UK-based manufacturer of injection moulded open-top polypropylene containers RPC Containers Oakham has been selected by the independent food consortium Caterforce to provide 200PS 2.5L injection-moulded tub for fruit fillings and sauces ...
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Workers are planning strike action at Premier Foods' Wigan bakery over use of agency labour and shift pattern changes, while the firm's bakeries at Birmingham and Greenford shut on schedule. Premier Foods makes Hovis-branded products at ...
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Premier Foods announced the deal with 2 Sisters over Hovis Breakfast Bakes last week "I think we will see an increasing number of this sort of deal. There's no point in investing in manufacturing if someone else has got the expertise," ...
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Carton packaging and filling machines supplier SIG Combibloc has introduced the new heat-resistant combisafe carton pack, an additional long life food packaging technology. According to the company, combisafe can be sterilized in an ...
Thorntons chief executive Jonathan Hart expects further growth from supermarket sales in the coming year, he told FoodManufacture.co.uk, after the company posted strong fourth quarter growth in the division including that area. ...
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Ocado plans to develop as a grocery retailer not a logistics firm for hire, insisted its boss, as the firm reported bigger losses in the first half of this year. Ocado is a grocery retailer not a logistics firm for hire, insisted its boss ...
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Beck's Beer, the most popular German beer brand in the world and longtime friend of the arts, has unveiled the six original pieces of artwork that will comprise the 2013 Beck's Art Labels project. Each year, Beck's selects six artists, ...
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Five thousand food jobs in Scotland and Wales have been safeguarded after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) approved the 2 Sisters Food Group’s acquisition of Vion UK’s poultry business. About 5,000 food manufacturing jobs ...
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Referring to comments made in a conference call covering the supermarket chain's first quarter (Q1) trading performance, Shirley told FoodManufacture.co.uk: "They were talking about the strength of the own-label business, which has ...
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Iceland Foods has big plans for its processing arm and exports that will put reports of falling annual profits and weak sales growth into perspective, according to one director. The discount frozen food chain bought manufacturer Loxton ...
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Greencore has reported a significant increase in its half-year results, despite the problems it has faced with the horsemeat contamination scandal. Coveney acknowledged that the UK retail environment was a tough one The convenience ...
Turkey processor Bernard Matthews has blamed the pressure of rising commodity prices for putting 55 jobs under threat at its cooked meats site in Great Witchingham, Norfolk. Rising input prices have put 55 jobs under threat at Bernard ...
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Sun Branding Solutions sales and marketing director Ian Schofield has today rejoined Iceland after a 20-year absence to head up its own-label packaging and development team In the role of own label controller, Schofield (pictured) will ...
Make-your-own cushion products also arrive in ELC, Debenhams and more; start-up sets up licensing arm. A fresh range of craft kits that let kids create their own cushions and masks will debut at retail in July. The MakeMee Woodland ...
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The most sensible shopper? The premium-value food retailing trend will be driven partly by 'more objective' women enjoying greater purshasing power Consumers are becoming less interested in mid-market products, preferring to trade down ...
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