New board appointment at Gangmaster Licensing Authority
Posted on 4 Apr 2012 by The Manufacturer
Food and Drink Federation Director, Angela Coleshill, has been appointed to the Gangmaster Licensing Authority’s board.
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Legal action against MMP from booted Bootle workers
Posted on 3 Apr 2012 by
Unite the union is to take legal action against Austrian-owned Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (MMP) over the unlawful dismissal of its workforce.
Kerry Foods closes Durham factory
Posted on 3 Apr 2012 by
Kerry Foods has announced it intends to close its food processing factory in Durham putting over 350 jobs at risk.
AG Barr braving the cold: branching out into ice cream
Posted on 27 Mar 2012 by
Producers of the soft drinks Rubicon and IRN-BRU AG Barr have announced that they will expand into the ice cream market with an investment of £40m to lease a new factory in Milton Keynes.
Butcher’s Pet Care splashes out on £38m headquarters
Posted on 27 Mar 2012 by
The new headquarters in Crick, near Rugby is 260,000 sq ft large, costs £38m and incorporates both Butcher’s Pet Care’s central office and its core manufacturing facilities.
FDF defines industry’s nutritional guidelines ahead of the Budget
Posted on 21 Mar 2012 by The Manufacturer
The Food and Drink Federation’s director general, Melanie Leech, sets out her hopes for today’s budget announcements with an emphasis on policies that support growth.
Frederick’s Dairies
Posted on 7 Mar 2012 by
This Lancashire ice cream maker has scooped awards and will be supplying Cadbury with Icecream for the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games. By John Silcox.
Morrisons fishes for 200 new jobs with new seafood factory
Posted on 5 Mar 2012 by
Supermarket chain Morrisons announced plans to launch its own seafood processing business today.
The company has acquired an empty factory in Grimsby and is equipping it for seafood production by the end of 2012 in a move that will see it produce 10,000 tonnes of seafood every year.
The move represe…
Nestlé makes its entire product range artificial free
Posted on 2 Mar 2012 by
Nestlé Confectionery has become the first firm in the sweets market to remove all artificial colours, flavours and preservatives from its portfolio.
The company, which manufactures products like KitKat, achieved the landmark after seven years of research and product development, with ove…
Kraft invests £17m in UK chocolate R&D
Posted on 2 Mar 2012 by
Two years after the unpopular takeover of Cadbury, US food giant Kraft Foods has opened its Global Centre of Excellence for chocolate research and development in Bournville, Birmingham.
The centre is part of a £17m investment that the American conglomerate sees as a way to confirm its commitment …