The FMT Blog
Opinion, analysis and musings from the FMT editorial team and expert guest writers about the food processing and manufacturing sector.
UK food market to be worth over £170bn by 2024, says GlobalData
A report by GlobalData suggests that the food and grocery market in the UK will be worth £174.5bn by 2024, with the ‘big four’ supermarkets set to lose out on a further £1.9bn of the total market. The company’s latest report, ‘UK: Food & Grocery 2019-2024’,...
Eustice replaces Villiers as Defra secretary in cabinet reshuffle
Farming minister George Eustice has replaced Theresa Villiers as Defra secretary as Boris Johnson conducts his first cabinet reshuffle following last year's general election. Eustice is renowned for his farming background and previously held the farming and fisheries...
Bühler and Givaudan opens plant-based innovation centre in Singapore
Bühler, a food technology provider, has teamed up with Givaudan to open a new innovation centre dedicated to plant-based food in Singapore. The new facility, located at Givaudan Woodlands site, will be jointly run by the two companies, bringing together a pilot plant...
Kieran Roche joins Valpak as director of new business
Valpak, the UK’s largest compliance scheme, has announced former commercial director of CBRE Group, Kieran Roche, as its director of new business. Valpak, which is part of the Reconomy group, says Roche brings a track record in growing business in a customer friendly...
Rustlers partners with Asda to donate meals to people in need
Kepak’s Rustlers is partnering with Asda and other major food suppliers in a charity initiative which the company expects to result in over one million products being donated to FareShare, the nationwide food redistribution charity. The ‘You Buy One We Give One’...
Young’s Seafood targets younger audience with new packaging
Young’s Seafood has built on its multi-million pound ‘Master’s of Fish’ advertising campaign by unveiling a new packaging creative which is designed to target a younger audience. This redesign represents further investment into the Young’s brand for 2020 and will be...
New foodservice procurement business launched
Caterforce managing director, Nick Redford and Sodexo director, Warren Hamer, have teamed up to launch Artere Procurement Solutions. The pair worked together at Makro before going their separate ways prior to the Booker takeover in 2013. Warren worked at Iceland and...
Kettle Foods celebrates national apprenticeship week by supporting record number of apprentices
Kettle Foods celebrated National Apprenticeship Week by supporting 21 employees as part of its apprenticeship programme – the highest number since the introduction of the scheme back in 2017. The company committed to supporting a record number of employees this year...
Marks and Spencer announces Eoin Tonge as chief financial officer
Former Greencore director, Eoin Tonge, will be joining the board of Marks and Spencer as chief financial officer in June. Tonge replaces Humphrey Singer, who left M&S last September after the company was demoted from the FTSE 100. Formerly the chief strategy...
Westminster food conference includes top line up
Henry Dimbleby of the National Food Strategy will lead the speaker line-up at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum policy conference in July to outline a new food strategy for England. The speakers will also include Stefano Agostino, CEO of Nestlé , the...