Published: Nov 29, 2012

A drive to boost UK food exports was launched last week, when the country's largest ever trade delegation went to China in a bid to develop the UK's presence in the market.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

Consumers have been warned to expect shortages of British winter vegetables in the run-up to Christmas, as UK farmers count the cost of devastating floods and poor weather on their crops.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd is recalling all codes of its own-brand Red Tree Iced Rich Fruit Cake, as signs of mould spoilage have been identified on some of the products.

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The Hummingbird Bakery, a UK-based producer of hand-made cupcakes, cakes, pies and brownies, has launched a new cake range for the festive season.

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), the Seafood Development Agency continued with their series of Innovation workshops with a practical industry-focused workshop entitled "Introduction to fish smoking technologies" at BIM's Seafood Development Centre, Clonakilty,

Published: Nov 28, 2012

A massive fire at a distillery in the Black County was probably caused by a combination of chemicals being mixed, fire investigators say.

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Dairy nutrition firm Volac has reported an operating profit increase of nearly 40% for the year ending February 2012, citing the impact of increased exports and improved profits from overseas operations.

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Dairy Crest intends to move production of its new, longer-life UHT Frijj milkshakes from Spain to the UK in anticipation of a successful trial period.

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Dragons’ Den’s sauce manufacturing sisters Lisa and Helen Tse are on the road to achieving their dream of making their Chinese sauces as big as Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae brand.

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Morrisons has relaxed its policy about sourcing 100% British chicken because its recession-hit customers want to spend less money on meat.

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The boss of a London smoked salmon business has been prosecuted after a worker had to have a finger amputated when his hand was crushed in machinery.

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

The death knell has rung for pizza manufacturer Paramount Foods, which will close its site in North Wales with the loss of a further 278 jobs.

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Chilled food manufacturer Greencore has reported “a breakthrough year”, with revenue up 44.5% to £1,161.9M due to acquisitions and“business momentum”, for the full year to September 28 2012.

Published: Nov 27, 2012

Amcor Flexibles and Chiquita Brands have won first prize in the much coveted UK Packaging Awards ‘Flexible Pack of the Year’ category with Chiquita’s Super Crunchy Fruit Chips - a convenient single serve snack made from 100% naturally dried fruits.

Published: Nov 27, 2012

Growth in convenience retail and fast food sales boosted revenues at Blackburn-based Euro Garages, who run service stations and associated franchises.

Published: Nov 27, 2012

Reckitt Benckiser Group LLC last week announced an agreement to acquire Schiff Nutrition International, Inc. for $42 per share, besting a previous $1.2 billion offer from Bayer AG.

Published: Nov 27, 2012

Belu Water has joined British Bottled Water Producers, the association which represents British-sourced bottled waters.

Published: Nov 27, 2012

Sports drink Gatorade, owned by PepsiCo and distributed by Britvic in the UK, has roped in MiniFridge.co.uk to produce customized mini bar fridges.

Published: Nov 27, 2012

Arran Brewery is planning to start a brewery, bottling plant and micro-distillery in the historic Rosebank distillery in Falkirk, Scotland.

Published: Nov 27, 2012 By: Asa Bennett

Ministers have been accused by London Pride brewer Fuller’s of being “immoral” for going soft on the tax arrangements of multi-national corporations while hitting pubs with tax rises.