Aldi has introduced a new label to feature on milk products to promote the health benefits of drinking milk. The new We Love Milk label will feature on Aldi’s Cowbelle-brand milk. It is part of a drive from the company to promote ...
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Harrison Spinks, one of Great Britain’s most established and innovative bed makers, has won the Family Business of the Year award at the prestigious UK Private Business Awards. The UK Private Business Awards, sponsored by PwC, ...
UK retailer Waitrose has partnered with British Corner Shop to sell its own-label products worldwide through online stores. The deal will enable Waitrose to expand to new territories to sell its products in 138 countries, including the ...
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2 Sisters Food Group has purchased the former S&A Foods site, just days after it had entered into discussions to acquire the East Midlands site that was owned by the Indian snack maker S&A, which fell into administration in October. 2 ...
2 Sisters Food Group plans to invest £150m into its poultry unit, an announcement that comes a few days after the Birmingham-based company stated that it intends to invest £55m into its ready meals business. The investment ...
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New research from market research organisation Mintel has found that the share of own-label food products launched in the UK carrying a ‘better-for-you’ claim reached a five-year high in 2014. Mintel found that almost two ...
Food and non-food volume sales are falling, indicating ordinary people are not feeling the benefits of economic recovery in Europe and the UK yet, according to market analyst Information Resources (IRI). Commenting on the firm’s ...
Time is running out to secure your space at the 2013 edition of Packaging for Retail Success – the UK's leading event joining the dots between packaging, retail and new product development. Packaging for Retail Success 2013, ...
Time is running out to secure your space at the 2013 edition of Packaging for Retail Success – the UK’s leading event joining the dots between packaging, retail and new product development. Packaging for Retail Success 2013, ...
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It is now more than 400 years since the first recorded printed labels were being produced. At that time they would have been printed on hand-made paper using relief letterpress type or images cut into wood or metal, with impression pressure ...
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Packaging used to just be about the three P's: protection, preservation and presentation. But nowadays it's about so much more than that. In addition to delivering the above listed qualities packaging has to tell a story about the brand. In ...
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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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 ...
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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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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