Aug 29, 2018 | Food Equipment & Services, News, Retailing
The growth of the discount and convenience store sector is not only eroding major retailers’ market share, it could now come at a cost to suppliers, according to new research. A study by supply chain and logistics consultancy, SCALA, has found that traditional major...
Aug 23, 2018 | Awards, Food Equipment & Services, Food Packing, Frozen Foods, Ingredients, News
Time is running out to nominate your products and vote in the Food Management Today Industry Awards. A reminder that the deadline for both nominating products for entry and voting is 7th September 2018. Every year, the FMT Food Industry Awards recognise the hard work...
Aug 7, 2018 | Food Equipment & Services, News, Retailing
Slow check-outs, store layouts and hard-to-find products are all amongst the things that consumers have told researchers frustrates them when it comes to supermarket shopping. Research conducted by Newton involved a survey of 4,000 consumers on shopping experiences...
Jun 20, 2018 | Food Equipment & Services, News, Retailing
GS1 UK has announced that Tesco and Ocado have become the first retailers to sign commercial contracts for using productDNA, a new grocery product data-sharing service. productDNA, which launched last month, is said to be the result of the retail industry getting...
Jun 14, 2018 | Awards, Food Equipment & Services, News
The Queen’s Birthday Honours List has recognised the achievements of several people in the UK food industry; among them Stephen Hall, Archibald MacMillan, James McCrum and John Alvis. Below is a brief profile of each of the recipients … Stephen Hall OBE Stephen...