The FMT Blog
Opinion, analysis and musings from the FMT editorial team and expert guest writers about the food processing and manufacturing sector.
Brexit bluster must not distract from domestic support delivery say Scots
National Farmers Union Scotland’s (NFUS) president, Andrew McCornick, has called for certainty and continuity for Scotland’s farmers and crofters and repeats his warning that prospect of a ‘no deal’ would be catastrophic for Scottish agriculture. Speaking on the day...
Waitrose hits 150,000 online orders a week during lockdown
Waitrose.com has processed more than 150,000 online orders in a week for the first time, more than double the amount of weekly orders it was fulfilling at the start of this year. Despite this milestone, Waitrose revealed that the demand for online delivery is...
Dairy campaign reaches out to 33 million during lockdown
The ‘Milk Your Moments’ dairy promotional campaign launched by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in mid-May was seen by 29.5 million people in the national press and 33 million across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The campaign aimed to...
Momentum gathers behind Women in Meat Awards nominations
The number of nominations continues to grow for this year’s Women in Meat Industry Awards, organised by Food Management Today’s sister publication, Meat Management. Members of the UK meat industry and those of the wider food sector have been sending in their...
Indian-inspired sweets win gold at student food innovation competition
A team of students from the University of Nottingham has won the gold prize at Ecotrophelia UK for its Indian-inspired ‘Gulab Jamun’-sweets. Team Re-Dessert took home a share of the £2,000 top prize sponsored by PepsiCo for its reinvention of Gulab Jamun, a syrup...
Over 800,000 meals donated to charities by Asda during lockdown
Asda has donated the equivalent of more than 800,000 meals since March 1st to charities and community groups across the UK supporting people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The supermarket, in partnership with food charity FareShare, has been donating food...
Anger as medical journal links food industry to Covid-19 death toll
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has hit out at the British Medical Journal's (BMJ) latest report which says the food industry shares the blame for the severity of the coronavirus pandemic. In its article entitled ‘Obesity and Covid-19: the role of the food...
Over £4m awarded to redistribution organisations in England
Over 80 non-profit organisations have received support as part of the first wave of funding under the Covid-19 Emergency Surplus Food Grant, according to the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Launched in early April in response to the immediate challenges...
Government reopens £10m energy scheme for cold chain businesses
The Government has moved to allow more businesses to join its Climate Change Agreement (CCA) scheme which currently provides members of the cold storage industry with a collective £10 million saving every year. The CCA scheme was established in 2001 with businesses...
Ambition needed to hit net-zero emissions in food industry
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and SLR Consulting have published a report which sets out how the food and drink industry can achieve the ambitious target of a net-zero carbon footprint by 2050 and the support it will require from Government. As the UK Government...