Apr 8, 2020 | Chilled Foods, Coronavirus, News
The Cold Chain Federation (CCF) has provided an insight into the effects Covid-19 is having on UK cold chain businesses, with businesses reporting a 15% loss of staff due to the virus. The Federation has reported that current absentee rates are between 10-15% in...
Nov 7, 2019 | Cheese, Chilled Foods, Dairy, Food Equipment & Services, News
Irish dairy company, Ornua, officially opened its new €30 million pizza cheese facility in Ávila, Spain. According to Ornua, the new 35,000-tonne mozzarella and pizza cheese facility has the potential to double in size to enhance the company’s capacity and...
Aug 30, 2019 | Chilled Foods, News, Retailing
A.F. Blakemore & Son Limited is “energised and ready for the year ahead”, after a year of significant investment and reorganisation, said its chairman Peter Blakemore. His comments come as the company announces its financial results for the year ending 30th April...
Jul 25, 2019 | Chilled Foods, News
Several supermarkets, including, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Asda have recalled Quorn products amid health fears that its Chilled Cocktail Sausages could contain fragments of metal, due to a production issue. Quorn issued a statement saying: “This product...
Jul 2, 2019 | Chilled Foods, Fish Processing, News, Red Meat Processing
Karro Food Group, a leading UK pork processor, which has been owned by CapVest since March 2017, has reached an agreement to acquire Young’s Seafood Limited (“Young’s”), the iconic UK seafood business. The new Group, which has a strong market presence in the pork and...
May 28, 2019 | Chilled Foods, News
Waitrose & Partners is recalling Waitrose 6 Sweet and Succulent Pork Sausages with Caramelised Red Onion Confit with a ‘Use By’ date 04/07/19 due to incorrect date labelling. The product should have been labelled with a ‘Use By’ date of 04/06/19. The FSA issed a...