Published: Dec 06, 2012 By: Gary Scattergood

Chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut is to close its Chester plant in a move that could lead to 25 job losses.

Published: Dec 06, 2012 By: Gary Scattergood

KP snacks – the maker of Hula Hoops, KP Nuts and McCoy’s – has been bought from United Biscuits by German firm Intersnack for an undisclosed sum.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Glutamel, a gluten-free food producer based in Wigan, UK, has entered into a partnership Domino’s Pizza for the supply of gluten-free pizza bases.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Foodmate team

The Scotch Whiskey Association (SWA) has won a trademark battle with New Zealand-based independent liquor chain The Mill Liquor Save Limited (the Mill) over the usage of the name ‘MacGowans.’

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Randox Food Diagnostics is pleased to release the RX monaco analyser - a fully automated solution for high-quality wine testing.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has launched a five-point guide to sustainable ingredient sourcing to help manufacturers manage risks throughout the supply chain.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Lynda Searby

Last year wholesaler Booker created a media furore by announcing that it was to start supplying sandwiches with a 14-day shelf-life to convenience stores and foodservice outlets.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Gary Scattergood

Kerry Foods has recorded a 14.8% increase in revenues in its ingredients and flavour division, largely driven by an impressive performance in the Asia-Pacific region.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Rick Pendrous

The news last month that Vion is to sell its UK food businesses, covering 38 sites and employing 13,000 people is a sure sign that the UK's meat supply chain is in crisis.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Rick Pendrous

Britain's food industry was rocked by two announcements over the past month. Premier Foods broke the news that it was to close bakeries in Birmingham and Greenford, west London and restructure its distribution operations with the loss of 900 jobs.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Rick Pendrous

Dairy Crest has reported a "continuing difficult trading environment", particularly for its Dairies Division, for the first half of the financial year (H1). This has led analysts to call for an improvement in its performance in the second half to meet mar

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Foodmate team

On The Menu, a line of dietitian-approved, nutritious frozen main courses and desserts developed especially for seniors that debuted last March, has now gone national at independent retailers, the Winchester, Hampshire-based company has announced.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

UK-based Oomf has unveiled new porridge pots, Bench Pressed Oats, for breakfast to provide extra proteins.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Christine Blank

Seafood is being featured much more significantly in U.K. restaurants, and experts expect that trend to continue in 2013.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Laurence Gibbons

A new £500,000 lab opened last week at Reading Science Centre will help Mondelēz improve food quality including the bubbles in its chocolate product — claims the food manufacturing giant.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

A family-run vegetable processor has ambitious plans to build a £2M vegetable processing plant that will lead to the creation of 25 jobs in Norfolk.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Laurence Gibbons

Fox’s Biscuits has appointed Colin Smith as its new md, replacing Stewart Gilliand, who had been interim md since August.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

A management buyout is the “most likely” result of Vion’s dramatic exit from the UK’s meat processing market, according to City analysts.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

The government has granted a North Yorkshire egg processor £490,000 towards the construction of a £3M egg processing facility.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Around 1,200 workers at the 2 Sisters Food Group’s sites in the West Midlands are being balloted for industrial action in a dispute over pay and conditions and a culture of alleged bullying.