Premier Foods faces six key challenges – including: managing consumer demand uncertainties, reducing its borrowing and grappling with its pension deficit – according to City analyst Investec. Commodity concern: Premier ...
Used processing and packaging machinery dealer Wohl Associates has announced the addition of new pre-owned packaging machinery to its store. Customers can buy a wide range of used packaging equipment such as Axon sleevers, induction ...
2 Sisters Food, a UK-based chicken meat processing company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Dutch food firm Vion's red meat and poultry activities for an undisclosed sum. Under the terms of the deal, 2 Sisters Food will acquire ...
Many processes in food manufacturing can be addressed to reduce operating costs while at the same time improving sustainability. One of the most critically important objectives is reducing process energy and water consumption. Implementing ...
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The product recall in mid-January when equine DNA was found in supermarket burgers has rapidly turned into an international scandal exposing complex cross-border supply chains. Seven top tips could help to take the drama out of your ...
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A worker has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after falling through the roof of Nestlé’s beverages factory in Dalston, Cumbria. The man was airlifted to hospital Emergency services were called at 10.30am ...
2 Sisters Food Group is getting its business ready to create up to 500 new jobs throughout 2013 as a result of winning significant new business, including a multimillion-pound contract to supply poultry to Sainsbury. 2 Sisters is ...
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Last year was packed with surprises for the food and drink manufacturing sector, according to business guru Paul Wilkinson. Paul Wilkinson reviewed a year of food and drink manufacturing surprises Here we capture the highlights of his ...
Food manufacturing company Kellogg's has initiated a voluntary recall in the US of three different size boxes of its Special K Red Berries cereal due to possible glass inside the packaging. According to the company, other size boxes or ...
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Nestlé has started recruiting for the 400 jobs created by the pound 110M expansion of its coffee manufacturing facility in Tutbury, Derbyshire. UK sales of Nescafé Dolce Gusto have increased by 40% The pound 110M expansion ...
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Union bosses are seeking urgent meetings with the new owners of Heinz after it was snapped up by a consortium led by US investor Warren Buffett in a shock pound 18bn deal. In the can: Warren Buffet’s consortium has snapped up the ...
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Supermarket giant Morrisons is under fire from its suppliers for the late payment of invoices, which, they say, the retailer is blaming on a faulty computer system, FoodManufacture.co.uk can exclusively reveal. Morrisons has been accused ...
Few would-be food engineers are “willing to really roll up their sleeves” and engage with unskilled and semi-skilled operators, the boss of Nestlé in the UK and Ireland said. Few engineering graduates have adequate ...
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Eagle-eyed viewers of Heston Blumenthal's latest Channel 4 television series 'Heston's Fantastical Foods' will have spotted the latest lighting upgrade undertaken by fragment retention lamp specialist GlassGuard at KP Snacks. KP Snacks ...
Dignitaries at the official opening of stage one of Kraft Foods Asia Pacific Confectionery Centre of Excellence at Kraft’s manufacturing site in Ringwood. Multinational food company Kraft Foods has opened stage one of its Asia ...
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