Food and Beverage

Big hitters support open innovation scheme

Indoor farming or controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) requires a great deal of attention to maintain the health of the plants - image courtesy of Adobe

Half of all food produced is not eaten

Samworth Brothers produces producing high quality chilled foods for the British market and employs over 8,000 people.

New Leicestershire food factory may create 700 jobs

The site of pigs roaming the countryside is not the same in some European countries, where they are kept in cramped cages. Photography by Gareth Saunders.

European pork producers undercut UK prices by caging pigs

Food manufacturers treble apprenticeships in 2012

Investment in Wensleydale cheese factory makes it cream of the crop

Britvic are hoping for a big Christmas after a 20% drop in profits during 2012. Photography by Roger.

Return of glitter berry J2O to boost Britvic’s Christmas coffers

Cadbury, Bourneville

UK food and drink sector cuts 34 million wheelie bins of waste

Strike to hurt chicken supplies ahead of Christmas

George Stokes died when operating hale bale equipment from McHale Engineering. Photography by John Horton.

McHale Engineering at fault after death of farmer

United Biscuits allows Intersnack to gobble up KP Snacks