One in five British men and one in seven British women suffer from coronary heart disease which costs the U.K. National Health Service GBP 77 billion (USD 123 billion) per year to treat.
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has highlighted food manufacturing and agriculture as one of seven key “champion sectors” for growth, urging the government to develop a “coherent industrial strategy to boost exports.”
The minister for employment, Mark Hoban, is meeting the food manufacturing industry’s top players today – including Mars, Cranswick and ABF – to offer them cash incentives for employing young people.
The Faccenda chicken processor in Brackley, Northamptonshire is facing legal action from about 60 families who claim the smells from the site are so foul it makes them “physically sick”.
After years of negotiation and talks of Diageo picking up a stake in United Spirits, the British spirit major is set to buy 53.4% stake in USL, a Reuters piece stated. Vijay Mallya is expected to retain the Chairmanship.
Dairy Crest has announced revenues down 7% to £688m for its half year ended September. Profit and earnings per share were up 65%, but adjusted profit before tax was down 16%.
The Bakkavör boss Agust Gudmundsson has reported, what he termed, “strong growth” in both revenue and margin revealed by the chilled own-label food company’s third quarter results released last week.
PepsiCo’s baked potato chips are an outstanding example of fat reduction in a popular snack and from a public health perspective it is a tragedy they are not a mainstream choice, a nutrition expert says.
