The FMT Blog
Opinion, analysis and musings from the FMT editorial team and expert guest writers about the food processing and manufacturing sector.
BFFF champions sustainability with new specialist interest group
The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) has officially launched a Specialist Interest Group (SIG) on sustainability.
Dairy industry struggling to meet EU’s organic targets – new report
Economic analysts, ING, has published an in-depth analysis of the EU’s Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy, a central aspect of its Green Deal, with specific focus on the impact of this strategy on the EU’s dairy sector. In the article, ING examines the F2F programme’s...
Brakes launches help for hospitality campaign
Brakes, the UK foodservice wholesaler, has launched a new campaign designed to help get hospitality customers back on their feet, once able to reopen after the current nationwide lockdown. The company says the campaign is the most extensive it has ever run, and was...
Baking innovations
SPECIAL FEATURE – Commercial baking: Bakery businesses supplying the food retailing sector have benefitted from a rise in volume sales during 2020. This has been driven primarily by an explosion in online grocery retail, which grew by nearly 100% between February and October, according to ONS figures.
FMT Food Industry Awards ceremony to present online
The annual FMT Food Awards ceremony has been scheduled to be presented online this year for the first time as a virtual event. For some time organisers had hoped to go ahead with a physical event, but the continued impact from Covid-19 has resulted in a review to...
Chocolate maker finds a digital sweet spot
SPECIAL FEATURE – Confectionery: A chocolate maker has said it is poised to experience a game-changing productivity increase by automating its manufacturing process.
Young’s Seafood sold to Sofina Foods
The Eight Fifty Food Group, the business behind fish processor, Young’s Seafood and the pork processor, Karro Food Group, was sold to Canadian giant Sofina Foods for an undisclosed sum.
New frozen food venture
Three food businesses have joined forces to launch a new frozen ingredients supply venture, specialising in Individually Quick Frozen fruit, vegetables, spices and herbs for further processing by UK and Irish food manufacturers. Known as REMS Frozen Foods, the...
Tentative first steps back to the shops as grocery market marks lockdown anniversary
The latest figures from Kantar show take-home grocery sales rose by 7.4% during the 12 weeks to 21st March 2021. This is a marked slowdown compared with previous months as supermarkets start to annualise sales against the extraordinary spending in 2020....
Tim Rycroft is new chief executive at AHDB
Tim Rycroft, currently chief operating officer of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has been appointed as the new CEO of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). Commenting on his new role Rycroft said: “It’s tremendously exciting to be asked to...