The FMT Blog

Responding to the targets set out in the Government Food Strategy, food industry trade organisations have questioned the Strategy’s likeness to the National Food Strategy which was published by Henry Dimbleby in two separate parts over the last two years.

Organisers of the annual meat industry awards have extended the product nomination deadline to Wednesday evening 15th June due to overwhelming demand and to allow as many companies and businesses as possible to participate.

According to the latest data from Which?, Lidl was the cheapest of the UK supermarkets, with shoppers paying, on average, £23.55 for a basket of 18 popular grocery items at Lidl – £1.05 cheaper than rival discounter Aldi.

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has published a Trade and Investment Strategy that it claims will help “strengthen choice and affordability for UK households at a time of rising inflation.”

Bakery ingredients company AB Mauri will expand its delivery of technical solutions to food manufacturing sectors outside of bakery, as it introduces four new executive appointments to support the expansion.

Barnsley Council has introduced a high fat salt or sugar (HFSS) policy that restricts so called unhealthy food and drink advertising at council owned or leased sites.

According to the latest data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), UK food inflation accelerated to 4.3% in May, the highest inflation rate since April 2012.

Asda has announced the expansion of its grocery delivery partnership with Uber Eats, adding 88 additional stores to the app across the UK.

Manufacturer of protein processing equipment Bettcher Industries has announced that it will acquire the pork and beef processing solutions firm Frontmatec from Axcel.