in its ambient ready meals range.
- Food packaging firm Excelsior Technologies moves to a new £20m factory on Deeside. (Daily Post )
NORTH Wales company food packaging company Excelsior Technologies has moved from Flint to a new £20m factory on Deeside Industrial Park.
- Sales of exotic foods soar as staycations force Britons' culinary hand (Sophie Borland)
It may not be the summer for a far-flung exotic break. But despite the fact many of us are holidaying in UK this year, we are determined not to miss out on the culinary delights of our favourite destinations.
- Dairy industry gets pat on the back for green initiative (www.gaurdian.co.uk)
Dairy UK, the trade group for the dairy industry, has today announced that it is to team up with the Carbon Trust to develop a new guide for measuring and reporting on the carbon footprint of dairy products.
- Business Interview: Martin and Tracy Hamilton, Directors of Mash Direct (Belfast Telegraph)
Marting & Tracy Hamilton tell us how to make a mashing success out of a cottage business.
- Seasonal boost as Sainsbury set to hire 20,000 (PETER RANSCOMBE )
J SAINSBURY yesterday unveiled plans to take on 20,000 seasonal staff, its largest intake ever for the festive period, as the UK's supermarket sector continues its expansion despite the recession.
- ‘Food and drink industry jobs offer’ (The Northern Echo)
UP to 4,000 extra workers will be needed in the North-East’s food and drink industry during the next eight years, an industry body claimed.
- Shilpa Shetty gets into the food business (Upala KBR)
Last Sunday in London, Shilpa Shetty and her fiancé Raj Kundra announced a 33% stake in the V8 Gourmet Group, an international Indian food company that includes The Bombay Bicycle Club Kitchens and Tiffinbites amongst other brands.
- Cranstons to open expanded Penrith food hall (Thom Kennedy )
CUMBRIAN food company Cranstons’ expanded Penrith food hall is set to open in October, bringing with it up to 20 new jobs for the town.
- Wirral brewery to sponsor food festival (Liverpool Echo )
A WIRRAL brewery has stepped in to sponsor the borough’s food and drink festival – and will launch its latest beer at the event.
- Dole Food Company to go public again (Mike Knowles)
World's largest fresh produce company announces plans to raise US$500m by listing on the New York Stock Exchange
- Jobs being created at food depot (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
A food distribution depot being opened on the site of a warehouse that burned down will create hundreds of jobs.
- British food producers urged to join EU protected name list (By Emily Beament)
MORE British producers should apply for "protected food name status" to boost local economies and let consumers know they are buying authentic produce, the government urged yesterday.
- Local Food Project launched at Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival (Huddersfield Daily Examiner )
A NEW bid to persuade Huddersfield people keep local for their food has been launched.
- Luxury food producers scoop top awards (Mike Pryce )
LUXURY food producers from Herefordshire & Worcester have scooped awards in a major fine foods competition.
- Meat supplier jobs secured just months after major fire (http://news.stv.tv)
Company unveils new facility three months after blaze destroyed Broxburn plant.
13 August 2009
- Britain's wet summer leads to spike in winter food sales (thetelegraph.co.uk)
Supermarkets are reporting a rise in winter food sales because of Britain's wet summer, figures show.
- Food companies create 150 jobs (www.bbc.co.uk/news)
Two food companies in Dungannon, south Tyrone, are to expand creating over 140 new jobs.
- Value-conscious customers drive big expansion by food company (Lizzie Murphy)
DEMAND for value foods such as sausages and ham during the recession is helping a Yorkshire manufacturer to nearly double its turnover after investing £4m in new production facilities.
- Allergen-free ready meals to hit shelves (Owen McAteer )
A FOOD company has increased staff numbers as it launches ready meals specifically for people with food intolerances.
- Fish plant plan brings hopes of 150 jobs (www.highland-news.co.uk)
A NEW fish processing company is planning to set up near Croy, creating up to 150 jobs hot on the heels of the closure of Strathaird Salmon in Inverness
- North Yorkshire food manufacturer scoops award (Anastasia Weiner)
A RICHMOND-based food manufacturer has scooped a top industry prize for its twice braised pork shank in a cider and apple sauce.
- Food Industry Careers.co.uk launch new Toolbar
As recruiters do you want to know what jobs are active in the market place at the moment? As candidates do you want to know as soon as a suitable job is uploaded to the site?
- Hovis and Loyd Grossman prove winners for Premier Foods (Anastasia Weiner)
THE success of Hovis, Branston and Loyd Grossman means that Premier Foods is on course to deliver full year expectations.
- Finsbury Food sees revenues grow in “difficult” market (www.smallcapnews.co.uk)
Cake and bread maker Finsbury Food Group is set to report an 8% rise in revenues in the year to June 30, 2009, which should take its figures to around £182.5 million.
- Real Good Food Co sees cost-cutting benefits (Joanne Birtwistle )
BAKERY ingredients business The Real Good Food Company has said it is starting to see the benefits of its restructuring, although margins in its sugar business are lower than last year.
- DJ Osem Buys UK Food Co Yarden GB For GBP1.9 Mln (Sara Toth)
Osem Investments Ltd. (OSEM.TV) said Sunday that it has purchased the UK food distributor Yarden GB for 1.9 million British pounds.
- Food Industry Careers.co.uk continues free trial! (David Lee & Martin Heywood)
Following a successful 1st month which far exceeded even our wildest expectations both in terms of jobseekers numbers and visitors to the site, Food Industry Careers.co.uk have decided to offer all users a continuation to the unlimited free posting trial
- Jobs boost after £24-million takeover (This Is Scunthorpe)
NEW jobs could be brought to a Scunthorpe food factory following a £24-million takeover deal.
- Frozen food championed for schools (Fresh Info.com)
A new in-depth report into school lunches has attacked the common assumption that fresh food has greater nutritional value than frozen.
- Smaller chocolate bars, mini drinks cans to be standard under Government plans (Harry Wallop)
Some of Britain's favourite snacks, including Mars bars, Cadbury Dairy Milk and cans of Coca-Cola, will all be shrunk in size, under controversial new plans to tackle the obesity epidemic.
- Focus on Customers puts Apetito first (bfff website)
apetito, the speciality frozen ready meal supplier to the community, care homes and hospitals nationally, has won The Customer Focus Award at the prestigious National Business Southern Awards.
- Deals push down pub meal price average (John Porter )
Average main course down to £5.77 in managed pubs. The average price of a pub main course has fallen by 15p in the last year, despite food inflation.
- Samworth's deal with Tesco gives it a big share of the UK food pie (Roland Gribben )
Brian Stein, chief executive of Samworth Brothers, the family-owned Melton Mowbray pie and Cornish pasty business, has recovered his bounce.
- Alex James joins food campaign (pa.press.net )
Alex James has signed up to a campaign to encourage people to eat locally-produced British food.
- Ready happy returns: The instant meal celebrates its 30th birthday (Simon Usborne)
Thirty years ago, a young product developer in the poultry department at Marks & Spencer had her work cut out when the bigwigs on the board got cold feet.
- Food products should carry 'water footprint' information, says report (Rebecca Smithers)
The hidden amounts of water used in manufacturing food and drink products should be made known to customers, according to lobby groups.
- Heather Mills Acquires the Redwood Food Company (The Redwood Food Company)
The Redwood Wholefood Company, award-winning producer of natural plant-based, animal-free foods, has announced that charity and animal rights campaigner Heather Mills has acquired the business.
- Morrisons and Waitrose take a bite of rivals’ market share (Marcus Leroux)
One retailer is based in leafy Berkshire and is famed for selling swordfish steaks and crayfish sandwiches to Middle England. The other was built up from a few shops in Bradford into a multibillion-pound group by a plain-speaking Yorkshireman.
- Ah, the olive groves of balmy England (Chris Gourlay )
SUBTROPICAL crops such as dates, figs and rice could become staples of British agriculture within 20 years, according to government forecasts.
- Soup firm in £24m deal (teletext.co.uk)
A Scunthorpe-based food company has been been bought by a private equity firm in a £24m deal.
- UK buying more Scottish produce (BBC Scotland)
Sales of Scottish produce across the UK have increased by 21% in two years.
- Food retailers slash plastic bag numbers by 48 per cent (George MacDonald )
Grocers have almost halved the number of carrier bags distributed to customers, reducing their environmental impact.
- Calorie counts on food labels may be inaccurate by up to 25 per cent (The Telegraph.co.uk)
The calorie counts written on food labels may be out by up to 25 per cent, according to new research.
- Sorting the sticky issue of UK food labelling (Dan Buglass)
MARKET research shows that consumers are increasingly interested in where the food purchased in shops and supermarkets is sourced.
- Loyd Grossman launches Al Forno bake range (Talking Retail)
Premier Foods, the UK's No. 1 food manufacturer, has expanded its £52m range of Loyd Grossman cooking sauces to include four recipes of Italian Al Forno bakes, as well as large sized family jars of bolognese and Indian sauces.
- Food and Drink Sector Gets Teeth Into 2020 Water Target (Keren McCarron)
Almost 500,000 cubic metres of water - equivalent to nearly 200 Olympic swimming pools - have already been saved as thirty six of the UK's leading food and drink manufacturers report their first full year progress
- Outlook for the Packaged Food Industry (Daniel Palmer)
Despite the deterioration of the global economy, Euromonitor International believes the packaged food industry is well positioned to weather the storm.
- Frozen food defies the chill of recession (Erikka Askeland)
FROZEN food has proven resilient in a recession as Cumbernauld-based Farmfoods yesterday revealed its profits had almost doubled on a sharp increase in turnover.
- North East producers represent region at London event (Business Daily News Network)
The Lord Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, addressed over 600 senior food and hospitality industry delegates at an event in London recently
- Juice company to create 50 jobs (BBC News)
Up to 50 jobs are to be created on the site of a former juice and smoothie company.
- Fullers lands £120m deal with Asda (Greg Wright)
YORKSHIRE-based Fullers Foods International has become one of the largest family-owned food companies in Britain after securing a £120m deal with Asda.
- Grate expectations (Ben Rooth)
An entrepreneur who decided to set up her own business after a serious accident has doubled sales over the past two years to smash through the £6m barrier.
- Food Industry Careers.co.uk Press Release (David Lee & Martin Heywood)
Food Industry Careers.co.uk will focus predominantly on jobs in the UK food industry. The site will is managed by experienced recruitment professionals and adds automated services in order to offer the best user experience for its clients.
- New man at helm of Fox's project (Batley News)
A new director has been appointed to oversee the development of a new Fox's Biscuits site.
- Water inefficiency costing UK food and drink companies up to ₤160,000 a day (Rory Harrington)
Food and drink producers in the UK may be pouring up to ₤160,000 a day down the drain by failing to maximise the potential for water efficiency, according to Envirowise.
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