The FMT Blog
Opinion, analysis and musings from the FMT editorial team and expert guest writers about the food processing and manufacturing sector.
Gove outlines post-Brexit farming funding and food policy
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has set out plans for the way farming subsidies will be funded and the food policy that Defra will be focusing to deliver after Brexit. Speaking at this year’s Oxford Farming Conference, Gove announced that the Government would...
Food industry deals that shaped 2017
Some of last year’s ‘most significant’ deals in the food industry have been identified by Catalyst Corporate Finance - the UK business of global investment banking firm Alantra. According to Catalyst’s data, mergers and acquisitions’ (M&A) volumes in the food and...
Compass Group pays tribute to CEO who died in plane crash
Richard Cousins, the chief executive of FTSE 100 foodservice firm Compass Group, and four members of his close family have died in a plane accident in Australia on 31st December. Cousins and his fiancée, magazine editor Emma Bowden, her 11-year-old daughter Heather,...
Fish volume and value still hit by inflation
Chilled fish continues to see the effects of inflation, with volume down 6.5% overall and value declining 1.3%, as shoppers made 5.3 million fewer trips to the category in the 12 weeks to the 3rd December, compared to 2016. According to the latest data from Kantar...
Food industry figures among New Year’s Honours recipients
Red Tractor Assurance’s founder and first ever chief executive, David Clarke, has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year’s Honours list 2018. Clarke, a founding member of Red Tractor Assurance and now retired, has been honoured...
Industry predictions for the food industry 2018
As the year comes to a close, Food Management Today asks experts across the food industry what they expect the key happenings to be in 2018. Trade and access to labour Ian Wright CBE, director general of the Food and Drink Federation, pointed out that 2018 will be a...
Top ten stories on Food Management Today in 2017
Food Management remembers the biggest stories that captured readers’ attention since our online newsroom launched in August 2017. Below is a countdown of our ten most read stories; to view the original stories, click on the headlines. Kettle Foods acquires Cornpoppers...
Weakening pound favours exports
Exports of goods have risen in every region of the UK, since the start of the year, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures, as the weak pound boosts business. Fresh on the back of the Government's Industrial Strategy and the Prime Minister brokering a last...
Tesco and Global G.A.P. to recognise Red Tractor
Fresh produce grown on Red Tractor assured farms is to be recognised as equivalent to two major food assurance schemes, Tesco’s Nurture scheme and Global G.A.P. Tesco has announced that from the beginning of April 2018 it will recognise Red Tractor’s standards as...
Campbell takes over Kettle chips brand
Campbell Soup Company is set to acquire Snyder’s-Lance, whose portfolio includes Kettle brand, Kettle chips and Emerald, for $50.00 per share in an all-cash transaction, in a bid to expand its portfolio of snacking brands. The acquisition is expected to combine the...