Strong Asian sales and an improved performance in UK helped retail major Tesco post a 3.8% growth in like-for-like sales for the five-week holiday season ended 5 January 2013.
Mornflake has introduced new line of Oatbran cereals - Very Berry Oatbran Muesli, Cranberry & Nut Oatbran Muesli, Nut & Honey Oatbran Crisp and Nut & Seed Oatbran Granola varieties.
Asda is withdrawing its own-brand Great Stuff Minced Beef Hotpot because the product contains wheat/gluten, which is mentioned on the label but not in the allergen advice box.
Unfortunately for U.K. retailers, 2013 has already been written off by the KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT) as another tough year with austerity measures continuing to hit consumer confidence.
Production staff at Dairy Crest’s Fenstanton plant in Cambridgeshire are expected to clock off for the last time today, in line with its plans announced last April to close the site with the loss of 248 jobs.
Nearly 350 jobs are under threat at Vion's Welsh Country Foods’ lamb processing facility on the Island of Anglesey, after the manufacturer warned today that it could be forced to close the business.
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the findings of research looking at consumer attitudes to the labelling of genetically modified (GM) food and the use of 'GM-free' labelling.
Supermarket group Tesco has appointed Chris Bush as its new UK md just two-days before the anniversary of last year’s announcement of very poor trading.
Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco enjoyed a happier Christmas than Marks and Spencer, with sales up by nearly 2%, compared with sales down by the same amount at M&S.
Britain’s biggest food manufacturer Premier Foods plans to close its Glasgow flour mill, casting doubt over the future of 15 jobs at the Dunaskin Street site.
UK arm of fast food chain McDonald's will collaborate with publishers and retailers in the country to hand out 15 million books to young readers in the country by the end of 2014.
