Published: Oct 03, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

UK firm The McCambridge Group is in exclusive talks to sell its Own Label Cake Division.

Published: Oct 02, 2012 By: Foodmate team

British food firm McCambridge has revealed plans to sell its own-label cake division.

Published: Oct 02, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Recycling company JFC Plastics has been told to pay £240,000 in fines and costs after a fatal accident at its St Helens factory on November 24 2005.

Published: Oct 02, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Arla Foods and Milk Link have merged to form the UK’s largest dairy firm.

Published: Oct 02, 2012 By: Laurence Gibbons

A new collaboration between Scotbeef, Scotch Premier and Mathers will see the creation of a multimillion-pound meat processing facility aimed at safeguarding and developing the industry.

Published: Oct 01, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

THE opening of Scotland’s first drive-through doughnut shop is scheduled for the new year, as developers put the finishing touches on a £4 million overhaul of Hermiston Gait retail rark.

Published: Oct 01, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

UK innovation consultancy C-Tech will use a £7 million sustainable manufacturing fund partly to invest in low-energy baking systems.

Published: Oct 01, 2012 By: Gary Scattergood

"Monetising" intellectual property (IP) can increase a food manufacturer’s valuation, income and access to funding, a legal seminar heard.

Published: Sep 29, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

"Who’d a thunk dunking a couple of Hula Hoops in your coffee would be so beautiful." Certainly not us, but here is the result: an eerily beautiful image of a bird of prey.

Published: Sep 29, 2012 By: Rick Pendrous

A new scheme offering vouchers worth £5,000 each to help start-up companies in the agrifood sector to innovate has been launched.

Published: Sep 29, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is considering Nakano’s offer to sell its production plant in Staffordshire, to allay competition concerns following its acquisition of Premier Foods’ vinegar and pickles businesses.

Published: Sep 29, 2012 By: Mike Stones

UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports have continued to grow this year, rising to £5.9bn in the first six months of the year – an increase of 2.2% compared with the same period of 2011, according to the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).

Published: Sep 29, 2012 By: Arabella Mileham

The UK has closed the port of Ipswich to live animal exports, only a week after the trade was resumed.

Published: Sep 29, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg+

Cadbury UK and Kraft Foods R&D in the US have filed a patent application for an improved chocolate depositor that the companies claim allows manufacturers to better meet output demands and cope with new formulations.

Published: Sep 28, 2012 By: Jimmy Downs

A new study in British Journal of Cancer confirms that eating large amounts of processed foods may increase risk of a variety of cancer including colon cancer, stomach cancer and lung cancer.

Published: Sep 28, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The company’s performance in its Specialty Food Ingredients sector improved during the second quarter; however due to difficult trading conditions in Europe, operating profit in this division will be lower than the prior year period.

Published: Sep 28, 2012 By: Rachel Tepper

World's First 'Human Butchery' To Set Up In London's Smithfield's Meat Market

Published: Sep 28, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

UK drinks firm Diageo has entered discussions to buy a stake in Indian spirits firm United from Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya.

Published: Sep 28, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

UK-based logistics company Bibby Distribution has announced plans to close its milk distribution depot and shift to a new site in the county.

Published: Sep 28, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The affluent and the moderate income groups have together held more than 65% of the Syrups & Spreads market in the UK in 2011, finds a report by Canadean – Food.